Teacher Development

Anna Craft is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, England, where she leads the CREATE research cluster. She is also Reader at The Open University, England, and Director of The Open Creativity Centre. She is founding Co-Editor Thinking Skills and Creativity (Elsevier) and founding Co-Convenor of the British Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Creativity in Education. She holds a Visiting appointment at Harvard University and has held visiting appointments at Hong Kong Institute of Education. Her most recent books include Creative Learning 3-11 and how we document it (Trentham Books, 2007), Creativity in Schools: Tensions and Dilemmas (Routledge, 2005), Creativity and Early Years Education (Continuum, 2002), Creativity Across the Primary Curriculum (RoutledgeFalmer, 2000). Her empirical work, informed by constructivist and socio-cultural views of learning, seeks to impact practice, policy and theory. Hilary Burgess, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Research and Development in Teacher Education (CReTE), Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University.

PART ONE: CONTEXTS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Pedagogy and Culture - Robin Alexander A Perspective in Search of a Method Basic, Cores and Choices - Robin Alexander Modernising the Primary Curriculum Primary Practice in Historical Context - Brian Simon Continuing Professional Development - Marion Dadds Nurturing the Expert within Horses for Courses or Courses for Horses - Steven Higgins and David Leat What Is Effective Teacher Development? PART TWO: FACILITATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Reflections on Reflective Teaching - Kenneth M Zeichner and B Robert Tabachnick Discovering Our Professional Knowledge as Teachers - Tom Russell and Shawn Bullock Critical Dialogues about Learning from Experience Critical Phases and Incidents - Patricia Sikes, Lynda Measor and Peter Woods PART THREE: INVESTIGATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Why Are Class Teachers Reluctant to Become Researchers? - Roger Hancock A Teacher's Response to 'Reflection-in-Action' - Andy Convery Networks That Alter Teaching - Michael Huberman Conceptualizations, Exchanges and Experiments Autobiographical Research and the Emergence of the Fictive Voice - Peter Clements Arguing for Your Self - Maggie MacLure Identity as an Organising Principle in Teachers' Jobs and Lives