′Wow, this book has some inspiring ideas... It comes at a perfect time as schools try to mesh school improvement with performance management, new standards for various career stages and staff development... Well written, with an attractive layout and a consistently clear voice, it draws on wide and up-to-date research and writing from all parts of the United Kingdom... There are no easy answers in this book, but plenty of powerful ideas that might help us ask useful questions about how CPD encourages a commitment to professional and personal growth, and increases self-confidence, job satisfaction and enthusiasm for working with children and colleagues. This is what being a professional is all about′ - Times Educational Supplement, Book of the Week

• TEACHER PROFESSIONALISMReclaiming Teacher IdentityTeacher ProfessionalismChallenges and TensionsTHE EXERCISE OF PROFESSIONALISMForming IdentityListening to Beginning TeachersTeacher Professionalism in an Era of ′Crisis′Professional ReflectionIdentity, Agency and ChangeTeacher Professional IdentityThe Organizational ContextTowards Leadership for LearningPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTeacher Professional Development and Progression for the Twenty-First CenturyCPDChanging Professional Identities?CONCLUSIONProfessional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

′Wow, this book has some inspiring ideas... It comes at a perfect time as schools try to mesh school improvement with performance management, new standards for various career stages and staff development... Well written, with an attractive layout and a consistently clear voice, it draws on wide and up-to-date research and writing from all parts of the United Kingdom... There are no easy answers in this book, but plenty of powerful ideas that might help us ask useful questions about how CPD encourages a commitment to professional and personal growth, and increases self-confidence, job satisfaction and enthusiasm for working with children and colleagues. This is what being a professional is all about′ - Times Educational Supplement, Book of the Week

• TEACHER PROFESSIONALISMReclaiming Teacher IdentityTeacher ProfessionalismChallenges and TensionsTHE EXERCISE OF PROFESSIONALISMForming IdentityListening to Beginning TeachersTeacher Professionalism in an Era of ′Crisis′Professional ReflectionIdentity, Agency and ChangeTeacher Professional IdentityThe Organizational ContextTowards Leadership for LearningPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTeacher Professional Development and Progression for the Twenty-First CenturyCPDChanging Professional Identities?CONCLUSIONProfessional Development, Reflection and Enquiry