The need to recruit and retain teachers and to improve their morale has focused attention
onthe status of teaching as a profession. This article suggests that the generic term 'status' …

Professional development among teacher educators requires a framework in which
collaborative learning can support growth and change. This study describes a professional …

" This is a must read for all 11-18 geography educators. It argues for a new geography
curriculum founded on a set of major concepts that are profoundly relevant to 21st century …

This paper presents a cognitive social–psychological theoretical framework on emotions,
derived from Richard Lazarus, to understand how teachers' identity can be affected in a …

This exploratory study examines how teachers perceive their work within the current context
of educational reform. A cognitive social‐psychological approach to emotions offers the …

In this paper I present an argument for thedevelopment of a new form of teacher
professionalism, which I refer to as activist professionalism. Ibriefly identify two types of …

Stress is a widespread feature of work in teaching. Recent accounts of teacher emotions and
cultures of teaching have noted that unsatisfactory social relationships with adults, eg …

This paper looks at the central role of school leadership for developing and assuring the
quality of schools, as corroborated by findings of school effectiveness research and school …

This paper draws on qualitative data from an Australian longitudinal study begun in 1997
and completed in 2005. It identifies the ordinary, everyday, relational,'little things' that …

Creative teaching is an art form–aesthetic, intuitive and expressive. The proliferation of new
educational policies in the early 1990s and the related increase in tensions and dilemmas …