Handbook of Research on Educator Preparation and Professional Learning (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development)

"This book investigates current initiatives and approaches in teacher education and professional development programs"--

Drew Polly is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research agenda focuses on examining how to support the implementation of technology and standards-based pedagogies. More information can be found at: http://education.uncc.edu/abpolly.

Kenan Dikilitas is currently an Assistant Professor at department of English language teaching at Bahçesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has published articles and edited books on teacher research as a professional development strategy. He has also conducted teacher research projects and has given hands-on workshops on how to do educational research across Turkey and overseas. His teacher training experience primarily includes supporting teacher research for professional development. His primary research interests are language teacher education, educational research, research into language teaching and learning, and linguistics for teaching pedagogy. He is one of the committee members of IATEFL ReSIG.