Contemporary Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers

Teachers are the most valuable resource in education, but educators today are operating under increasingly challenging circumstances. Building an effective and stable teaching workforce for the 21st century is of vital importance. Contemporary Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers addresses these and other pressing issues in the lives of teachers. Using a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, this book series highlights the challenges, current research, and proposed innovations in the lives of teachers. Each volume in the series is organized around a specific challenge faced by teachers in today’s schools and defines and frames the problem, identifies research or evidence relevant to the problem, and presents and analyzes possible solutions or innovations. 

Contemporary Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers provides a forum for pioneering research related to the lives of teachers around the world. This series highlights the voices of teachers themselves in constructing their own lives and careers and welcomes multiple methodologies and theoretical perspectives for doing so. Contemporary Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers also seeks innovative research that identifies, analyzes, and addresses current challenges facing teachers in today’s classrooms nationally and internationally, such as recruitment and retention, the emotional lives of teachers, autonomy and identify, and ethical issues in studying teachers’ lives. This series strives to serve as an indispensable voice for the personal and the professional in teaching, synthesizing research that works toward an effective and committed teaching force for today’s schools, students, and the teachers themselves.

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