Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/5XeMCP Professionalism and Teacher Education Voices from Policy and Practice By: Amanda Gutierrez Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9789811370014, 981137001X eText ISBN: 9789811370021, 9811370028 Copyright year: 2019 Format: EPUB Available from $ 129.00 USD SKU 9789811370021 This book explores how educators are proactively working to reclaim teacher professionalism by engaging in exemplary practice and promoting quality education for all. It examines voices in contemporary Australian teacher education and how professionalism can contribute to achieving the multiplicity of purposes in education. The work of contemporary teachers and teacher educators, and perceptions about this work, have changed significantly. In recent times, governments have identified key issues linked to the quality of teachers, as presented in multiple inquiries, creating shifts in public policy and increasing regulation. Educators must work towards improving public and policy maker perceptions of teaching as a profession. Teacher educators make an important contribution in engaging in ongoing scholarship and debate that examine research and practice and speak back to managerial discourses on professionalism. It is through this work that educators shape and re-shape understanding of what it means to be a professional.
