The Life and Work of Teachers: International Perspectives in Changing Times

by Day,Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780750709453
• ISBN10: 0750709456
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-03
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

In the context of the "new work order" and "contested realities", 20 international contributors affiliated with Professional Actions and Cultures of Teaching (PACT) -- from Australia to the US -- evaluate educational reform challenges. Essays branch into sections on: teacher professionalism and conditions of change, the lives and work of teachers in and beyond the classroom, and dilemmas of school leadership in an era of transition.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	viii
Introduction	1	(10)
Christopher Day
Alicia Fernandez
Trond E. Hauge
Jorunn Moller
PART I Teacher Professionalism and Conditions of Change	11	(80)
Professional Knowledge and the Teacher's Life and Work	13	(13)
Ivor Goodson
The Politics of the Secret Garden: Teachers and the School Curriculum in England and Wales	26	(12)
Gary McCulloch
Changing Primary Schools in Hong Kong: Perspectives on Policy and its Impact	38	(17)
Paul Morris
K. K. Chan
Lo Mun Ling
Educational Researchers: Living with a Lesser Form of Knowledge	55	(21)
David F. Labaree
Rethinking the Practice of Teacher Professionalism	76	(15)
Judyth Sachs
PART II The Lives and Work of Teachers	91	(82)
Multiple Truths and Contested Realities: The Changing Faces of Teacher Professionalism in England	93	(16)
Gill Helsby
Stories of Change and Professional Development: The Costs of Commitment	109	(21)
Christopher Day
The New Work Order and Australian Schools	130	(16)
Shirley Grundy
Stewart Bonser
Working-Time Blues: How Norwegian Teachers Experience Restructuring in Education	146	(13)
Kirsti Klette
Student Teachers' Struggle in Becoming Professionals: Hopes and Dilemmas in Teacher Education	159	(14)
Trond E. Hauge
PART III Dilemmas of School Leadership	173	(98)
Rethinking the Work of Teachers and School Leaders in an Age of Change	175	(20)
Ibrahim Bajunid
Steering In and Steering Of the School	195	(15)
Gunnar Berg
School Principals in Transition: Conflicting Expectations, Demands and Desires	210	(14)
Jorunn Moller
Preparing for External Inspection: School Leadership as a Continuing Project in Identity Construction	224	(15)
Colin Biott
Franz Rauch
Leadership in an Era of Change: Breaking Down the Barriers of the Culture of Teaching	239	(17)
Alicia Fernandez
Reinventing School Leadership for Lasting Reform in the Third Millennium	256	(15)
Brian J. Caldwell
Notes on Contributors	271	(6)
Index	277