Beschreibung
The professional development of teachers is a theme which is discussed
intensively in the context of ever ongoing school reforms in Europe. This
provides many impulses for educational theory as well as educational
research and educational practice. Many questions concerning professional
development of teachers are to be answered or clarified. The conference
volume New Pathways in the Professional Development of Teachers
provides an opportunity to present innovative concepts, models and
instruments in the pre-service as well as in-service teacher education in
the context of trends in educational policy.
Associate Professor Tomás Janík is the head of the Institute for Research
in School Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech
Republic. Dr. Petr Knecht is a senior researcher at the Institute for
Research in School Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic. Their interests lie in research on teaching,
learning, curriculum, and teacher education.
