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African Perspectives

Raj Mestry

Raj Mestry

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Successful School Leadership : International Perspectives

Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

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...Education leaders are expected to steer their schools through challenges posed by an increasingly complex environment. While new organization structures and leadership roles are important for instructional innovation, what seems most...

The art and science of effective teaching

Trevor Kerry

Trevor Kerry is Visiting Professor at Bishop Grosseteste University College, UK. Until recently he was Professor of Education Leadership at the Centre for Educational Research and Development at Lincoln University, UK, and is the university's first Emeritus Professor. He has worked in primary, secondary, further and higher education, as well as teacher education. He has been a Senior General Advisor with a Local Authority and an Ofsted Inspector. He was Professor of Education at the College of Teachers (UK), where he was also Senior Vice-President and Journal Editor. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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International Perspectives on Education

Continuum, 2008

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...This chapter aims to give the reader an overview of the range of intentions and purposes of education, and to draw from these an agenda of teaching skills required of an effective teacher. These skills are individually considered...

Professional Development in Higher Education (Canada)

Wendy A. Crocker

Wendy Crocker is an assistant professor at Western University, Ontario, Canada . Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Professional development offerings Professional development in higher education in Canada is more commonly referred to as educational development (Fraser, Gosling, Sorcinelli 2010). It can be described in several ways, owing to its a focus...

Improving the CPD of Teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, Practice and Research Challenges and Implications

Yusuf Sayed

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Yusuf Sayed is South African Research Chair in Teacher Education, and Founding Director of the Centre for International Teacher Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. He is also Reader in International Education at the University of Sussex, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the Rhodes University, South Africa. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Rada Jancic Mogliacci

Rada Jancic Mogliacci

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Azeem Badroodien

Azeem Badroodien

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Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Improving Teaching and Learning

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...This chapter draws the book to a close by reflecting on the policy, practice and research challenges and implications of the case studies collected in this volume. It begins with a synoptic overview of the dimensions that characterize...

Australian and Pacific Perspectives

Simon Clarke

Simon Clarke

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Helen Wildy

Helen Wildy

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Successful School Leadership : International Perspectives

Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

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...In this chapter, we consider the crucial question of how we can develop successful leaders now and into the future, especially in the Australian context. The chapter is divided into four main sections. First, we examine, briefly...

Caribbean Perspectives

Paul Miller

Paul Miller is Reader in Education at Brunel University, London, UK, and previously Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Technology, Jamaica. He is a member of the Boards of the Institute for Educational Administration and Leadership-Jamaica (IEAL-J) and the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration Management (CCEAM). Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Successful School Leadership : International Perspectives

Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

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...Notions of what counts as successful and effective school leadership are contested. This is played out in the work of academics and researchers writing on these topics, but also in the work of principals. The main question in this small...

A ‘Teacher-Centred’ Approach to CPD: The Case of Namibia’s Localized and Decentralized Model of Teacher CPD

John Nyambe

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John Nyambe

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Choshi Kasanda

Choshi Kasanda

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Sakaria Iipinge

Sakaria Iipinge

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Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Improving Teaching and Learning

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...Introduction In their speeches, most politicians involved in the liberation struggle in Africa continue to rebuke their former colonial masters for, among other things, having installed...

CPD in the Context of Sub-Saharan Africa

Yusuf Sayed

Yusuf Sayed is South African Research Chair in Teacher Education, and Founding Director of the Centre for International Teacher Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. He is also Reader in International Education at the University of Sussex, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the Rhodes University, South Africa. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Azeem Badroodien

Azeem Badroodien

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Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Improving Teaching and Learning

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...Setting the context The Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by UNESCO in September 2015 signal that despite a number of improvements in access to education, the right to equitable and quality ‘education for all’ has...

A Review of Preparation and Development of School Leaders in Nigeria

Raphael Isibor Imoni

Raphael Isibor Imoni

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Preparation and Development of School Leaders in Africa

Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

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...Introduction Obiakor (2004) argues that leadership in Africa is mostly a borrowed concept. He also expresses the need for African countries to develop their own educational philosophies. This implies that African nations develop attitudes...

Professional Development in Higher Education (Japan)

Shingo Ashizawa

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Shingo Ashizawa is Professor of International Education at Toyo University, Japan Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Gregory Poole

Gregory Poole is Professor of Social Anthropology at Doshisha University, Japan Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Hiroshi Ota

Hiroshi Ota is Professor of Comparative and International Education at Hitotsubashi University, Japan Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Japan are engaged in various types of professional development including leadership training, faculty development (FD), and staff development (SD). This article discusses the main players, variety...