1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Teachers (1994) Constructing the Future

By Kevin Harris Copyright 1994
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1994, Teachers: Constructing a Future is designed for teachers, as well as those interested in the future of schooling and education. The book draws on sociological analysis, philosophical insights and aspects of political economy to examine the changing and developing role of teachers in the context of the current transformation of western capitalism. It considers the... Read more

Note on the Text

Preface

Introduction Re-professionalizing and Politicizing Teachers

1. The Dead Hand of the Past: The Idealist Legacy

2. Reactions and Adaptations

3. Teachers, Materialism and the Real World

4. Choice and Ideology

5. Justifying Teacher Intervention

6. Teachers and Committed Intervention

7. Teachers as an Intellectual Vanguard

8. Conclusion

Selected Bibliography

Index

Biography

Kevin Harris