Teachers undefeated : how global education reform has failed to crush the spirit of educators / Jon Berry ; foreword by Christine Blower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, Jon, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Blower, Christine, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education and state--Great Britain.

Education and state.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii, 95 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

How global education reform has failed to crush the spirit of educators

Place of Publication:

London : Trentham Books is an imprint of UCL IOE Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Teachers Undefeated is about how teachers continue to do the best for their students. They do so despite clumsy interventions from governments who have no idea how difficult they have made school life. They do so despite the fact that they are pressurized into producing dubious outcomes and are over-scrutinized in every aspect of their professional lives. The book is filled with testimony from teachers who still bring energy, creativity and commitment to everything they do. Jon Berry explains how the political and economic circumstances of the past forty years play out in our classrooms on a daily basis. He discusses possibilities for collective resistance to policies that reduce the enjoyment of learning to a succession of test rehearsals and exam preparation. This is a book for serving teachers, those about to enter the profession, parents and anyone interested in preserving a rounded education for our children."--Back cover.

Contents:

1 The GERM: What it is and where it comes from 1

2 The state we're in and how we got here: How the GERM took hold 7

3 Speaking truth to power? Whose voices are here? 16

4 The horror, the horror: Tested to destruction 20

5 You lookin' at me? Or qui custodiet ipsos custodes? 30

6 Ten teaching tales to brighten the gloom: Hosepipes, the Enigma code and the execution of Anne Boleyn 43

7 Can school leaders let the caged bird sing? 56

8 Doing it for themselves: How teachers can take greater control of the curriculum 67

9 Undefeated - but how do we become GERM free? 78.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781858566788

1858566789

OCLC:

951155438

Publisher Number:

99968012453