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Direct linkSpicksley, Kathryn – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
This paper explores contradictory constructions of teacher work across policy discourse and professional practice. It draws from a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of 363 political speeches published on England's Department for Education website between 2010 and 2018, and qualitative interviews with two executive leaders working in…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Political Attitudes, Speeches, Foreign Countries
Goodson, Ivor F.; Ümarik, Meril – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
In recent decades, the work of teachers worldwide has undergone deep change. We have seen that teachers have encountered recent challenges differently and adapted to educational changes to a different extent depending on their personal disposition, but also school leadership and workplace support. This study focuses on the example of Estonian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
Vermeir, Karen; Kelchtermans, Geert – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
Much research on educational innovations treats them as purposeful endeavours, initiated with a clear goal for improvement of practice and eventually evaluating the fidelity of their implementation as well as effectiveness. However, innovative practices in schools can have many sources and their implementation often takes a surprising and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Educational Innovation, Program Implementation
Day, Christopher; Gu, Qing – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
Whilst much research on teachers' lives has focussed on their early years in the profession, much less attention has been paid to those in their later years, so called "veteran" teachers. Yet, many of these are likely to hold positions of responsibility in the school, receive greater remuneration and have experienced the impact of more…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, National Surveys, Foreign Countries, Experienced Teachers
Achinstein, Betty – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
New teachers are unprepared for school politics and the conflicts they experience with administrators, colleagues and policies. Research and practice on mentoring often ignore organizational contexts. This article explores these under-examined contexts, asking: (1) What do mentors need to know and be able to do in relation to school and district…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Politics of Education
LaBoskey, Vicki Kubler – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
The purpose of the study reported upon in this paper was to determine what graduates of a teacher education program designed to prepare teachers who will work toward goals of equity and social justice were encountering in their schools and how they felt they were doing with regard to these aims and why. Eleven graduates in their second, fourth or…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Education Programs, Standardized Tests, Educational Objectives
