Chapter 1. Practice! Practice! Practice!; Margaret Gregson and Patricia Spedding
Chapter 2. Vocational Education Matters: Other People’s Children…Not Seen and Not Heard.; Paul Kessell-Holland
Chapter 3. The Internal Goods of Educational Leadership: Alternative Approaches to Quality Improvement; Robin Webber-Jones
Chapter 4. Non-traditional Students and Practical Wisdom: A Perspective from a Practitioner-Researcher; Samantha Broadhead
Chapter 5. Adaptive Comparative Judgement; Michael Smith
Chapter 6. Their Defining Moments: Identifying Critical Influences that Prompted Progression into Post Compulsory Education in the Arts; Martell Baines
Chapter 7. Developing Critical Thinking and Professional Identity in the Arts Through Story; Frances Norton
Chapter 8. Identity in Focus: Examining FE Practitioners’ Informal Professional Learning Through the Lenses of Online Community Dialogues; Lynne Taylerson
Chapter 9. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An Exploration into the Realities of Sharing ‘Good Practice’ and Developing the Craft of Teaching Through an Online Video Platform; David Galloway
Chapter 10. Re-dressing the Balance: Practitioner-Research as Continuing Professional Development; Patricia Spedding
Chapter 11. What Do We Mean by Good Work? Issues of Practice and Standards of Quality in Vocational Education; Margaret Gregson, Patricia Spedding, and Paul Kessell-Hollandd
Chapter 12. Bringing Practitioners Back In; Margaret Gregson and Paul Kessell-Holland
Margaret Gregson is Professor of Vocational Education and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT) at the University of Sunderland, UK. Her research interests include practice-focused research, initial and continuing teacher education and approaches to educational evaluation and improvement.
Patricia Spedding is Associate Professor of Learning and Teaching at the Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT) at the University of Sunderland, UK. Her research interests include understandings of the development and sustainability of innovative pedagogy for the initial and continuing education of teachers.