Building a Research-Rich Teaching Profession

Marta Kowalczuk-Walędziak (PhD) is Vice Dean for International Co-operation at the University of Białystok, Poland, and board member of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE). Her research interests include teacher education and professional development, and the internationalisation of teacher education.

• teacher professional development – doctoral studies – research-rich teaching profession – doctoral studies as a form of teacher professional development – impact of PhD on teaching practice – transformation of doctoral education to better address the diversity of interplay(s) between research and professional experience

Kowalczuk-Walędziak’s book offers a timely and well-designed research study into the challenges, rewards, doubts, and successes experienced by teachers who continue their professional development through PhD studies. The results, vividly illustrated by quotes directly from interviews, dot every ‘i’ in the discussion about the value of training teachers in academic research practices. They also provide greatly needed new perspectives on the re-invention of PhD training in order to better address the expectations of professional practice in the twenty-first century.Zanda Rubene, Professor and Director of PhD Programmes in Educational Studies, University of Latvia