Teachers' Professional Lives

by Ivor F. Goodson

Overview

This text provides a discussion of the meaning of teacher professionalism and how it can be improved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750705141
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/25/1996
Series:	New Prospects Series , #3
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Editorial Preface, 1 Teachers’ Professional Lives: Aspirations and Actualities, 2 Teachers’ Work, Restructuring and Postfordism: Constructing the New ‘Professionalism’, 3 Teacher Professionalism and Curriculum Control, 4 Are Professional Teachers a Good Thing?, 5 Historical Notes on the Barriers to the Professionalization of American Teachers: The Influence of Markets and Patriarchy, 6 Using Drawings to Interrogate Professional Identity and the Popular Culture of Teaching, 7 Teacher Professionalism in Local School Contexts, 8 Student Teachers’ Lay Theories: Implications for Professional Development, 9 Women as Teachers: Teachers as Women, 10 Knowledge, Teacher Development and Change, 11 Development and Disenchantment in the Professional Lives of Headteachers, Notes on Contributors, Index

Editorial Reviews

'... Teachers' Professional Lives is an important book that demonstrates multiple perspectives and voices about teaching and teachers.'- Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

From the Publisher

Eleven contributions from researchers in North America, England, Australia, Israel, and Scandinavia discuss issues that are at the forefront of educational reform. They distinguish between six different models of professionalism; disentangle altruistic visions of professionalism from ones that are self-serving or serve to disguise and excuse greater bureaucratic control; and portray what professionalism looks like in practice in the daily working lives of teachers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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