Teachers and the State - Towards a Directed Profession (Hardcover)

Contents:
Introduction
1. The context of teachers' deprofessionalisation
2. Central direction, markets and the In-service education of teachers
3. Teachers' professional development: the need for an appreciation of the public and ecological natures of their work
4. Impoverishing a sense of professionalism, who's to blame?
5. Perceptions of professionalism by the mentors of student teachers
6. Towards a new vision of training and Inset: reflective practice, public and ecological understandings
7. Action research and teacher professionalisation
8. Conclusion