Teachers' work in a globalizing economy / John Smyth [and four others] ; preface by Michael Apple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dow, Alexander (Alexander Carmichael)

Contributor:

Smyth, John, 1944- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers.

Education--Economic aspects.

Education.

Postmodernism and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

2005.

London ; New York : Falmer Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Extended critical case studies provide a tangible working expression of the labour process of teaching, showing how teachers are simultaneously experiencing significant changes to their work, as well as responding in ways that actively shape these processes. For teachers and researchers, this book shows what processes are at work in the global economy which impact on, and sometimes control, the role of the teacher. It also reveals how teachers accommodate, resist or redefine their working circumstances, and explores methods researchers might employ in order to increase our understanding and kn

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Deindustrialization, Global Capital and the Crisis in Teachers' Work; 2 Towards a Labour Process Theory of Teachers Work; 3 The Critical Case Study Method; 4 Teachers' Work in a Post-Fordist Era; 5 Teachers' Work-storied Accounts of Professionalism and Intensification; 6 Towards a Revitalization of a Critical Theory of Teachers Work; 7 Struggling with Global Effects Teachers as Pedagogical Political Workers; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed December 18, 2023).

ISBN:

9781135700294

113570029X

9781135700300

1135700303

9781280143571

1280143576

9780203979693

0203979699

OCLC:

475943953