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All phases of education from pre-school to post-compulsory, in virtually all parts of the world, have experienced unprecedented reform and restructuring in recent years. Restructuring has largely been driven by a global agenda that has promoted the development of human capital as the key to economic competitiveness in the global market. This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach drawing not only on education research but also from the fields of industrial sociology, management studies and labour process theory to locate the reform agenda within a wider picture relating to teachers, their professional identities and their experience of work. In doing so the book draws on critical perspectives that seek to challenge orthodox policy discourses relating to remodelling. Illustrating of how education policy is shaped by discourses within the wider socio-political environment and how unionization and inter-organizational bargaining between unions exerts a decisive, but often ignored, influence on policy development at both a State and institutional level, this book is a must read for anyone researching or studying employment relations. Acknowledgements 1. Teachers’ Work and Teacher Unions: The Global Context 2. Transforming the School Workforce in England: The Road to Remodelling 3. Research Methods: Processes, Issues and Implications 4. Setting the Agenda: The Emergence and Significance of 'Social Partnership' at the National Level 5. Industrial Relations in Transition: The Changing Role of Local Authorities 6. Transforming the Primary School Workforce 7. Workforce Remodelling in Secondary Schools: Towards Extended, Accountable Management 8. Workforce Remodelling: Transforming Teaching? 9. Industrial Relations and Trade Union Renewal, Rapprochement or Resistance. Appendix. References. Index

Improving Learning in a Professional Context provides vital new evidence on exactly how teachers learn to be teachers; evidence that is likely to affect and influence the profession for many years to come. Demonstrating that learning in schools is more than simple ‘cognitive’ knowledge of the curriculum and teaching skills, this book suggests that we need to pay more attention to the emotional, relational, ethical, material, structural and temporal dimensions of the teaching experience. Based on empirical research, including interviews with new teachers, by teachers themselves, on a scale rarely seen before, the book reveals the complexity of learning in a professional context and gives some basic truths about what really matters in teaching. This book offers a fundamental critique of policy but also the prospect of constructive change for the better as the authors present accounts of what the ‘real’ experience of beginning teaching may be like, as well as lines for future research. Key questions are answered, such as: Do we really understand what beginners go through in the workplace? What is the experience of new teachers as they join one of the largest workforces in the developed world? What do teachers learn in the school, one of our universal institutions? Becoming a teacher is a transformative search by individuals for their teaching identities and, with this book, teachers and teacher educators can at last begin to understand this complex developmental process. IMPROVING LEARNING SERIES The Improving Learning series supports evidence-informed professional practice and policy-making in education. Each book showcases findings from the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) - one of the world’s largest coordinated educational research initiatives. For those with a commitment to the improvement of outcomes for learners, these books are essential reading. Jim McNally is Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Allan Blake is Research Fellow in Education at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Series Editor’s preface 1. Linda’s story: a new teacher’s tale Lesley Walker 2. The early professional learning of teachers: a model beginning Jim McNally, Allan Blake, Nick Boreham, Peter Cope, Brian Corbin, Peter Gray, Ian Stronach 3. A new concept of teacher-researcher? Colin Smith and Lesley Easton 4. Feeling professional: new teachers and induction Brian Corbin 5. Who can you count on? The relational dimension of new teacher learning Jim McNally 6. Making room for new teachers: the material dimension in beginning teaching Phil Swierczek 7. The temporal, structural, cognitive and ethical dimensions of early professional learning Brian Corbin, Allan Blake, Ian Stronach & Jim McNally 8. Job satisfaction among newly qualified teachers in Scotland Nick Boreham 9. Fun in theory and practice: new teachers, pupil opinion and classroom environments Peter Gray 10. Design of the times: measuring interactivity, expert judgement and pupil development in the early professional learning project Allan Blake 11. An age at least to every part: a longitudinal perspective on the early professional learning of teachers David Dodds 12. The implications of early professional learning for schools and local authorities Colin Smith 13. The invention of teachers: how beginning teachers learn Ian Stronach

Why is primary education so high on the political agenda, and so contentious? Why is the performance of primary schools so often in the media spotlight? Why should primary teachers trouble themselves with the politics of their work? Politics and the Primary Teacher is an accessible introduction to some of the thorniest aspects of a primary teacher's role. It aims to support your understanding of the constant changes in education policy, give you confidence to engage critically with current political debates, and consider how you might shape your response accordingly. Including questions for reflection, and selected further reading and resources, it examines the complex interface between the work of a teacher and the world beyond the classroom walls. Key issues explored include: assessment, testing, league tables and national accountability measures the media's impact in shaping both local and national views about education political implications of new policies such as academies and free schools conditions of work in the classroom and 'workforce remodelling' the curriculum, its purposes and structure pedagogy and teaching methods education for citizenship, health and well-being. Politics and the Primary Teacher is essential reading for all education professionals who want to think more deeply about primary education, what it offers, and how children, families and communities are served by the primary school.

The Anglophone world is gripped by a moral panic centred on child abuse in general and fear of the paedophile in particular. Evidence suggests an alarming rise in the number of false allegations of sexual abuse being made against teachers, and demonstrates that the fallout from being falsely accused is far-reaching and sometimes tragic. Many people in this position cannot sustain family relationships, have breakdowns, and are often unable to return to the classroom when their ordeal is over. Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom draws on in-depth qualitative research exploring the experiences, perceptions and consequences for those who have been falsely accused of sexual misconduct with pupils, and for the family members, friends and colleagues affected by or involved in the accusation process. The book also highlights the dilemmas and difficulties the authors themselves have faced researching this field, such as: ethical and methodological concerns over whether or not the teachers had indeed been falsely accused, or were guilty and taking advantage of this project to construct an alternative, innocent identity the difficulty of obtaining institutional ethical clearance to undertake and publish research which challenges master narratives concerning children and their protection the reluctance of funders to support research in controversial and sensitive areas. Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom reveals findings which are both informative and shocking. It interrogates the appropriateness of current investigative and judicial procedures and practices, and it raises general questions about the surveillance and control of research and academic voice. It will be of great benefit to academics and researchers interested in this field, as well as postgraduate students, teachers and other professionals working with the fear of allegations of abuse. Pat Sikes is Professor of Qualitative Inquiry in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Heather Piper is a Professional Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. @contents: Selected Contents: Chapter 1 Why we have done this research and written this book Chapter 2 Immoral Panics Chapter 3 ‘A courageous proposal, but … this would be a high risk study’: Ethics Review Procedures, Risk and Censorship Chapter 4 Truths and Stories Chapter 5 ‘Confused, angry and actually betrayed: It was time to get out’ Chapter 6 Timpson versus Regina Chapter 7 ‘How do you tell teenage children that their father’s been accused of sexual abuse?’ Chapter 8 It didn’t take long for the rumour mill to start grinding Chapter 9 Nobody can prove anything for definite Chapter 10 EndWords Notes References

English primary schools are considered quasi-collegial institutions within which staff communicate regularly and openly. The activities of staff, however, are bound by institutional norms and conditions and by societal expectations. Wider agendas of governmental control over the curriculum and external controls to ensure accountability and learning standards have influenced the development and purposes of middle leaders' roles. This is a conceptual paper that explores issues around the agency of primary school middle leaders within a wider context of the political and educational agenda. Through a reconsideration of research conducted by one of the authors since the inception of the notion of 'subject leaders', we exemplify ways in which primary school middle leaders' attitudes have developed and changed over the past 15 years. In this paper we identify attitudes to leadership, the influence of distributed leadership on primary school role-holders and possible ways forward for middle leaders.

School Management and Multi-Professional Partnerships explores the personnel structure within the context of schools. It is aimed at the School Business Manager (SBM) to provide an overview of the different relationships they will form and manage in their day-to-day work. Where schools do not have an appointed School Business Manager, the role is instead fulfilled by the school's leadership team (e.g. Middle Managers, Bursars, Deputies and Headteachers) and this book will also act as a guide for these personnel. Internationally, school staffing structures are evolving within the context of schools as extended and community centers of learning. This means that, in addition to managing internal staff, SBMs will increasingly encounter other staff and professionals who work with schools. This new context demands alternative and innovative strategies to develop new working relationships. This book provides examples of such strategies. It has been written by and is based on the experiences of these other professionals, and through such case studies builds up a framework for action for School Business Managers. The book is divided into two sections: internal/in-house professionals, including teaching assistants and administrators external professionals, including facilities management, the health professional, the education law officer, and those responsible for transport. Each chapter: - provides a brief overview of the relevant activity (finance, health work, etc) and the legal situation regarding the role - gives examples of good practice encountered in this activity area - identifies the key issues in this activity area - describes the terms of reference for the role as perceived by the worker - suggests strategies to adopt as a SBM to maximize the effectiveness of the role for the school. This book will provide all practicing and trainee SBMs with complete information on which they can base their own learning and build their own relationships to make for an effectively managed school system. It will be invaluable core reading for School Business Management courses (all levels) and school management professional development courses.

A down-to earth fully up-dated collection of the nation's top teaching rants, that offers solutions to the issues that really bother teachers.

This book focuses on providing information and guidance for professionals involved in the newly emerging multi-agency, interdisciplinary children's workforce. It does so by helping them to understand the theory behind the issues relating to communication and engagement in multi-agency settings for children and families. The book is of use to both students and those already working in the sector who are undertaking professional development to enhance understanding and skills in the new children's workforce environment.

Bloomsbury Academic ebook

First Published in 2004.In academic, popular and official literature a great deal has been written about parent-professional relationships.They are often represented as being fundamentally important and valuable for all the parties involved.