Politics And The Primary Teacher

Author : Peter Cunningham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136485299

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Why is primary education so high on the political agenda, and so contentious? Why is the performance of primary schools so often in the media spotlight? Why should primary teachers trouble themselves with the politics of their work? Politics and the Primary Teacher is an accessible introduction to some of the thorniest aspects of a primary teacher’s role. It aims to support your understanding of the constant changes in education policy, give you confidence to engage critically with current political debates, and consider how you might shape your response accordingly. Including questions for reflection, and selected further reading and resources, it examines the complex interface between the work of a teacher and the world beyond the classroom walls. Key issues explored include: assessment, testing, league tables and national accountability measures the media’s impact in shaping both local and national views about education political implications of new policies such as academies and free schools conditions of work in the classroom and ‘workforce remodelling’ the curriculum, its purposes and structure pedagogy and teaching methods education for citizenship, health and well-being. Politics and the Primary Teacher is essential reading for all education professionals who want to think more deeply about primary education, what it offers, and how children, families and communities are served by the primary school.

Author : John Furlong,Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Marie Brennan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317990116

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Policy and Politics in Teacher Education by John Furlong,Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Marie Brennan Pdf

During the last 20 years, governments around the world have paid increasing attention to the recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers. Teacher supply and teacher quality have become significant policy issues, taken up by policy-makers at the highest levels. This is because teachers are now seen by many governments as the ‘lynch-pin’ of educational, economic and social reform. This volume grew out of a recognition by the Editors of the growing significance of teacher education policy and a curiosity about international trends and differences. The book brings together nine papers from leading academics around the world: from the UK (England and Scotland), the USA, Australia, Singapore and Belgium, plus a joint paper comparing Namibia and the USA. Taken together, the papers reveal the complexities and contradictions of international trends. On the one hand, they demonstrate that there is indeed a common direction of travel along the lines encouraged by international bodies such as the OECD. At the same time however, the papers also reveal important differences among countries in terms of how they are addressing common aspirations as well as some apparent contradictions within the policies of individual nations. This book was based on the special issue of Teachers and Teaching.

Author : Martin Lawn,Gerald Grace
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136450600

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Teachers: The Culture and Politics of Work (RLE Edu N) by Martin Lawn,Gerald Grace Pdf

This book examines the experience and politics of teachers’ work, questions of teacher appraisal, and the struggles of the teachers’ action of 1984-86. A major section of the book charts the changing power relations between organized teachers and the State in Britain from 1900 to the late 1980s. The contributors to this volume write from a variety of perspectives, including conflict theory, socio-historical analysis, feminist analysis, diary-based ethnography, and interview-based research. With its sensitivity to this range of perspectives and its bringing together of the experimental aspects of teaching, as well as its class, gender and political relations, this book is an authoritative source for courses in education, sociology, history and social policy.

Author : Diana E. Hess,Paula McAvoy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317575023

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The Political Classroom by Diana E. Hess,Paula McAvoy Pdf

WINNER 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Education Helping students develop their ability to deliberate political questions is an essential component of democratic education, but introducing political issues into the classroom is pedagogically challenging and raises ethical dilemmas for teachers. Diana E. Hess and Paula McAvoy argue that teachers will make better professional judgments about these issues if they aim toward creating "political classrooms," which engage students in deliberations about questions that ask, "How should we live together?" Based on the findings from a large, mixed-method study about discussions of political issues within high school classrooms, The Political Classroom presents in-depth and engaging cases of teacher practice. Paying particular attention to how political polarization and social inequality affect classroom dynamics, Hess and McAvoy promote a coherent plan for providing students with a nonpartisan political education and for improving the quality of classroom deliberations.

Author : Gary McCulloch,Gill Helsby,Peter Knight
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780826447982

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The Politics of Professionalism by Gary McCulloch,Gill Helsby,Peter Knight Pdf

Many commentators feared that the Education Reform Act of 1988 sounded the death knell for teacher professionalism in Britain. More than a decade later, however, professionalism appears to have staged a miraculous recovery: David Blunkett says that 'it is back at the very heart of teaching'. But what kind of professionalism is this? In whose interest is its recovery. and what effects will it have? And how does this development relate to changes in edict countries and other professions? The Politics of Professionalism provides authoritative answers to these questions. It does so by setting the debates in their historical context and by drawing on detailed research findings on teachers' experience of work arid education, especially the curriculum, in the current era. In the process, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the politics, history and sociology of teaching and the other professions.

Author : Maurice Kogan
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Education
ISBN : 0719007097

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The Politics of Educational Change by Maurice Kogan Pdf

Author : Mark B. Ginsburg,Beverly Lindsay
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 0750703938

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The Political Dimension in Teacher Education by Mark B. Ginsburg,Beverly Lindsay Pdf

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Mae Chu Chang,Sheldon Shaeffer,Samer Al-Samarrai,Andrew B. Ragatz,Joppe de Ree,Ritchie Stevenson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821399606

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Teacher Reform in Indonesia by Mae Chu Chang,Sheldon Shaeffer,Samer Al-Samarrai,Andrew B. Ragatz,Joppe de Ree,Ritchie Stevenson Pdf

The book features an analysis of teacher reform in Indonesia, which entailed a doubling of teacher salaries upon certification. It describes the political economy context in which the reform was developed and implemented, and analyzes the impact of the reform on teacher knowledge, skills, and student outcomes.

Author : Ian Hardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415899239

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The Politics of Teacher Professional Development by Ian Hardy Pdf

This text provides insights into teachers' continuing development and learning in contemporary western contexts. This volume is premised on the understanding that by learning more about the conditions under which teachers work and learn, it is possible to understand the learning opportunities teachers experience.

Author : Trevor Gale,Kathleen Mary Densmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015053514868

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Just Schooling by Trevor Gale,Kathleen Mary Densmore Pdf

This volume aims to offer an exercise in the cultural politics of teaching. It invites teachers and interested others to rethink what they know about social justice and to rework how they engage in the practices of teaching, particularly in relation to how these influence the lives of students.

Author : Viviane Gravey,Christopher Huggins
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781839103711

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Teaching European Union Politics by Viviane Gravey,Christopher Huggins Pdf

Why do we teach EU politics? What should EU politics students learn? What are the practical approaches and techniques to teaching EU politics? In response to these questions, Teaching European Union Politics analyses the interdisciplinary nature of teaching this broad subject and reflects on a wide range of educational approaches. It both advances the pedagogy and practice of teaching EU politics, and provides practical support for those looking to adopt innovative and learner-oriented techniques.

Author : Bernard Crick,Derek Benjamin Heater
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415675406

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Essays on Political Education by Bernard Crick,Derek Benjamin Heater Pdf

In the 1960s and 1970s there was a remarkable development of interest in political education not only in Britain but also in other countries, namely the USA, Germany and Australia. This volume provides scholars and teachers in this field with a picture of British work in the area of political education.

Author : Terry M. Moe,Susanne Wiborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781107168886

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The Comparative Politics of Education by Terry M. Moe,Susanne Wiborg Pdf

This book provides new evidence on teachers unions and their political activities across nations, and offers a foundation for a comparative politics of education.

Author : Zaretta Hammond
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483308029

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Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain by Zaretta Hammond Pdf

A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection

Author : Alison E. C. Struthers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351782821

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Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools by Alison E. C. Struthers Pdf

Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools delves into the important issue of Human Rights Education (HRE) implementation, exploring the nature and extent of HRE in education policy and practice in English primary schooling, and seeking to understand the reasons for deficiencies in practice in this area. HRE enables people not only to identify rights violations in their own lives, but also equips them with the knowledge, values and skills required to accept, defend and promote human rights more broadly. An awareness of human rights is therefore crucial, no matter what a person’s age, and as such it is vital that information about human rights is included within formal education. Beginning with an overview of the relevant international obligations and agreements related to HRE, Struthers then demonstrates that these are ostensibly not currently being met in either policy or practice in England. The book then draws upon current literature and empirical research with teachers to explore and analyse the barriers to HRE implementation. While the book uses the specific context of English primary education, it makes broad interdisciplinary recommendations concerning how the provision of HRE could be improved, which will be relevant to other countries instituting programmes of HRE or values and citizenship education. Interdisciplinary in nature and addressing HRE at both the international and domestic levels, this book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students in both education and law. It will be of particular interest to those engaged in the study of human rights, children’s rights and education law, as well as those interested in curriculum policy and development, teaching methodologies and the sociology of education. It should also be essential reading for teacher educators, teachers and policymakers.