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Teachers and Academic Partners in Urban Schools - Threats to professional practice (Paperback)
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Teachers and Academic Partners in Urban Schools - Threats to professional practice (Paperback)
Series: Teacher Quality and School Development
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'Showing how critical thinking and local democracy can be a spur to
very real educational development within schools that are facing
severe challenges, this book provides us with one very valuable
contemporary resource of hope.' Ian Menter, Professor of Teacher
Education, University of Oxford, UK Teachers and Academic Partners
in Urban Schools identifies and addresses a major problem for
practitioners - teachers, student teachers and teacher educators -
working in urban schools burdened by highly restrictive teaching
methods and pressures to meet unrealistic benchmarks set by
government. In this book, Lori Beckett investigates how to
negotiate these tensions and challenges and offers an account of
how to elevate practitioners' professional voice on quality
teaching along more democratic lines. The book addresses key issues
for teachers in urban schools, such as: fractures in teachers'
professional communities; impacts of imposed marketizing policies
and forced performative practices on schools; the complexities of
teaching and teachers' concerns about practice, as well as teaching
practitioners' perception of educational/schools policy. Both
academic and teacher partners contribute to the work, showcasing
the ways they have engaged with each other in joint work and with
local government. Through this, the book supports a professional
and politicized dialogue about teaching and teacher education,
offering a meaningful account of how to fashion a form of educative
schooling for students and families with complex needs. Written by
a dynamic and experienced author, this book brings Beckett's
experience to bear on a controversial and complex area - addressing
the general trend towards increased regulatory policy in education.
It is an essential read for anyone interested in a rich analysis of
how practitioners can work to reassert their professional voice and
regain control of schools and teacher education, and will also
appeal to those interested in the larger project of restoring
school democracy.
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