The Necessity of Teacher Development.

Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann

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Publication Date: 2002

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The Necessity of Teacher Development.

Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n98 p75-83 Win 2002

Explores the idea that workplaces have levels of moral complexity to assist in understanding how schools can create conditions that foster teacher's personal and professional growth. Focuses on: (1) social and moral complexity of the job of teaching; (2) schools as communities of development; (3) teacher development; and (4) effects on students and school culture. (Author/SD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Development, Developmental Psychology, Educational Environment, Ethics, Individual Development, Moral Values, Professional Development, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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