Professional Development and School Improvement: Science Teachers' Voices in School-Based Reform (Studien Verlag) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3706542277 ISBN 13: 9783706542272

Publisher: Studien Verlag, Austria, 2007

Synopsis

Teachers matter in school development is the premise of Professional Development and School Improvement, a book based on case studies from the European-funded project EUDIST (European Development of Innovative Science Teaching). The authors, from Austria, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and Sweden, present their national experiences and results from qualitative studies of educational planning in Curriculum Workshops and related science teacher professional development. In a cross-case study a European/Canadian writing team elaborates different aspects of European reform and teachers' chances to raise their voice in this process.

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About the Author

Manfred Lang is a senior researcher in the Department of Educational Research at the Leibniz Institute for Science Education, Kiel (Germany).

Edition details

• Publisher: Studien Verlag, Austria
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3706542277
• ISBN 13: 9783706542272
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Lang Manfred, Couso Digna, Elster Doris, Simmie Geraldine Mooney, Klinger Udo, Szybek Piotr