Teachers under pressure First edition.

Author

• Galton, Maurice

Additional Author(s)

• Macbeath, John

Publisher

Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications Ltd, 2013

Language

-

ISBN

9781847873224

Series

Subject(s)

• TEACHERS--JOB STRESS
• TEACHERS--WORKLOAD

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index

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Abstract

What is it really like to be a teacher in today's demanding classrooms?

The authors of this book spoke to teachers, parents and students in the UK, Asia, America and Australia and had some shocking responses to their questions. By looking at highly topical issues within teaching, such as teacher stress and teacher workload, they uncover an often bleak picture where individuals are frequently stretched to breaking point as they endeavour to ‘make a difference’.

Issues examined include:

the frustrations facing those trying to make inclusive education work in practice; the effects of constantly changing policies on the staff required to implement them; the loss of status the teaching profession has experienced; why so many are choosing to leave the job; what happens to those who stay and ...

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (128 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction
Chapter 1: Teaching is Not what it Used to be
Chapter 2: Balancing the Workload Equation: A Continuing Story
Chapter 3: A Life in Teaching: The Primary Teacher's Experience?
Chapter 4: Remodelling the Primary Teaching Workforce
Chapter 5: A Life in Secondary Teaching
Chapter 6: The Inclusion Enigma: The Policy Context
Chapter 7: The Inclusion Enigma Findings and Implications of the Study
Chapter 8: Workload Agreements and the Rise of the Teaching Assistant
Chapter 9: It's the Same the Whole World over: What Happens in Other Countries?
Chapter 10: Remodelling: Structures or Mindset?

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00984/19	371.10019 Gal T	Online !	Available