Developing Teachers and Developing Schools in Changing Contexts (Educational Studies Series) - Softcover

9789629963774: Developing Teachers and Developing Schools in Changing Contexts (Educational Studies Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9629963779 ISBN 13: 9789629963774

Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2009

More than ever, schools are regarded as a learning community in which its leaders, and therefore the school's primary agents of change, are expected to stay abreast of the latest developments in education and instruction. This book provides important insights for improving professional development activities, school-university partnerships and networks, educational management, as well as teaching and learning in schools and colleges. It builds on research conducted in the 1990s, during which the pursuit of school improvement and skill development first converged.

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About the Author

John Chi-kin Lee is dean of the Faculty of Education and professor of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the director of the Centre for University and School Partnership.

Ling-po Shiu is associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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