Challenging the Deprofessionalisation of Teaching and Teachers Claiming and Acclaiming the Profession

The book focuses on Australian context and takes on an international perspective. It investigatesfundamentalissues affecting teacher quality, morale, attrition and retention, learner and teacher autonomy, and assessment and evaluation. It encourages teachers and teacher educators to assert centrality to teachers and question and challenge outside forces that suppress teacher autonomy and associated agency and creativity. It challenges administrators and educational jurisdictions to rethink their assumptions on their own capacities and limitations and teachers' capabilities to shape education in optimal ways and the impact of outcomes of the decisions they make.