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Direct linkMolla, Tebeje; Nolan, Andrea – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
Drawing on the capability approach to human development and Bourdieuan reflexive sociology, this paper explores the interplay of teacher agency and professional practice. The paper names five facets of teacher agency. It shows that teachers with a strong sense of agency actively seek learning opportunities--inquisitive agency; think effortfully…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Edwards, Anne – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This reflection on the eight papers in this special issue examines the theoretical stances and methodological resources to be found in them. It offers a definition of agency which emphasises commitment, responsibility, strong judgements, self-evaluation, connection to the common good and attention to what people do. Having examined how the papers…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Professional Identity, Professional Autonomy, Teaching (Occupation)
Sachs, Judyth – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
It is now more than 10 years after the publication of the monograph, "The Activist Teaching Profession," which, at the time, could be described as a call to action for the teaching profession. I reflect here on how far has the profession progressed in responding to that call to action. The idea of a "call to action" could be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professionalism, Teaching (Occupation), Professional Education
Aili, Carola; Brante, Goran – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
Teachers' work in tuition-free (non-classroom) time was investigated to see to what degree teachers do work that could be considered as qualifying for the status of professional autonomy. The question arises in Sweden and elsewhere as both teachers and the state actively, and in tandem, strive to professionalise the work of the teacher. Abbott's…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Teaching (Occupation), Leisure Time, Foreign Countries
Zeichner, Ken; Ndimande, Bekisizwe – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
This paper examines recent education and teacher education reforms in the USA and Namibia and analyzes two tensions that have been a central part of debates about teacher quality and teacher education in many parts of the world: whether we should prepare teachers as technicians or as reflective practitioners; and whether we should prepare teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, National Standards, Teacher Education
Nyroos, Mikaela – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
During the last three decades Swedish education has undergone radical decentralisation involving increased school autonomy. One aspect of this change is the gradual weakening of the state regulation of teaching time. Thus, Sweden is somewhat of an extreme in the EU. This is accentuated by a five-year experiment, where 900 compulsory schools were…
Descriptors: State Regulation, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Administrative Organization
