This design study aimed to develop and test a coherent set of guidelines for teacher professional development. Based on literature we settled for five main principles, and translated these into guidelines for a teacher professional development program. To realize (1) feedback on classroom practice we …

Ever since the fall of communism Russia has been going through periods of transition. Gorbatchev brought 'glasnost' to the country. Yeltsin brought private ownership, immense freedom but pulled the country into a complete post-communist chaos. Putin restored the sense of order and stability and brought …

There is a central dilemma embedded in the relationship between teachers and researchers. Teachers know the story of the classroom well, but they are seldom asked to tell their stories, nor do they usually have the opportunity. Researchers, on the other hand, are skilled at telling certain things about …