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ERIC Number: EJ665043
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1520-3247
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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Identifiers: Teacher Development
Note: Theme Issue Topic: "Science for Society: Informing Policy and Practice through Research in Developmental Psychology."