The life and work of teachers : international perspectives in changing times / edited by Christopher Day [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Professional knowledge and the teacher's life and work / Ivor Goodson -- Politics of the secret garden : teachers and the school curriculum in England and Wales / Gary McCulloch -- Changing primary schools in Hong Kong : perspectives on policy and its impact / Paul Morris, K.K. Chan and Lo Mun Ling -- Educational researchers : living with a lesser form of knowledge / David F. Labaree -- Rethinking the practice of teacher professionalism / Judyth Sachs -- Multiple truths and contested realities : the changing faces of teacher professionalism in England / Gill Helsby -- Stories of change and professional development : the costs of commitment / Christopher Day -- New work order and Australian schools / Shirley Grundy and Stewart Bonser -- Working-time blues : how Norwegian teachers experience restructuring in education / Kirsti Klette -- Student teachers' struggle in becoming professionals : hopes and dilemmas in teacher education / Trond E. Hauge -- Rethinking the work of teachers and school leaders in an age of change / Ibrahim Bajunid -- Steering in and steering out of the school / Gunnar Berg -- School principals in transition : conflicting expectations, demands and desires / Jorunn Møller -- Preparing for external inspection : school leadership as a continuing project in identity construction / Colin Biott and Franz Rauch -- Leadership in an era of change : breaking down the barriers of the culture of teaching / Alicia Fernandez -- Reinventing school leadership for lasting reform in the third millennium / Brian J. Caldwell.

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Contributors from around the world tackle the factors that have the greatest impact on creating quality learning opportunities for students: namely policy, school leadership and teaching/teachers' lives. Drawing on a range of critical conceptual and empirical perspectives, the contributions illustrate the extent to which experience can be similar around the world. The book sheds much-needed light on the effects of mandated change upon school leaders and teachers, both nationally and internationally. It also demonstrates how teachers have coped or flourished, both because and in spite of the ch.

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