Union Learning Representatives : Challenges and Opportunities (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Union Learning Representatives and the Professional Development Agenda Alex Alexandrou 2. Unions and Learning: An Historical Overview Bert Clough 3. The Evolving Role of Union Learning Representatives Sian Moore and Cilla Ross 4. Understanding the Role of Union Learning Representatives in Developing Distinctive Approaches to Union Learning Steve Shelley 5. Challenging the Orthodoxy: Union Learning Representatives as Organic Intellectuals Howard Stevenson 6. Learning Agreements and Socially Responsible Approaches to Professional and Human Resource Development in the United Kingdom Emma Wallis 7. Partnership Out of Conflict: The Emerging Relationship of Teacher Learning Representatives and Local Authority Continuing Professional Development Quality Improvement Officers in ScotlandAlex Alexandrou and Jim O’Brien 8. In-service Learning in the Emergent Learning Representative Initiative in New ZealandBill Lee and Catherine Cassell 9. The New Zealand Learning Representatives Project: An Assessment of the Pilot Years Donald Farr 10. Educational Ambassadors in the Danish Trade Union Movement Michael Keil