Staying ahead : in-service training and teacher professional development / OECD.
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Material type:
BookPublisher: [Paris] : OECD, c1998Description: 176 p ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9264160760 .Subject(s): Teachers -- In-service training
DDC classification: 370.71 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 370.71 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070891 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This publication focuses on what is being done in teacher development to meet the ideals of broader access to high quality teaching, for an increasingly diverse student body, in eight OECD countries: Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US.
Bibliography: (pages 174-176).
Part one: Thematic review -- Policy demands and the modernisation of school systems -- Teacher development in eight countries: what it is for, who provides it and how -- Resource implications -- Policy implications -- Part two: Country chapters -- Germany: developing new methodologies without abandoning traditional forms -- Ireland: establishing in-service training as a priority -- Japan: building diversity into the system -- Luxembourg: overcoming rigidities -- Sweden: decentralising professional development -- Switzerland: questioning tradition -- United Kingdom: school-based development in search of coherence -- United States: the quest for standards, accountability and excellence.