From technicians to teachers
Subtitle: ethical teaching in the context of globalised education reform
By: Leon Benade
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781441192356
Subjects: Curriculum change; Education and globalization; Teaching; EDUCATION / General; Professional ethics; Teachers
Description: "From Technicians to Teachers provides theoretical and practical reasons for suggesting that widespread, international curriculum reform of the post-1990 period need not deprofessionalise teaching. The widely held deprofessionalisation thesis is both compelling and fatalistic, leading to a despairing sense that teachers are either no more than technicians, or that they can be reprofessionalised through definitions of 'effective teachers' promoted by the reforms. However, there are many teachers who do not see their work in either of these ways. The book is structured around an in-depth case study detailing the implementation of The New Zealand Curriculum in that nation - one of the best international examples of neoliberal reform. Benade argues that curriculum policy can and should be analysed critically, while pointing out the dangers for ethical teachers that can exist in national or state curricula. Energising and inspiring, this book reminds teachers and teacher educators that although they work in a globalised context, their own role is fundamental and has a profoundly ethical basis, despite the negative impacts of three decades of education reform"--

"Using an in-depth case study of the implementation of the national curriculum in New Zealand, this is a unique, inspiring study of educational reform"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Dedication Acknowledgements  List of Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: From Neoliberalism to Third Way Chapter Two: Professionality, professions and teachers' work Chapter Three: Ethical teacher professionality and the ethical teacher Chapter Four: Understanding the context Chapter Five: New Zealand curriculum reform, 2002-2007: break or continuity? Chapter Six: Policy Chapter Seven: Seeking out spaces Chapter Eight: Challenges to the development of ethical teacher professionality in The New Zealand Curriculum Chapter Nine: Critical implementation of The New Zealand Curriculum: building a knowledge democracy Bibliography Notes Index.