Teaching: Professionalisation, Development and Leadership

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Hoyle: Ambiguity, Serendipity, and Playfulness....Pages 3-8
The Predicament of the Teaching Profession and the Revival of Professional Authority: A Parsonian Perspective....Pages 11-24
Under ‘Constant Bombardment’: Work Intensification and the Teachers\' Role....Pages 25-43
Teacher Professionalization in Hong Kong: Historical Perspectives....Pages 45-65
Teacher Professional Identity Under Conditions of Constraint....Pages 67-81
Does the Teaching Profession Still Need Universities?....Pages 85-97
Professional Development for School Improvement: Are Changing Balances of Control Leading to the Growth of a New Professionalism?....Pages 99-117
Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Education in Hong Kong....Pages 119-138
The Enablement of Teachers in the Developing World: Comparative Policy Perspectives....Pages 139-155
Professional Learning Communities and Teachers\' Professional Development....Pages 159-179
Towards Effective Management of a Reformed Teaching Profession....Pages 181-198
Organization and Leadership in Education: Changing Direction....Pages 199-213
The Development of Educational Leaders in Malaysia: The Creation of a Professional Community....Pages 215-232
Professional Freedom: A Personal Perspective....Pages 235-247
From Loose to Tight and Tight to Loose: How Old Concepts Provide New Insights....Pages 249-254
The Place of Theory in the Professional Training of Teachers....Pages 255-262
Comparative Perspectives on the Changing Roles of Teachers....Pages 263-270
The Role of the Private Sector in Higher Education in Malaysia....Pages 271-282
Changing Conceptions of Teaching as a Profession: Personal Reflections....Pages 285-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-317