Lecture by Christopher Day












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            * Lecture by Christopher Day
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            The Faculty of Education, Charles University, is celebrating its 80th anniversary and, to 

            occasion, will welcome one of the leading figures in research on the teaching profession. 
            Christopher Day of the University of Nottingham will give a lecture entitled Issues of Qua
            Work, Lives and Identities in the Ecology of Education on Thursday, 10 December 2026, at 3


            What makes a high-quality teacher? It is not simply a matter of what teachers know and can
            is also shaped by their experiences both within and beyond their professional lives, by ho

            themselves as professionals, and by the environments in which they work – from the classro
            to the broader context of education policy. It is this complex network of interconnected i

            the term ecology in the lecture title refers to. Christopher Day has explored these questi
            his career, and his lecture in Prague will offer insights grounded in decades of internati


            The lecture will be held in English. A link to the online stream will be added here.



            Christopher Day is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham and also holds a
            Beijing Normal University in China. He is an internationally recognised expert on the teac
            and school leadership. His research examines how teachers' identities, commitment and resi

            over the course of their careers, what enables them to remain in the profession, and the r
            leadership plays in this process.


            Together with colleagues, he led the large-scale VITAE study, which followed 300 teachers 
            in England over a period of four years. He founded the International Successful School Pri
            Project (ISSPP), an international research network investigating successful school leaders

            of countries. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Teachers and
            and Practice.


            He has written or co-authored numerous books, including Teachers Matter, The New Lives of 
            Resilient Teachers, Resilient Schools, and Teachers' Worlds and Work. His books have been 
            several languages. He received the Michael Huberman Award for Excellence in Research on th

            Teachers from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), is a Fellow of the Aca
            Sciences in the United Kingdom, and has been awarded honorary doctorates by Linköping Univ
            Education University of Hong Kong.