The Changing Nature of Teachers’ Work: An Australian Perspective
Naidu, ShamalinAbstract:
The genesis of the changes in teachers’ work lie within the identifiable socio-cultural and geopolitical paradoxes that are restructuring societies and economies to conform to particular global view of the way some interests want the world to be . . . Teachers are increasingly expected to follow directives and become compliant operatives in the headlong rush to encase schools within the ideology, practices and values of the business sector – never mind that they have histories, aspirations and professional cultures that make them decidedly different to car plants, breweries or fast-food outlets (Smyth, Dow, Hattam, Reid & Shacklock, 2000, p. 1)
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| Title of Paper: | The Changing Nature of Teachers’ Work: An Australian Perspective |
| Publisher: | Dr Shamalin Naidu |
| City: | Australia |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Other (Not Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Contributory Studies and Research Approaches |
| Country: | International |
| Keywords: | Teaching, Teachers, Teaching Quality, Policy Tensions, Management Styles, Marketisation |
| File Size: | 190 KB |
| Date Added: | 03 November 2010 |