1st Edition

Restructuring Schools, Reconstructing Teachers Responding to Change in the Primary School

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on wide ranging research this book, originally published in 1997, explores how the policy changes of previous years were affecting primary teachers and their work at the time. Within the context of worldwide restructuring, the thoughts, feelings and activities of teachers in their daily work are examined. The core argument is that what used to be a complex but fulfilling job distinguished... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. Restructuring and the Growth of Constraint  2. Collaborating Under Constraint  3. Tensions in the New Teacher Role  4. Making the New Headteacher Role  5. The Catharsis of Inspection: Normalizing, Confirming and Reconstructing Self  6. A Price of Change: Teacher Stress and Burn-Out.  References.  Name Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Peter Woods, Bob Jeffrey, Geoff Troman, Mari Boyle