Teacher quality is recognised as a lynchpin for education reforms internationally, and both
Federal and State governments in Australia have turned their attention to teacher education …

Significant changes in the policy and social context of teaching over the last 30 years have
had substantial implications for teacher professionalism. As the influence of central …

Drawing on previous research that focused upon the formation and mediation of teacher
professional identity, this paper develops a model for conceptualising teacher professional …

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

Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, the teacher's role in England has changed in many
ways, a process which intensified under New Labour after 1997. Conceptions of teacher …

This paper discusses one of Furlong's major areas of work, the theory and practice of
teacher education. Taking up where our joint publication Teacher Education in Transition …

Alexander, Craft and Lynch's (1984a) book Change in teacher education was written just
before the publication of the landmark government circular 3/84 (DES, 1984) on teacher …

Jean Murraya* and Clare Kosnikb aCass School of Education, University of East London,
UK; bOntario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada Across the …

This paper considers the role of teacher education in England and South Africa in relation to
education for democratic citizenship. It argues that teacher education should play a positive …

Teachers from further and higher education are rarely considered together. This book
explores the differences and similarities that exist between these groups. It provides an up-to …