The life and work of teachers : international perspectives in changing times / edited by Christopher Day ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Day, Christopher, ACP.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers.

Teaching.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Falmer Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together the work of researchers from across the world, this unique collection links policy, school leadership and teacher's lives.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; 1 Professional Knowledge and the Teacher's Life and Work; 2 The Politics of the Secret Garden; 3 Changing Primary Schools in Hong Kong; 4 Educational Researchers; 5 Rethinking the Practice of Teacher Professionalism; 6 Multiple Truths and Contested Realities; 7 Stories of Change and Professional Development; 8 The New Work Order and Australian Schools; 9 Working-Time Blues; 10 Student Teachers' Struggle in Becoming Professionals; 11 Rethinking the Work of Teachers and School Leaders in an Age of Change

12 Steering In and Steering Of the School13 School Principals in Transition; 14 Preparing for External Inspection; 15 Leadership in an Era of Change; 16 Reinventing School Leadership for Lasting Reform in the Third Millennium; Notes on Contributors; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-70092-3

1-135-70093-1

1-280-14336-3

0-203-98390-4

9780203983904

OCLC:

70734028