Secondary Teachers at Work

by Jim Campbell, S. R. St. J. Neill

Overview

The first part of this book charts and analyses 2,688 working days of 384 teachers in 91 LEAs in 1991. It shows how they spent their working lives, how well matched their teaching was to their academic background, and the balance between teaching and other aspects of their work. The analysis uses five major categories: Teaching, Preparation, Administration, Professional Development and Other Activities. The authors argue that there is an occupational split between 'the managers' and 'the teachers'.
The second part comments on the findings by relating them to issues of school management, and teacher professionalism, arguing that 'conscientiousness' poses a professional dilemma for secondary teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134879588
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Series:	The Teaching as Work Project
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Campbell, Jim; Neill, S. R. St. J.

Table of Contents

Part 1 THE EVIDENCE; Chapter 1 TEACHERS AT WORK; Chapter 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE Part ICIPATING TEACHERS; Chapter 3 TOTAL TIME ON WORK; Chapter 4 TEACHING AND THE CURRICULUM; Chapter 5 PREPARATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 6 ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIESx; Chapter 7 TEACHERS AND MANAGERS; Part 2 TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM AND CHANGE; Chapter 8 THE USE OF TEACHERS' TIME; Chapter 9 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING UNDER IMPOSED CHANGE: SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEORISING; Chapter 10 THE DILEMMA OF TEACHER CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; APPENDIX Methods of data analysis; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;