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Professional aspects of teaching and school administrators.

  • Realities of Teachers' Workby Sandra Acker

    Continuum International Publishing 1999; US$ 140.00

    The Realities of Teacher' Work: Never a Dull Moment follows the fortunes of the teachers at Hillview Primary School over ten years. It explores what it is like to be a primary or elementary school teacher in an urban school with about 200 children, mixed in social class and ethnicity, and suggests what we may learn from them for the future.Sandra... more...

  • Get That Teaching Job!by Paul K. Ainsworth

    Continuum International Publishing 2012; US$ 90.00

    Many teachers strive to work in a particular type of school, a precise location or a specific post. Once such parameters have been set, obtaining your dream job can be extremely competitive. This guide to finding the right school, perfecting your application and polishing your interview technique will empower teachers at all stages of their career... more...

  • Teachers Then and Nowby Roben Alarcon

    Shell Education 2007; US$ 8.99

    The first teachers in the United States were students who did well in school and were hired to teach other students. Today, teachers must have college degrees to teach. Schools today are larger than those in the past and often have several separate classes at the same grade level. more...

  • How to Form Networks for School Renewalby Lew Allen; Barbara Lunsford

    ASCD 1995; US$ 8.95

    This book offers practical guidelines and suggestions on how to establish, maintain, and evaluate a unique type of network, one that is driven by teams of school-based practitioners. Such a network is created and governed by practitioners who decide what services they want, modify the services to meet changing needs, and play key roles in the network... more...

  • Teacher Identity Discoursesby Janet Alsup

    Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 39.95

    In this book, Janet Alsup reports and theorizes a multi-layered study of teacher identity development. The study, which followed six pre-service English education students, was designed to investigate her hypothesis that forming (or failing to form) a professional identity is central in the process of becoming an effective teacher. This work addresses... more...

  • The Decline of the Guruby Philip G. Altbach

    Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 48.00

    The academic profession faces new challenges everywhere. The pressures of mass higher education, accountability, fiscal constraints, distance education and the new technologies, and changing attitudes concerning academic work have combined to place unprecedented strains on the professoriate. There is no country that has avoided these challenges, although... more...

  • The Teacher's Voiceby Richard Altenbaugh

    Taylor and Francis 1992; US$ 55.95

    Anthology reconstructing the careers of 20th century teachers, emphasizing the parts played by crucial social, economic and political events and issues, the school organization and people who shaped the subjects' evolving perceptions of their roles as teachers in a particular community. more...

  • Learning for Leadershipby Michelle Anderson; Christine Cawsey

    Australian Council for Educational Research 2008; US$ 34.95

    Learning for Leadership explores how school principals can initiate and maintain programs and practices to develop the leadership potential of teachers in their school. more...

  • The Truth About Teachingby Coleen Armstrong

    Wiley 2009; US$ 18.95

    A beautiful gift book that offers encouragement, comfort, and inspiration for new (and veteran) teachers This beautifully designed book is a celebration of the joys and challenges of the teaching life. Author and veteran educator Coleen Armstrong is a wise, witty, and caring mentor. Her words of encouragement will resonate with new teachers, with... more...