This volume explores the contemporary situation of teachers' careers and teachers' lives in the context of falling roles, educational cuts and government demands for fundamental change in educational processes.
Author(s): Stephen Ball
Year: 1985
Language: English
Pages: 288
Book Cove......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
Understanding Teachers: Concepts and Contexts......Page 7
The Life Cycle of the Teacher......Page 33
Critical Incidents in the Classroom: Identities, Choices and Careers......Page 69
Teacher Status Panic: Moving Up the Down Escalator......Page 84
‘The Tender Trap?’ Commitment and Consciousness in Entrants to Teaching......Page 96
Reference Groups in Primary Teaching: Talking, Listening and Identity......Page 112
Paints, Pots or Promotion: Art Teachers’ Attitudes Towards their Careers......Page 126
Concord Sixth Form College: The Possibility of Schooling Without Conflict......Page 144
Institutional Change and Career Histories in a Comprehensive School......Page 165
Educational Innovators: A Decade and a Half Later......Page 188
Pupils, Teachers’ Careers and Schooling: An Empirical Study......Page 209
Notes on Contributors......Page 275
Author Index......Page 278
Subject Index......Page 287
