Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers' Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age

Description

International in its empirical and theoretical scope, this book contains a number of new ideas about teaching and addresses many of the recent changes that are occurring in teachers' work. The author draws not only on different traditions of research but also on his own past and current research as a source of practical examples, insights and theoretically provocative illustrations. He discusses both the need for change and the conditions of change in teaching.

Andy Hargreaves is Professor in Educational Administration at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada.

'All who are interested in teachers and teaching can ill afford to ignore this book.' Philip W. Jackson, David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Education and Psychology, University of Chicago, USA 'Hargreaves' description of the collapse of certainty, the crisis of moral purpose and the concomitant struggle to gain clarity in the classroom is brilliant!' Ann Lieberman, Emeritus Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, USA, and Visiting Professor, Stanford University, USA 'A tour de force of linking the macroworld of society with the microworld of everyday teaching. Nobody identifies the deep dilemmas of teaching in the postmodern age better than Andy Hargreaves...A must-read for those who want to understand and do something about the future of teaching.' Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada 'There are few contemporary educational thinkers to equal Hargreaves' ability to write in a clear and readable style about complex matters which defy simplistic solutions.' John Elliot, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia, UK 'Andy Hargreaves is one of the most original thinkers and gifted researchers of this generation of educators...His analysis of society in uneasy transition is convincing, and his deeply felt care and critical respect for teachers and their work undeniable.' Brian J. Caldwell, Managing Director and Principal Consultant, Educational Transformations, Australia, and Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia 'This is a fascinating social analysis of the changing nature of teaching and teachers' work in the new postmodern world. Hargreaves does an excellent job of defining and delineating these new forces and locating them within a critical tradition.' Ivor Goodson, Professor of Learning Theory, Unviersity of Brighton, UK, and Research Associate, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, UK