Teachers in Europe tend to have a higher level of autonomy than teachers in East Asian countries, the Middle East and Latin America. However, education systems in East Asian countries are more likely ...

At the Fred Hutch Science Education Partnership, we provide professional development for secondary school science teachers to help broaden their understanding of life science research, enrich their ...

British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Mar., 2008), pp. 161-173 (13 pages) In this article I elaborate a theoretical framework for examining teacher professionalism as an enacted ...

Choi said while details of how teachers can obtain this certificate is still being ironed out in consultation with the sector ...

It’s a tough time to be a teacher. COVID wiped out years of learning for millions of students, with too many also suffering from grief, anxiety, and depression. This means that effective instruction ...

“In more than 25 years of teaching, this is the first time I have ever experienced a day of professional development in which I felt like a professional.” A colleague of mine said this at the end of a ...

New technology is proving to be both a blessing and a bane for teacher-student relationships. Two recent cases serve as warnings about crossing the line between personal and professional contact (“2 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on school systems, school choice and teacher professionalism. Julie Cook was ready to leave teaching. She’d worked in both ...

The beginning of the school year is here in many districts, and that means teachers have entered the first big season of professional development. Many districts are not really sure what to do with ...

Comparative Education, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Feb., 2004), pp. 83-107 (25 pages) Policy-makers' conceptions of teacher professionalism currently differ markedly in England and Finland. In England they are ...