"International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching" ed. by Lawrence J. Saha, A. Gary Dworkin

This Handbook provides a fresh look at the ever changing nature of the teaching profession throughout the world. This collection of over 70 original articles addresses a wide range of issues that are relevant for understanding the present educational climate in which the accountability of teachers and the standardized testing of students have become dominant.

The international collection of authors brings to the handbook a breadth of knowledge and experience about the teaching profession, and a wealth of material across a number of comparative dimensions, such as between developed and developing countries, and Eastern and Western cultures. In addition, many articles address the emerging challenges to education and to the lives of teachers which are brought about by the globalization trends of the 21st Century.

The handbook focuses on the following general topic areas:
• Theory and Research on Teachers
• Becoming a Teacher
• Characteristics of Teachers
• Teacher Behaviors
• Teacher Life Cycle
• Theories of Teaching and Learning
• Teaching in Classrooms
• Teaching Specific Student Populations
• The Teaching of Individual Subjects
• Great Debates about Teachers and Teaching

The handbook is written for students and researchers in the fields of education, the social sciences and the behavioral sciences. In addition, it is a valuable resource for policy-makers who want knowledge and insights based on the latest research findings. Many author recommendations are relevant for the development of educational reform policies in both developed and developing societies.

Table of contents

1. Introduction: New Perspectives On Teachers And Teaching - Lawrence J. Saha, A. Gary Dworkin

II Introduction to the Study of Teachers

2. Teachers in History - W. Robert Houston
3. Trends in Research on Teaching: an Historical and Critical Overview - Margaret D. LeCompte
4. Teacher Research and Teacher as Researcher - Cheryl J. Craig
5. The Dissemination of Knowledge about Research on Teachers, to the Teachers - Lawrence J. Saha
6. Social Science Theories on Teachers, Teaching, and Educational Systems - Jeanne H. Ballantine, Joan Z. Spade
7. Developments in Quantitative Methods in Research Into Teachers and Teaching - John P. Keeves, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan

III Becoming a Teacher

8. Teacher Preparation Programs - Kathryn M. Borman, Elaine Mueninghoff, Bridget A. Cotner, Phyllis Bach Frederick
9. Teacher Certification and Credentials: From a Focus On Qualification to a Commitment to Performance - Scott Imig, Stephen Koziol, Virginia Pilato, David Imig
10. The Continuing Education of Teachers: In-Service Training and Workshops - Robert V. Bullough
11. The Role of Mentors of Preservice and Inservice Teachers - Jo Blase
12. The Lifelong Learning Issue: The Knowledge Base Under Professional Development? - Bruce Joyce, Jim Wolf, Emily Calhoun

IV The Characteristics of Teachers

13. The Status and Prestige of Teachers and Teaching - Linda Hargreaves
14. The Political Orientations of Teachers - Mark B. Ginsburg, Sangeeta G. Kamat
15. Dimensions of Quality in Teacher Knowledge - Michael J. Lawson, Helen Askell-Williams, Rosalind Murray-Harvey
16. Teachers' Values in the Classroom - Clodie Tal, Yoel Yinon
17. Footnotes to Teacher Leadership - Mark A. Smylie, David Mayrowetz
18. Sex Segregation and Tokenism among Teachers - Barbara J. Bank

V Teacher Behavior

19. The Classroom as an Arena of Teachers' Work - Margaret Freund
20. Teachers and Democratic Schooling - Thomas Kwan-Choi Tse
21. Teachers and Parents - Mavis G. Sanders
22. Teacher Commitment - Nordin Abd Razak, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan, John P. Keeves
23. Teachers' Beliefs about Student Learning and Motivation - Julianne C. Turner, Andrea Christensen, Debra K. Meyer
24. Teachers and the Politics of History School Textbooks - Joseph Zajda
25. Teachers' Emotion Regulation - Rosemary E. Sutton, Elaine Harper
26. Principal and Teachers Relations: Trust at the Core of School Improvement - Pamela R. Hallam, Charles Hausman
27. Teacher Misbehaviour - Ramon (Rom) Lewis, Philip Riley
28. School Administrator Mistreatment of Teachers - Joseph Blase

VI Teacher Life-Cycles

29. Tracking Teachers - Sean Kelly
30. Teachers' Work, Power and Authority - Terri Seddon, Phoebe Palmieri
31. Teachers as Professionals: Salaries, Benefits and Unions - Nina Bascia
32. Teacher Burnout and Teacher Resilience: Assessing the Impacts of the School Accountability Movement - A. Gary Dworkin
33. Teachers and Promotion: Research Evidence on the Role of Gender, Career Intentions, Promotion Criteria and Teacher Satisfaction - Ping-Man Wong

VII Teachers and Teaching in Comparative Perspective

34. Teachers in Comparative Perspective - Anthony Clarke
35. Comparative Perspectives On Teachers, Teaching And Professionalism - Mark B. Ginsburg, Nagwa M. Megahed
36. Teachers and Teaching in Eastern and Western Schools: A Critical Review of Cross-Cultural Comparative Studies - Yanping Fang, S. Gopinathan
37. Teachers and Teaching in Africa - Lawrence Chi Awasom
38. Greek Cypriot Teachers and Classroom Diversity: Intercultural Education in Cyprus - Elena Papamichael

VIII Dimensions of Teaching

39. Three Sides of Teaching: Styles, Models, and Diversity - Bruce Joyce, Emily Calhoun
40. Creating Productive Learning Environments in Culturally Pluralistic Classrooms - Revathy Kumar, Stuart A. Karabenick
41. Justice in Teaching - Nura Resh, Clara Sabbagh
42. Ethics and Teaching - Clara Sabbagh
43. Teacher Expectations and Labeling - Christine Rubie-Davies

IX Teaching in Classrooms

44. Teacher–Student Interaction - Joshua M. Englehart
45. Assessment and Examinations - Susan M. Brookhart
46. Classroom Management - Barbara Landau
47. Teachers as Role Models - Wayne Martino
48. Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom - Kerri Ullucci
49. Teaching in Large and Small Classes - Peter Blatchford, Anthony Russell, Penelope Brown
50. Teaching and Learning in the Ict Environment - Bronwen Cowie, Alister Jones
51. Effective Teaching: an Emerging Synthesis - Thomas L. Good, Caroline R. H. Wiley, Ida Rose Florez
52. Teaching and Nonverbal Behavior in the Classroom - Elisha Babad

X Teaching Specific Student Populations

53. Teaching at the Secondary Level - Floyd M. Hammack, Dana M. Grayson
54. Teaching at Tertiary Level - Linda Hort
55. Teaching for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) - Hugh Guthrie, Roger Harris, Michele Simons, Tom Karmel
56. Teaching Students With Special Needs - Bruce Allen Knight
57. Teaching Gifted and Talented Children - Martina Endepohls-Ulpe
58. Teaching “at Risk” Students: Meeting Their Needs - Ramon Lewis, Tricia McCann
59. Teaching Indigenous Populations - Rodney A. Clifton
60. Single-Sex or Coeducational Classes - Peter W. Cookson
61. Teaching and the Boy Problem - Rob Gilbert

XI The Teaching of Individual Subjects

62. The Teaching of Reading - Barbara R. Foorman, Kristi L. Santi
63. Teaching History - Joseph Zajda, John A. Whitehouse
64. Teaching Mathematics - Michael L. Connell
65. Teaching Science - John P. Keeves, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan
66. Teaching About Political and Social Values - Murray Print
67. Conditions for Promoting Moral and Prosocial Development in Schools - Alan J. Reiman
68. Teaching a Second Language - Sharon H. Ulanoff
69. Teaching in Arts Education - Peter Wright
70. Research on Teaching Health and Physical Education - John R. Todorovich

XII Great Debates about Teachers and Teaching

71. Keeping Track or Getting Offtrack: Issues in the Tracking Of Students - Lynn M. Mulkey, Sophia Catsambis, Lala Carr Steelman, Melanie Hanes-Ramos
72. High Stakes Testing and Teaching to the Test - Gary Natriello
73. Value-Added Models of Teacher Effects - Pamela F. Tobe
74. Teachers and Teaching During Educational Restructuring and Reforms - Patrick J. W. McGinty
75. Grade Retention Redux: A Dissenting Perspective - Jon Lorence
76. Teachers and Teaching in an Era Of Heightened School Accountability: A Forward Look - Lawrence J. Saha, A. Gary Dworkin