Teachers' professional development (PD) is crucial to improving student outcomes. Because
PD involves a multidimensional structure and changes across a teacher's professional life …

This literature review begins by considering the concept of autonomy. The focus narrows to
teacher autonomy specifically and a range of conceptualisations are summarised. Its …

In order to fully realise the potential of online and blended learning (OBL), teacher
professional development (TPD) strategies on how to teach in an online or blended learning …

Purpose In this paper, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on principals and their work.
Drawing on prior research undertaken prior to the onset of the pandemic, we describe how …

There is increasing evidence to show that teachers' epistemic cognition is related to how
they conceive of and engage in teaching; therefore it is important that teachers develop …

This chapter focuses on the key components of the curriculum of Initial Teacher education
(ITE) and the ways in which it has been changing over the last years internationally. In …

The educational research community has made great strides in clarifying and enhancing our
understanding of professional development and how it occurs. Yet in relation to one …

Articulations of effective teacher professional development (PD) consistently foreground a
focus on curriculum content and how best to teach it. Consequently, when teachers work …

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

One of the key tenets of the global education reform movement, professional standards for
teachers have reshaped different aspects of teachers' work and learning in many contexts …