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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778435203321

Autore

Galton Maurice J

Titolo

Teachers under pressure [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice Galton and John MacBeath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Paul Chapman, 2008

ISBN

1-4462-7958-8

9786612337291

1-4462-4534-9

1-282-33729-7

1-84920-841-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacBeathJohn E. C

Disciplina

371.10019

Soggetti

Teachers - Job stress

Teachers - Workload

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas [117]-123) índice.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Teaching Is Not What It Used to Be; 2 Balancing the Workload Equation: A Continuing Story; 3 A Life in Teaching: The Primary Teacher's Experience?; 4 Remodelling the Primary Teaching Workforce; 5 A Life in Secondary Teaching; 6 The Inclusion Enigma: The Policy Context; 7 The Inclusion Enigma Findings and Implications of the Study; 8 Workload Agreements and the Rise of the Teaching Assistant; 9 It's the Same the Whole World Over: What Happens in Other Countries?; 10 Remodelling: Structures or Mindset?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Before writing this book, the authors asked teachers from across the world what it was like working in today's demanding classrooms. They were shocked by the answers, which painted a picture of stress and overwork, of teachers stretched to breaking-point.