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Teachers’ Unions and Education Reform in Comparative Contexts book cover

1st Edition

Teachers’ Unions and Education Reform in Comparative Contexts

By Lindsay Whorton Copyright 2016
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge
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Teachers’ unions have long been controversial and divisive organizations, but criticism and distrust of them may be at an all-time high. This volume considers the prevailing assumption that unions successfully block change in education because they are primarily motivated to protect members’ interests. It challenges the conceptualization of teacher union motivation and provides a more nuanced... Read more

Introduction PART ONE: RESEARCH DESIGN  1. Teachers’ Unions and Education Reform: A Review of the Literature  2. Beyond Narrow Assumptions of Interest and Power: A Conceptual Framework  3. Research Design, Case Selection, and Methodology  PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL CASES  4. Finland: History and Context  5. Quiet Compromises: Finland’s New Salary System  6. The Canton of Zürich: History and Context  7. Eventually Overcoming Resistance: The MAB System  8. Finland and Zürich: Multiple Pathways to Reform  PART THREE: SCHOOL DISTRICT CASES  9. Teachers’ Unions in the United States: A Sub-National Test  10. School District Analysis: A Series of Congruence Tests  PART FOUR: CONCLUSION  11. Useful Conflict?: Finding the Path to Progress

Biography

Lindsay M. Whorton received her DPhil at the University of Oxford, UK and served as Legislative Director to Colorado Senator Mike Johnston. She lives in Washington DC.

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