Teacher Empowerment Toward Professional Development and Practices

Part I. Teacher Empowerment: Leadership, Autonomy and Accountability

1. Evolution of Teacher Leadership as a Challenging Paradigm in Rethinking and Restructuring Educational Settings
Adnan Boyaci, Yakup Oz

2. Promoting Teachers’ Leadership Through Autonomy and Accountability
Nabi Bux Jumani, Samina Malik

3. Sharing School Leadership: Principalship Empowerment or Relegation?
Ismail Hussein Amzat

4. Changing Definition of Teacher Professionalism: Autonomy and Accountability
Joseph Wu, Hoi Yan Cheung, Raymond M. C. Chan

5. Teachers’ Autonomy and Accountability in Assessing Students’ Physical Education in School-Based Assessment
Ruzlan Md-Ali, Arsaythamby Veloo

Part II. Teacher Empowerment: Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

6. Transforming Education Through Teacher Empowerment in Namibia: Possibilities and Challenges
Cornelia Ndahambelela Shimwooshili Shaimemanya

7. Mathematics Continuous Professional Development and Its Relevance to the New Era in South Africa
Zingiswa M. M. Jojo

8. Professional Training and Lifelong Learning for School Heads of Departments: A Gateway for Headship Continuous Improvement
Sharon Thabo Mampane

9. Engaging Teachers in Lifelong Learning in Oman for Knowledge Growth and Development: Government Roles and Higher Institutions
Ismail Hussein Amzat, Salim Hamed Al-Mahruqi, Muhajir Teslikhan, Turkiya Al Omairi

10. Counseling Ethics Education for Enhanced Professional Identity and Development: Guidance and Counseling Teachers Lifelong Learning Acquisition Empowered
Noor Syamilah Zakaria, Jane Warren, Ab. Rahim Bakar

11. An Approach to Motivation and Empowerment: The Application of Positive Psychology
Samuel M. Y. Ho, Christine W. Y. Mak, Rita Ching, Edmund T. T. Lo

Part III. Teacher Empowerment: Teacher Responsive Teaching and Learning Initiatives

12. Teacher Responsive Teaching and Learning Initiatives Through Action Research
Mary Koutselini

13. Teaching and Learning for Real-Life: The Application of Real-Life Moral Dilemma Discussion (Re-LiMDD) for Classroom Interaction
Vishalache Balakrishnan

14. Infusing Thinking-Based Learning in Twenty-First-Century Classroom: The Role of Training Programme to Enhance Teachers’ Skilful Thinking Skills

Muhammed Yusuf

15. Theory into Practice: The Content of Pre-service Teachers’ Reflections in North Cyprus
Anas Musa Ismail, Çise Çavuşoğlu

Part IV. Teacher Empowerment: Professional Learning Communities and Emerging Technologies

16. Fostering Teachers’ Professional Development Through Collaboration in Professional Learning Communities
G. M. Steyn

17. School-Based Professional Learning Community: Empowering Teachers as Assessment Leaders in the Change Context
Garima Bansal

18. Professional Learning Communities in a Web 2.0 World: Rethinking the Conditions for Professional Development
Yvonne Liljekvist, Jorryt Bommel, Christina Olin-Scheller

19. Emerging Technologies as Tools for Enhancing Mathematics Professional Learning Communities in Botswana
M. J. Motswiri, E. Zimudzi, K. G. Garegae, A. A. Nkhwalume

20. Using an E-Portfolio for Teaching and Teacher Continuous Learning: A Process for Professional Development Enhancement
Byabazaire Yusuf

Keywords: Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, International and Comparative Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership