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About฀the฀Authors฀ Philip Stimpso n i s an Associate Professo r i n the Departmen t o f Curriculu m Studie s a t th e University of Hong Kong. He has degrees from the universities of Bristol and Sheffield i n the UK. He taught in schools and in teacher education in the UK before joining the University of Hong Kon g i n 1983 . He i s the Directo r o f th e QUES T researc h an d developmen t project , examining the nature and process of teaching practice supervision. Francis Lopez-Real is an Associate Professor i n the Department of Curriculum Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Southampton and has higher degrees from the universities of London and Cambridge. He taught in schools and in teacher education in the UK, Africa and Brunei before joining the University of Hong Kong in 1994. H e is the current chairman of the P.C.Ed, management committee . David Bunto n i s a n Associate Professo r i n th e Departmen t o f Curriculu m Studie s a t th e University of Hong Kong. He has degrees from the universities of Melbourne and Hong Kong. He has taught in Hong Kong schools and been involved in teacher education in Hong Kong for ten years, at the Institute of Language in Education and, since 1994, at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently chairma n of the Bachelor of Education committee . He has a particular research interest in discourse analysis. Dennis Wai-keung Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the Hong Kong Baptist University. He has degrees from the University of Western Ontario in Canada an d Drak e Universit y i n th e Unite d States . He ha s bee n involve d i n programm e development an d teaching in the area of teacher education. He was the Course Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education Course from 199 4 to 1996. x฀Bette r฀Supervision,฀Better฀Teaching:฀A฀Handbook฀for฀Teaching฀Practice฀Supervisors฀ Atara Siva n is a n Associate Professo r i n the Departmen t o f Educatio n Studie s a t the Hon g Kong Baptist University. She obtained her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Bar-Ilan University i n Israel an d he r Ph.D . from th e University o f Hong Kong. She has been involved i n teaching, research and curriculum development in the area of teacher education in Israel and Hong Kong. She is currently the Course Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education Course. Michael Williams is an Emeritus Professor o f Education at the University of Wales, Swansea, UK. His research interests are in the field of the continuing professional development of teachers and curriculum studies. His most recent project was on motivation and efficacy i n the context of trainers and community educators. ...

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