Policy, Teacher Education and the Quality of Teachers and Tea... - 9780367694593

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Policy, Teacher Education and the Quality of Teachers and TeachingAuthor(s): Christopher Day\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367694593, 978-0367694593\nSynopsis\nThis edited collection brings together papers written by a number of experienced international academics who share a passion for promoting research-informed, high-quality pre-service and in-service teacher education that makes a positive difference to the lives of teachers and their students. Taken together, the contributions to this book represent a call to arms for all who lead education policy at local, regional, and national levels, teacher educators, and schools themselves, to engage in sustained and productive collaboration.\n\nTopics include:\n\nthe centrality of empathy to the classroom, practical theorising that is a central part of all good teachers armoury; \n\nthe possibilities for collaborative professionalism which enables them to extend a.