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Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford Uni, seminar organised by cicero, 5.09.11

Hammond is a specialist in teacher education and talked about the possible reasons that led Finland and other high-achieving nations (e.g. Korea, Japan, Singapore) to such high scoring in pisa test results. A possible reason suggested by Linda is sustained learning opportunities embedded in practice. Other issues she tackled:
 * strategies to improve teaching (e.g. expert mentoring and coaching)
 * features of effective induction (e.g. engagement in collaborative curriculum planning, reduced teaching workload, administrative support)
 * professional learning opportunities connected to teachers' collaborative work in professional learning communities (e.g. learning about practice in practice project)