The book begins by identifying the shifts that need to happen for the power of professional learning to be realized in promoting student engagement, learning and well-being. Some shifts in thinking include:

• Moving from professional ... Read moredevelopment to professional learning
• Putting student learning at the heart of professional learning
• Focusing on the knowledge and skills to be learned rather than the forms of delivery
• Focusing on the double-demand of being both immediately practical and developing underlying principles so that new problems can be solved in the future

This is essential reading for teachers who want to take control of their own professional learning in ways that make a difference to their students and school leaders with responsibility for promoting professional and student learning.