Society and the Teacher's Role (RLE Edu N)

by Frank Musgrove, Philip Taylor

Overview

This study describes research into teachers’ role conceptions and uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The authors examine in particular pupils’ and parents’ conceptions of the teacher’s role, and the conflicts which teachers experience when they are exposed to different expectations and demands in a rapidly changing educational and social scene.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415698917
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/08/2011
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Education
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frank Musgrove, Philip H. Taylor

Table of Contents

1. The Teacher and Society. 2. The Expectations of Pupils. 3. The Expectations of Parents. 4. Teachers’ Role Conflicts. 5. Parents versus Teachers. 6. Problems of Status and Role. 7. Teachers and Clients. Appendix: The Provision of Private Education in the Nineteenth Century. Notes. Index.

Editorial Reviews

‘Well fortified by research, the book should prove a useful source...’ — Times Educational Supplement

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