Teaching: Professionalisation, Development and Leadership

List of Contributors.- Introduction.- Hoyle: Ambiguity, Serendipity, and Playfulness, David Johnson and Rupert Maclean.- Section I: THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHING.- The predicament of the teaching profession and the revival of professional authority: a Parsonian perspective, Peter John.- Under constant bombardment: the intensification of the teacher’s role, John Williamson and Marion Myhill.- Teacher professionalization in Hong Kong: historical perspectives, Anthony Sweeting.- Teacher professional identity under conditions of constraint, Marilyn Osborn.- Section II: TEACHERS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.- Does the teaching profession still need universities?' , John Furlong.- Professional development for school improvement: are changing balances of control leading to the growth of a new professionalism?, Agnes McMahon.- Teachers and teacher education in Hong Kong, Paul Morris.- The enablement of teachers in the developing world: comparative policy perspectives, David Johnson.- Section III: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF TEACHERS.- Professional learning communities and teachers’ professional development, Ray Bolam.- Towards effective management of a reformed teaching profession, Mike Wallace.- Organisation and leadership in education: changing direction, Ron Glatter.- The development of educational leaders in Malaysia, Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid.- Section IV: TEACHING AS A PROFESSION: PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES.- Professional freedom: a personal perspective, William Taylor.- From loose to tight and from tight to loose: how old concepts provide new insights, David Hargreaves.- The place of theory in the professional education of teachers, Harold Entwistle.- Comparative perspectives on the changing roles of teachers, Patricia Broadfoot.- The role of the private sector in higher education in Malaysia, Dato. T. Marimuthu.- Reflections.- Changing conceptions of teaching as a profession: a personal perspective, Eric Hoyle.- NameIndex.- Subject Index