Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Reconstruction of educational research -- Psychology and mathematics education -- The psychology of school subjects : a premature obituary? -- Autonomy and obligation : the remote control of teaching -- The practical and the eclectic : a deliberation on teaching and educational research -- Those who understand : knowledge growth in teaching -- Knowledge and teaching : foundations of the new reform -- The wisdom of practice : managing complexity in medicine and teaching -- Disciplines of inquiry in education : a new overview -- Teaching alone, learning together : needed agendas for the new reforms -- The paradox of teacher assessment -- A union of insufficiencies : strategies for teacher assessment in a period of educational reform Research on teaching : a historical and personal perspective -- Teacher portfolios : a theoretical activity -- Aristotle had it right : on knowledge and pedagogy -- Joseph Jackson Schwab 1909-1988 -- Calm seas, auspicious gales -- Teaching as community property : putting an end to pedagogical solitude -- Just in case : reflections on learning from experience -- Communities of learners and communities of teachers -- Professional development : learning from experience -- Theory, practice, and the education of professionals -- Professing the liberal arts.