Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach

ISBN-13: 9781474297363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 200 str.

Denmark) Robinson Sarah (Aarhus University

Opis

Recent worldwide education policy has reinvented teachers as agents of change and professional development of the school curriculum. Academic literature has analyzed changes in how teacher professionalism is conceived in policy and in practice but Teacher Agency provides a fresh perspective on the issue, drawing upon an ecological theory of agency. Using this model for understanding agency, Mark Priestley, Gert Biesta and Sarah Robinson explore empirical findings from the 'Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change' project, funded by the UK-based Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Drawing together this research with the authors' international experiences and perspectives, Teacher Agency addresses theoretical and practical issues of international significance. The authors illustrate how teacher agency should be understood not only in terms of individual capacity for teachers, but also in respect of the cultures and structures of schooling.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction: Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change 1. Understanding Teacher Agency 2. Teacher Beliefs and Aspirations 3. Teacher Vocabularies and Discourses 4. The Importance of Relationships 5. Performativity and Teacher Agency 6. Individual, Cultural and Structural Framings of Agency Conclusion: Fostering Teacher Agency References Index