The Life and Work of Teachers: International Perspectives in Changing Times

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Contributors from around the world tackle the factors that have the greatest impact on creating quality learning opportunities for students: namely policy, school leadership and teaching/teachers' lives. Drawing on a range of critical conceptual and empirical perspectives, the contributions illustrate the extent to which experience can be similar around the world. The book sheds much-needed light on the effects of mandated change upon school leaders and teachers, both nationally and internationally. It also ...

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Overview

Contributors from around the world tackle the factors that have the greatest impact on creating quality learning opportunities for students: namely policy, school leadership and teaching/teachers' lives. Drawing on a range of critical conceptual and empirical perspectives, the contributions illustrate the extent to which experience can be similar around the world. The book sheds much-needed light on the effects of mandated change upon school leaders and teachers, both nationally and internationally. It also demonstrates how teachers have coped or flourished, both because and in spite of the changing circumstances they work under.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780750709453
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 11/3/2000
  • Pages: 304
  • Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 0.69 (d)

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Part 1: Teacher Professionalism and Conditions of Change 1. Professional Knowledge and the Teacher's Life and Work Ivor Goodson, UK 2. The Politics of the Secret Garden Gary McCulloch, UK 3. Curriculum Reform and Education Change Paul Morris, K.K. Chan and Lo Mun Ling, Hong Kong 4. Educational Researchers: Living with a Lesser Form of Knowledge Dave Larbee, USA 5. Rethinking the Practice of Teacher Professionalism Judyth Sachs, Australia Part 2: The LIves and Work of Teachers 6. Multiple Truths and Contested Realities: The Changing Faces of Teacher Professionalism in England Gill Helsby, UK 7. Stories of Change and Professional Development: The Costs of Commitment Christopher Day, UK 8. A New Work Order in Australian Schools? Investigations from Down Under Shirley Grundy and Stuart Bonser, Australia 9. Working Time Blues: How Norwegian Teachers Experience Restrucration in Education Kirsti Klette, Norway 10. Student Teachers' Struggle in Becoming Professionals: Hopes and Dilemmas in Teacher Education Trond Hauge, Norway
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