Teacher Appraisal Observed

Ted Wragg is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter and will be familiar to readers from his widespread writing on education, including his regular column in the Times Educational Supplement. Felicity Wikeley is an experienced teacher and has worked for several years in community education. She is currently Research Officer at the Centre for School Improvement, University of Bath. Caroline Wragg is a research fellow in the School of Education at the University of Exeter. Her research interests include classroom management, nursery education and school improvement. Gill Haynes is an educational researcher at the University of Exeter, and also lectures in research methodology. She has a particular interest in the teaching of literacy in primary schools.

'A very readable, academic book ... it ought to be widely read.' - British Educational Research Journal

• 1 The appraisal of teaching 2 Classroom observation 3 The role of the local education authority 4 The national perspective 5 Appraisal in Casewell School 6 Teachers’ views of appraisal 7 Preparing for observation 8 The implementation of lesson observation 9 Improving appraisal—learning from experience