| Description |
xvi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Deindustrialization, Global Caital and the Crisis in Teacher's Work -- 2. Towards a Labour Process Theory of Teachers' Work -- 3. The Critical Case Study Method -- 4. Teachers' Work in a Post-Fordist Era: The Case of the Teacher-Managers of Gallipoli High School -- 5. Teachers' Work-storied Accounts of Professionalism and Intensification: The Case of Appleton College -- 6. Towards a Revitalization of a Critical Theory of Teachers' Work -- 7. Struggling with 'Global Effects': Teachers as Pedagogical-Political Workers |
| Summary |
Extended critical case studies provide a tangible working expression of the labour process of teaching, showing how teachers are experiencing significant changes to their work, as well as responding in ways that shape these processes |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Case studies |
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Curriculum |
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Educational philosophy |
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Globalisation |
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Management |
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Pace of change |
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Teaching |
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Work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Economic aspects.
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Postmodernism and education.
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Teachers.
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Teaching.
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| Author |
Smyth, W. J. (William John), 1944-
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| LC no. |
99039365 |
| ISBN |
0750709618 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0750709626 (alk. paper) |
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