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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456727903321

Autore

Carter Bob <1948-, >

Titolo

Industrial relations in education : transforming the school workforce / / Bob Carter, Howard Stevenson and Rowena Passy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-16906-3

1-135-16907-1

1-282-97450-5

9786612974502

0-203-86164-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in employment and work relations in context

Altri autori (Persone)

PassyRowena

StevensonHoward <1963->

Disciplina

371.19/50941

Soggetti

Business and education - Great Britain

Teachers - Professional relationships - Great Britain

Education and state - Great Britain

Educational change - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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: Schedule of Interviewees; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 teacher