Building a Research-Rich Teaching Profession

Marta Kowalczuk-Walędziak (PhD) is Vice Dean for International Co-operation at the University of Białystok, Poland, and board member of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE). Her research interests include teacher education and professional development, and the internationalisation of teacher education.

This is [...] an excellent contribution to the field of teacher education [...]. The presented study, via listening to teachers’ voices, reveals the constraints and possibilities of doctoral studies in changing teachers’ professional identities and promoting improvements in their educational practices with real benefits for students and schools. I strongly recommend a careful reading of this work by all who are interested in doctoral studies, teachers’ education, and educational and social issues in general.Fátima Pereira, Associate Professor, University of Porto, Portugal

• teacher professional development – doctoral studies – research-rich teaching profession – doctoral studies as a form of teacher professional development – impact of PhD on teaching practice – transformation of doctoral education to better address the diversity of interplay(s) between research and professional experience