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.
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