Abstract Changes in teacher education are part of a much broader change in the nature of
educational policy‐making in England and Wales. Successive Conservative Governments …

This paper explores some of the complexities inherent in researching teacher'
professionalism', since the notion itself is socially constructed and is subject to geographical …

In response to wide ranging social and political conditions a variety of school reform and
teacher professional development activities have been implemented across Australia with …

Contemporary educational reform–including both marketisation and centralisation, but also
a new emphasis on the involvement of a wider range of stakeholders–has resulted in a …

This article explores some of the neglected and unintended consequences of recent
legislation in England and Wales designed to reform both education in schools and teacher …

Policy discussions about the future of initial teacher training tend to focus on organisational
scenarios. This paper in contrast attempts to outline a curriculum theory for initial teacher …

Over the twenty-five years since James Callaghan's Ruskin College speech of October
1976, a major struggle has developed over teacher professionalism in England and Wales …

This paper explores the effects of enacting a collaborative and enquiry based model of
teacher professionalism in the UK. Based on work with Chartered Teachers in Scotland, it …

In the past decade, notions of teacher professionalism have been associated with increased
accountability, standards, performance assessments, and teacher testing, and impacted by …

Teacher professionalism in England may be considered to have been shaped by the set of
professional standards, and the accompanying statutory performance management system …