New Realities of Secondary Teachers' Work Lives

Pam Poppleton · John Williamson

May 2004 · Symposium Books Ltd

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There are many books on educational change, its origins, processes and consequences. The unique contribution of this volume lies in its careful documenting and reporting of the reactions of teachers themselves, interviewed in 9 countries, about the changes they have experienced and in the comparative nature of the study, which employs both qualitative and quantitative methods in a complementary way. In Part One the educational background to the study in each country is described and teachers’ responses to a common research, semi-structured interview schedule are reported. In Part Two the same database is subjected to a statistical analysis for comparative purposes in order to reveal similarities and differences between countries. The project set out to obtain an international picture of the changes in education which have had the greatest impact on the lives of teachers; to explore how actual and perceived changes have influenced teachers’ experience and practice; and to identify critical factors in the implementation of change. The result is a book that will enable students to familiarise themselves with practices in other countries and policy makers to evaluate the implications of changes in different social, economic and cultural environments.

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PARTICIPANTS: Allen Menlo & LeVerne Collet, University of Michigan, USA; Tsila Evers, Universities of Michigan and Ohio, Cincinnati, USA; Pam Poppleton, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; John Williamson & Rick Churchill, University of Tasmania, and University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia; Lya Kremer-Hayon & Zehava Rosenblatt, University of Haifa, Israel; Nóra Arató, University of Michigan, USA; Mariann Szemerszky, Institute for Educational Research, Hungary; Noel Hurley, Newfoundland Schools, formerly of the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Theo Wubbels, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Hans Vonk, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Kan Shi & Huadong Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Johan Booyse & Cassie Swanepoel, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

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