`The one phrase that comes to mind after reading this book is `wide-ranging′.... This book provides an excellent forum for a debate of wide-ranging issues′ - Journal of Continuing Professional Development`This book is impressive for its detail and for its exploration of the issues of professional development, and sets out to be a fully comprehensive account of it, both historically and in its contemporary state as it moves forward with the New Labour government′ - Teacher Development ′This is an excellent text. It will be of considerable interest to educational managers, to those on educational management programmes, and to those who teach and research in educational management′ - Mentoring and Tutoring

• Building on the Past - Diane GauntNew Opportunities for the ProfessionContinuing Professional Development in the Professions - Harry TomlinsonTeaching as a Profession - Viv Garrett with Colin BowlesThe Role of Professional DevelopmentValues and Ethical Issues in the Effective Management of Continuing Professional Development - Pauline SmithPrivatising Policies and Marketising Relationships - Sue LawContinuing Professional Development in Schools, LEAs and Higher EducationInitial Teacher Training - David TurnerProviding a Foundation for a CareerThe Early Years of the Teacher’s Career - Ken Jones and Peter StammersInduction into the Profession Energising Middle Management - Jeff Jones and Fergus O’SullivanThe Introduction of the National Professional Qualification for Headship - Terry CreissenHEADLAMP - Hugh Busher and Liz PaxtonA Local Experience in PartnershipContinuing Professional Development for School Leaders - Gary Holmes and Austin HardingThe UK and North American ExperienceContinuing Professional Development: the European Experience - Joanna Le MétaisBuilding on Success - Brian FidlerProfessional Development in the Future

`The one phrase that comes to mind after reading this book is `wide-ranging′.... This book provides an excellent forum for a debate of wide-ranging issues′ - Journal of Continuing Professional Development`This book is impressive for its detail and for its exploration of the issues of professional development, and sets out to be a fully comprehensive account of it, both historically and in its contemporary state as it moves forward with the New Labour government′ - Teacher Development ′This is an excellent text. It will be of considerable interest to educational managers, to those on educational management programmes, and to those who teach and research in educational management′ - Mentoring and Tutoring

• Building on the Past - Diane GauntNew Opportunities for the ProfessionContinuing Professional Development in the Professions - Harry TomlinsonTeaching as a Profession - Viv Garrett with Colin BowlesThe Role of Professional DevelopmentValues and Ethical Issues in the Effective Management of Continuing Professional Development - Pauline SmithPrivatising Policies and Marketising Relationships - Sue LawContinuing Professional Development in Schools, LEAs and Higher EducationInitial Teacher Training - David TurnerProviding a Foundation for a CareerThe Early Years of the Teacher’s Career - Ken Jones and Peter StammersInduction into the Profession Energising Middle Management - Jeff Jones and Fergus O’SullivanThe Introduction of the National Professional Qualification for Headship - Terry CreissenHEADLAMP - Hugh Busher and Liz PaxtonA Local Experience in PartnershipContinuing Professional Development for School Leaders - Gary Holmes and Austin HardingThe UK and North American ExperienceContinuing Professional Development: the European Experience - Joanna Le MétaisBuilding on Success - Brian FidlerProfessional Development in the Future