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Eaude, Tony – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
This article explores the nature of teacher expertise in the primary school classroom, drawing on theoretical models of expertise and of teaching expertise. It challenges simplistic models of an "outstanding" or "master" teacher to argue that since teacher expertise is both situated and prototypical, it is manifested in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Expertise, Teacher Competencies
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Cross, Russell – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
The current educational context in many English speaking countries is one where literacy is understood to be essentially monolingual in orientation; that is, an understanding of literacy around a single common language, with the emphasis on identifying universal, normative "standards" and "benchmarks", such as the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Literacy Education, Teacher Characteristics, Federal Legislation