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This volume contains country studies on the school systems in Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Important characteristics of the specific social and policy contexts, of the school system and of educational practice are described and analysed by researchers of educational studies, based on a common analytical framework. The reports are original surveys, describing the characteristics of the conditions underlying each country's school system as viewed by national experts.

This new informative publication clearly identifies and arranges profiles in relation to two connected areas of professional teacher practices: classroom teaching practices and participation in professional learning communities.