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Changing teachers' work : the 'reform' of secondary schooling / Gill Helsby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helsby, Gill.
- Series:
- Changing education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Secondary--Great Britain.
- Education, Secondary.
- Great Britain.
- High school teaching--Great Britain.
- High school teaching.
- School management and organization--Great Britain.
- School management and organization.
- Educational change--Great Britain.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- x, 196 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Growing political, economic and social uncertainties throughout the world have prompted many governments to 'reform' their national education systems. This book looks at the effects of these reforms and finds that, far from improving education, they have often made it more difficult for teachers to do a good job in the classroom. Drawing upon her own research and other international studies, Gill Helsby argues that many reforms have created constraints and imposed excessive bureaucratic requirements which often diminish both the confidence and the capacity of teachers to perform to the best of their ability. Despite the unfavourable conditions, however, teachers remain key agents in determining the quality of education and a number of positive instances of teachers adapting and developing policy initiatives and reforms to meet student needs are highlighted. The book will be important reading for educational managers, senior teachers, teacher educators, policy makers and researchers.
- Contents:
- 1 Changing discourses for new times 1
- 2 Changing teachers' work: structure, culture and agency 14
- 3 Changing frameworks, changing systems 32
- 4 Changing what teachers teach 48
- 5 Changing how teachers teach 67
- 6 Changing patterns of association 84
- 7 Changing pace of work 99
- 8 Changes in accountability 115
- 9 Changes in school organization and management 132
- 10 Changes in teachers' professional development 150.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [176]-188) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0335199399
- 0335199380
- OCLC:
- 40179561
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