Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis

English

"Professor Zepeda is the professional development guru. Her new book reflects a farsighted vision for the advancement of the professional practice of teachers. The writing is extraordinarily strong throughout and presents relevant cases for the reader – her work is succinct, stimulating, and understandable. Zepeda stresses the importance of collaboration in professional development; the Job-Embedded Professional Development framework demonstrates how this is accomplished." --Raymond Calabrese, Professor of Educational Administration, The Ohio State University, USA "Readers of Sally Zepeda’s new book will encounter many cutting edge concepts—job-embedded learning, reflective professional development, self-directed learning, and communities of practice, to name a few. Not only does Zepeda do an outstanding job of explaining these concepts in her reader-friendly writing style, she also shows us how the concepts are all intimately related to the improvement of student learning." --Stephen P. Gordon, Professor of Education and Community Leadership, Texas State University, USA "The author also demonstrates how mutual dialog could be achieved via rational and constructive statements. Section 5 outlines the main characteristics of peer coaching, which is a part of professional development. The author enriches the book through examples that promote collaboration among teachers." --Çiğdem Apaydın, Akdeniz University, Turkey