Teacher Quality, Professional Learning and Policy Recognising, Rewar

This book examines the significance of teacher expertise in the drive to improve quality and effectiveness. Scrutinising both key conceptual issues and current policy developments and approaches, the authors analyse educational systems from around the wor

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T E A C H E R Q U A L I T Y, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND POLICY CHRISTINE FORDE A N D M A R G E RY M C M A H O N

Teacher Quality, Professional Learning and Policy

Christine Forde · Margery McMahon

Teacher Quality, Professional Learning and Policy Recognising, Rewarding and Developing Teacher Expertise

Christine Forde School of Education University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK

Margery McMahon School of Education University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK

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Preface and Acknowledgements

This book draws together several strands of research and development undertaken over a number of years, particularly the Accomplished Teachers and Teaching Project funded by the Scottish Government and the General Teaching Council Scotland (GTCS). This project grew out of two areas of research interest which coincided around a common question about teacher expertise in pedagogy: firstly, the chartered teacher programme in Scotland (McMahon et al. 2007; Reeves et al. 2010) and secondly, teacher leadership (Forde 2011; McMahon 2011; Forde and McMahon 2014). The research itself began with symposia on the chartered teacher at ECER 2008, Gothenburg and ECER 2009, Vienna led by Margery McMahon, who brought together academics, local authority officers, policy makers, teachers and trade union representatives, to explore the issues related to chartered teacher and oth