1st Edition
Primary Teachers Talking A Study of Teaching As Work
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is it like to be a primary teacher? The first detailed study of the personal and professional experience of primary teachers in England and Wales, Primary Teachers Talking makes extensive use of verbatim evidence supplied by teachers during interviews in their first decade of work and again ten years later. In Part I Jennifer Nias discusses the importance attached to the ways in which primary... Read more
Part I 1. Teaching and the Self 2. The Nature of The Teacher's 'Self' 3. Defending the Self in Teaching 4. The Development of Personal Concerns Part II 5.Job Satisfaction Among Primary Teachers 6. Job Dissatisfaction Among Primary Teachers 7. Life in Staffrooms: Dependence and Interdependence 8. Life in Staffrooms: Wider Horizons 9. Feeling Like a Teacher 10. Conclusion
Biography
Professor Jennifer Nias
