Expertise: Keywords in Teacher Education. Gerrard, Holloway 9781350238220 New**

Name: Expertise: Keywords in Teacher Education. Gerrard, Holloway 9781350238220 New**
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Explore the nuanced concept of 'expertise' and its social, historical, and political construction in this timely critique. This book examines how expertise is shaped by debates about knowledge, truth, and authority, using teacher expertise as a central case study. Authors Jessica Gerrard and Jessica Holloway delve into recent events like COVID-19 and the climate crisis to reveal that expertise is never neutral or objective. They argue that engaging with the political is not only inevitable but essential for any claim to expertise. The book investigates how expertise is formed in relation to governance, data usage, understandings of ignorance, and power dynamics. Through international contemporary and historical examples, it analyzes the political positioning of expertise and the boundaries it creates. Gerrard and Holloway contend that policy debates on teacher expertise cannot be settled by simple definitions of 'good teaching,' as expertise is inherently political. Summary: Expertise book, Paperback, First edition, English language version, written by Jessica Gerrard and Jessica Holloway. Features 128 pages, dimensions 198 mm width and 129 mm height. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.