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• AERA Division K Legacy Award to Ann Lieberman, 2010
"Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller make the issue of how to bring about change in teaching into an appetizing feast for all educators, not a bitter pill that teachers must be forced to swallow. . . . Realistic, practical, and insightful, this splendid book gives a glimpse into a possible and achievable future for teaching in the 21st century."
–Andy Hargreaves, Professor, University of Toronto
"The authors are sensitive to the phenomenology of teachers struggling with the personal and institutional change process. They give us a conceptual road map as well as heartening examples of personal and institutional transformations."
–Seymour B. Sarason, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
"Without romanticizing or oversimplifying the struggles teachers face . . . this wise book provides clarity, coherence, and guidance for those involved in or supportive of school reform."
–Christine Cziko, Teacher Educator, UC Berkeley
Fifteen years after Lieberman and Miller’s Teachers–Their World and Their Work, many schools and the teachers who work in them are being challenged to achieve more ambitious and far-reaching goals than ever before. In this sequel to their ground-breaking volume the authors bring the reader up to date by addressing the contemporary realities of schools and teaching, focusing on both the constraints and the possibilities embedded in practice. The words and experiences of teachers and principals are used by the authors to show what growth and change look like from the inside–the teacher’s perspective: what change requires, how differences in context and personnel are accommodated, what people learn as they change, and what it feels like in the process. This book is a major contribution to a growing literature focusing on the central participants in school reform–the teachers. It is essential to the success of this transformation that "their world and their work" be understood and supported in all its complexity.
Ann Lieberman is currently Visiting Professor at Stanford University and Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Lynne Miller has been a Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Southern Maine and Director of the Southern Maine Partnership.
Also by Ann Lieberman:
Teachers Caught in the Action: Professional Development That Matters
Staff Development for Education in the '90s: New Demands, New Realities, New Perspectives
The Work of Restructuring Schools: Building from the Ground Up
