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Key Informants’ Perspectives on Teacher Learning in Scotland

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: : This article outlines the policy context for teachers’ learning and continuing professional development in Scotland and considers this in relation to the perspectives of key informants gained through interview. The analysis draws on a triple-lens conceptual framework and points to some interesting contradictions between the policy text and the expressed aspirations of the interviewees. Current policy and the associated structural arrangements are viewed as broadly positive, but interviewees express concerns that an unintended emphasis on contractual arrangements might inhibit the more transformative elements of professional learning.

Source: British Journal of Educational Studies

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2008.00416.x

Authors: Aileen Kennedy, Donald Christie, Christine Fraser, Lesley Reid, Stephen McKinney, Mary Welsh, Alastair Wilson, Morwenna Griffiths

Institutions: University of Strathclyde, University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow

Language: English

Topic: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2005336253

FWCI: 6.735

Cites: 20

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10