The work and lives of teachers : a global perspective / Rosetta Marantz Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Rosetta Marantz, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Cross-cultural studies.

Teachers.

Teaching--Cross-cultural studies.

Teaching.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

x, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"The Work and Lives of Teachers offers a simple but original argument: that the cultural attitudes toward the teaching profession measurably influence how students perform. Cohen uses both ethnographic portraits and personal accounts from thirteen teachers - from Finland, Taiwan, Greece, Azerbaijan, France, Chile, South Africa, Siberia, Brazil, Romania, Philippines, Norway and the United States - to explore the meaning and value of teaching worldwide. This study includes the ways in which teachers in these countries are educated, recruited, compensated, and perceived by parents, students, administrators, and the culture at large. Teachers' voices, so rarely heard in international educational studies, are front and center here, highlighting the daily work in the classroom and the pleasures and struggles of engaging in the teaching profession in 2016. The lesson, briefly stated, is that societies are only as good as the people who teach in them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Teaching on Earth: introduction; 1. Finland: autonomy and respect Annukka Suonio; 2. Taiwan: tradition and change Feng-juan Kuo; 3. Greece: a week of austerity Vasiliki Michailidou; 4. Azerbaijan: teaching in the shadow of war Gulnaz Haciyeva; 5. France: defending rigor Laurence Manfrini; 6. Chile: revolution and resignation Mauricio Ramirez; 7. America: diversity and a passion for leadership Bonnie Fineman; 8. The teacher in comparative perspective; 9. Teachers in their own words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107135741

1107135745

9781316501634

1316501639

OCLC:

960166672