Books in the Teacher Development S. series

International in its empirical and theoretical scope, this book contains a number of new ideas about teaching and addresses many of the recent changes that are occurring in teachers' work. It discusses both the need for change and the conditions of change in teaching.

An examination of the processes and procedures involved in developing a career in teaching and becoming a secondary headteacher in England. In a study of two local education authorities, the author compares how career structures match up to actual experiences of promotion.

This text follows the fortunes of the teachers of Hillview Primary School over ten years. It explores what it is like to be a primary or elementary school teacher in an urban school with around 200 children, mixed in social class and ethnicity and suggest what we can learn from them in the future.