offering a critique of the current educational rhetoric and by providing arguments for reviving the moral and social dimensions of teaching, this book aims to offer teachers and teacher educators the means to advance The Notion Of "Teaching Quality".

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.