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Author Whorton, Lindsay

Title Teachers' Unions and Education Reform in Comparative Contexts
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (300 pages)
Series Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
Routledge research in education policy and politics.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I 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 II 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 III School District Cases9 Teachers' Unions in the United States: A Sub-National Test; 10 School District Analysis: A Series of Congruence Tests; PART IV Conclusion; 11 Useful Conflict?: Finding the Path to Progress; Glossary; Appendices; Appendix I Data Collection and Analysis; Appendix II Finland Interview Schedule3; Appendix III Zürich Interview Schedule; Appendix IV Finland Interviews and InformantContacts; Appendix V Zürich Interviews and InformantContacts; Appendix VI School District Selection; Appendix VII Interviews for US Cases
Notes Appendix VIII General School District Interview GuideIndex
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317507789
1317507789