Teaching in England post-1988 : reflections and career histories

There is insufficient research focusing on the perspective of teachers nearing the end of their working lives, and even less offering career length studies on the changes in England over the past few decades. 1988 saw the start of substantive policy shift with the Education Reform Act, and the follo...

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Main Author Woodhouse, Joan (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
SeriesEmerald points.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781803825113
DOI10.1108/9781803825090
Physical Description1 online resource (112 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Teaching in an era of reform: Policy shift since 1988 in english state education
  • Chapter 2. Impact of policy shift on teachers' work
  • Chapter 3. Teacher retention: Understanding why they stay
  • Chapter 4. Methodology: Gathering career history narratives
  • Chapter 5. Career histories
  • Chapter 6. Findings and discussion (i): Perceptions of the impact of policy shift since 1988 on teachers' work
  • Chapter 7. Findings and discussion (ii) factors helping to sustain teachers career-long in the teaching profession
  • Chapter 8. Understanding the lived experience and longevity of the career-long teacher.