This book gives an account of a recent study into the nature of teacher quality that moves beyond typical discussions of teacher impact on student results and into what it means to be a teacher.
Rachel White is a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her discipline is music education, with broader teaching and research interests in gifted education, educational psychology, and the creative arts.
Alyson Simpson is a Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. Specialising in English and Literacy Education, she works with pre-service teachers in Undergraduate and Graduate-entry programs. She is also an international expert in dialogic learning and lead investigator on the What's the Evidence? project funded by the NSW Department of Education.
