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This book analyses the promises and challenges of doctoral studies as a form of teacher professional development. Drawing on a study of 30 Polish teachers with PhDs, this text suggests that the doctorate is an important vehicle for enhancing teachers' knowledge and research skills, and, ultimately, building a research-rich teaching profession.
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This much-needed new book presents the doctorate as an unexplored area of the teacher's professional learning journey. However, this book is much more than just a presentation of structures and theoretical frameworks: it makes visible the personal perspectives and dilemmas of teachers with PhDs. With precision and insight, Kowalczuk-Walędziak unpicks the essential relationship between theory and practice that she believes can be facilitated by teachers' doctoral research.
Erika Kopp, Associate Professor, Eötvös Lorand University, Hungary