Teacher relationships and educational reform in England and Wales
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Curriculum Journal
- Vol. 2 (3) , 301-316
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0958517910020305
Abstract
Collegiality has been advocated as an antidote to the presumed isolation and individualism of teachers. In the main body of this paper, I review British contributions to this debate. Studies suggest that collegiality is more likely to flourish within primary schools than in other settings. Recent developments, especially the introduction of a National Curriculum, promise contradictory results: increasing the press toward collaborative, participatory planning, while simultaneously depriving teachers of their traditional autonomy over curricular content. In the final section, I consider whether there are different questions which should be addressed.Keywords
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