TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART 1 SETTING THE SCENE -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: AIMS, CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY -- CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES -- METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES -- ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 NATIONAL POLICY MAPPING -- INTRODUCTION -- PHASE ONE: INITIAL DEVELOPMENT 1914-1945 -- PHASE TWO: MCNAIR AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING MODELS 1945-1960 -- PHASE THREE: CHALLENGE AND EXPANSION 1960-1980 -- PHASE FOUR: PRIVATISATION AND CENTRAL CONTROL 1980-2000 -- NOTES -- PART 2 CHRONOLOGICAL CASE STUDIES -- CHAPTER 3 THE VACATION COURSE 1920-1940 -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND VACATION COURSE OUTLINES -- ORGANISATION, LOCATION AND FUNDING -- COURSE CONTENT -- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES -- THE VACATION COURSE AND TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 SPECIAL ADVANCED COURSES FOR TEACHERS 1945-1960 -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'SPECIAL ADVANCED COURSES FOR SERVING TEACHERS' BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION -- CASE STUDIES: THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND THE BRISTOL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 THE TEACHERS' CENTRE 1960-1990 -- TEACHERS' CENTRES IN CONTEXT -- TEACHERS' CENTRES: AN OVERVIEW -- TEACHERS' CENTRE LEADERS -- TEACHERS' CENTRES AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 TEACHERS' EXPERIENCES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- EARLY CAREER EXPERIENCES: 'IN AT THE DEEP END' -- FORMAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 'GOING ON COURSES' -- RESOURCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TEACHER SECONDMENT -- NATIONAL INITIATIVES AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- INFORMAL/ORGANIC TEACHER DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- NOTES -- PART 3 TEACHERS' EXPERIENCES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 7 EVALUATING IMPACT: PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- MEANINGS OF IMPACT.

PERCEPTIONS OF QUALITY -- IMPACT FOR WHOM? MOTIVATIONS AND REACH -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY -- PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DIMENSIONS -- PERCEPTIONS OF STATUS AND ACCREDITED DEGREES -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE WIDER PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY -- BEING A TEACHER, BEING A LEARNER -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSION -- RESOURCE, CONTROL AND REACH -- PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT -- PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ARCHIVE SOURCES -- OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS -- PUBLISHED BOOKS AND ARTICLES -- UNPUBLISHED WORK.