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Inequalities in the Teaching Profession: A Global Perspective

✍ Scribed by Marie-Pierre Moreau (eds.)


Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Leaves
240
Category
Library

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✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Theorising and Mapping Inequalities in the Teaching Profession....Pages 3-26
A Global Concern: Creating a Diverse Teaching Force for Marginalised Communities β€” In Japan, the UK, the United States, China and Bhutan....Pages 27-49
A Question of Role and Respect: The Status of Female Teachers in Societies in Change....Pages 50-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Who Counts as a β€˜Real’ Teacher? Australian Teachers as Respectable, Conservative… and White....Pages 69-86
Grumpy Old Teachers? An Insight into the Life Experiences of Veteran Teachers....Pages 87-100
Bodies and Binaries: An Examination of Women Teachers in the United States....Pages 101-117
Negotiating Sexualities, Constructing Possibilities: Teachers and Diversity....Pages 118-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Lesbian and Gay Teachers: Negotiating Subjectivities in Sydney Schools....Pages 139-156
Making Sense of Their Career Pathways: The Work Narratives of Women Primary School Principals in Hong Kong....Pages 157-178
Panacea and Liberator: Racial Formation and the Black Teacher in the United States....Pages 179-199
The Limits of Role Modelling as a Policy Frame for Addressing Equity Issues in the Teaching Profession....Pages 200-223
Conclusion....Pages 224-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-232

✦ Subjects


Gender and Education; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Sociology of Education; Sociology of Education; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Teaching and Teacher Education


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