Full Description
This book provides an agenda for educational policies and practices which take seriously the importance of teachers as key agents for realising equal educational opportunities for all. It has relevance for educational policy in a wide range of societies.
Contents
Problems in teacher supply, retention and morale, Gerald Grace; teacher supply in the 1990s, Neil Straker; unequal opportunities - the recruitment, selection and promotion prospects of black teachers, Harbhajan Singh Brar; teachers' terms and conditions, Clifton Bingham; ideology, accountability and improvement in teacher education, Sir William Taylor; social constructions of quality in teaching, Martin Lawn; arguments for a new teacher education, Ian Hextall, et al.
