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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457270903321

Autore

Gale Trevor <1956->

Titolo

Engaging teachers [[electronic resource] ] : towards a radical democratic agenda for schooling / / Trevor Gale and Kathleen Densmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : Open University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-95370-5

9786610953707

0-335-22508-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DensmoreKathleen Mary

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Critical pedagogy

Privatization in education

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 (p. [118]-128) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Engaging Teachers makes a deliberate attempt to reclaim the education discourse captured by new right politics and connect it with a radical democratic agenda for schooling. On its agenda are education markets, policy, leadership, professionalism, and communities. Engaging with these is conceived on at least two levels. First, as an invitation to teachers to become involved in reconstructing schooling for socially just purposes and in democratic ways. From this perspective, the politics of engagement is not simply a matter of acquiescence or resistance but is informed by a commitment to genera