Part 1 The philosophical and social context of teaching: teaching and the idea of a social practice, Glenn Langford; managerialism and morality - the corporate and the republican school, Fred Inglis; bureaucratic rationality and the promise of democratic schooling, Fazal Rizvi. Part 2 Teaching as a profession: beyond professionalism, Shirley Grundy; professional knowledge and the beginning teacher, Peter Gilroy; practical professionalism, Hugh Sockett; accountability and teacher professionalism, Maurice Kogan. Part 3 The professional development of teachers: being caught in schoolwork - the possibilities of research in teachers' work, Martin Lawn; teachers and their research, Michael Golby; the practical ethic takes priority over methodology, Clem Adelman; teacher appraisal and the development of professional knowledge, Richard Winter; knowledge, power and teacher appraisal, John Elliott.
