Professional Capital
Transforming Teaching in Every School
Michael Fullan author Andy Hargreaves author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Teachers' College Press
Published:9th Mar '12
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2014 Winner of The Grawemeyer Award in Education
The future of learning depends absolutely on the future of teaching. In this latest and most important collaboration, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan show how the quality of teaching is captured in a compelling new idea: the professional capital of every teacher working together in every school. Speaking out against policies that result in a teaching force that is inexperienced, inexpensive, and exhausted in short order, these two world authorities—who know teaching and leadership inside out—set out a groundbreaking new agenda to transform the future of teaching and public education.
Ideas-driven, evidence-based, and strategically powerful, Professional Capital combats the tired arguments and stereotypes of teachers and teaching and shows us how to change them by demanding more of the teaching profession and more from the systems that support it. This is a book that no one connected with schools can afford to ignore.
Book Features:
- A powerful and practical solution to what ails American schools.
- Action guidelines for all groups—individual teachers, administrators, schools and districts, state and federal leaders.
- A next-generation update of core themes from the authors’ bestselling book, What’s Worth Fighting for in Your School? <
“This book gives educators viable solutions and varied examples from around the world.”
—Principal
“Engaging, challenging and stimulating. Particularly encouraging is the fact the authors not only identify core problems in education but also, based upon their own international experiences of being directly engaged in effective educational reform, suggest practical solutions.”
—School Administrator
“This provocative, thoughtful, and challenging book is an excellent place to start a much-needed conversation.”
—Education Update
ISBN: 9780807753330
Dimensions: 235mm x 162mm x 15mm
Weight: 476g
240 pages