1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467035003321

Autore

Kerr Lindsay <1951->

Titolo

Between caring & counting : teachers take on education reform / / Lindsay Kerr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4426-2773-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

370.9713

Soggetti

Education and state - Ontario

Educational change - Ontario

Teachers - Ontario

Public schools - Ontario

Education and globalization - Ontario

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Socio-political Context of Ontario Few -- 3. Research Methodology -- 4. Ruling Structures and Relations -- 5. Teachers in Texts and Text-Mediated Relations -- 6. Counteracting Despair with Hope -- Afterword -- Appendix I-A OCT Letter -- Appendix I-B TDSB Letter -- Appendix I-C Remedial Support Program - Teacher Log -- Appendix I-D Letter from OISE/UT -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the key planks of conservative Ontario premier Mike Harris's 1990s platform was education reform. Amid a sea of official reports, policy documents and 'expert' opinions on education, however, the voices of actual classroom teachers were difficult to find. This omission is redressed in Lindsay Kerr'sBetween Caring & Counting. Through a focus group of present-day secondary school teachers in Toronto, Kerr delivers a passionate account of the unassailably negative changes affecting secondary education and teachers' work.From a critical



feminist perspective and using institutional ethnography, Kerr situates the problem in education squarely as a conflict between an 'accounting logic' and 'an ethic of care at the centre of education practice.' She exposes paradoxes inherent in education reform such as the increase of government control at the same time that government funding for education decreases. She also connects educational restructuring to changes in the power relations of gender, class and race across the public education system. These local changes, she finds, do not reflect sound pedagogy but the imperatives of neoliberal globalization. Counteracting despair with hope, Kerr explores self-reflexive suggestions for teacher-educators to exercise agency in their lives and to continue to work toward a just and equitable public education system.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456093603321

Autore

Kaufman Kenneth P

Titolo

Best practice financial management [[electronic resource] ] : six key concepts for healthcare leaders / / Kenneth Kaufman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : Health Administration Press, c2006

ISBN

1-56793-399-8

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 154 p. cm

Altri autori (Persone)

KaufmanKenneth P

Disciplina

362.1068

Soggetti

Health facilities - Business management

Health facilities - Finance

Health services administrators

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Finance in brief. 2nd ed. 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.