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The Contestation of Policies for Schools during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Comparison of Teacher Unions' Positions in Germany and Australia
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Bernard Brown; Rita Nikolai – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
This paper examines school management and policies in Germany and Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, which is comparative and qualitative, explores the interrelationship between different levels of governance and the responses of teacher unions. The inquiry is informed by the perspectives of historical institutionalism and path…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, School Closing, School Administration, Unions
Educator Organising in Singapore: Protests, Progress, and the Singapore Teachers' Union
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Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda; Sarah R. Asada – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2025
This paper investigates the case of Singapore where there are teachers' unions but industrial actions are rare. It questions why and how has educator organising, steered by Singapore Teachers' Union, transformed? Our findings show that historical, political, and socio-economic dynamics have influenced the transformation of STU. For more than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unions, Teacher Associations, Educational History