{"product_id":"teacher-agency-an-ecological-approach-9781474297363","title":"Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach","description":"Recent worldwide education policy has reinvented teachers as agents of change and professional development of the school curriculum. Academic literature has analyzed changes in how teacher professionalism is conceived in policy and in practice but \u003ci\u003eTeacher Agency\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh perspective on the issue, drawing upon an ecological theory of agency. Using this model for understanding agency, Mark Priestley, Gert Biesta and Sarah Robinson explore empirical findings from the 'Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change' project, funded by the UK-based Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). \u003cbr\u003eDrawing together this research with the authors' international experiences and perspectives, \u003ci\u003eTeacher Agency\u003c\/i\u003e addresses theoretical and practical issues of international significance. The authors illustrate how teacher agency should be understood not only in terms of individual capacity for teachers, but also in respect of the cultures and structures of schooling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Priestley \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Stirling, UK. He is an elected member of the Council of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), and Co-Convenor of the European Educational Research Association \u003ci\u003eCurriculum Development Network\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGert Biesta\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Public Education at the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland; NIVOZ Professor for Education at the University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands; and Professorial Fellow for Educational Theory and Pedagogy at the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK. He is co-editor of the British Educational Research Journal and associate editor of Educational Theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the Centre for Teaching Development and Digital Media in the Faculty of Arts at Aarhus University, Denmark.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811692904722,"sku":"9781474297363","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f4b734d-8842-4755-8a7c-be6fcf7df7df.jpg?v=1766487942","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/teacher-agency-an-ecological-approach-9781474297363","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}