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Ballet, Katrijn; Kelchtermans, Geert; Loughran, John – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
During the last two decades teachers in many countries have found themselves facing new demands and changes. In his "intensification thesis" Apple made a powerful attempt to conceptualize and explain these changes: the growing economic and management oriented perspective on education leads to intensification of teachers' work, implying deskilling…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Conditions, Educational Environment, Educational Principles
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Day, Christopher; Stobart, Gordon; Sammons, Pam; Kington, Alison – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
The VITAE project is a four-year (2001-2005) research study, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills, conducted with 300 teachers in 100 schools in seven local education authorities in England. The project aimed to identify factors that may affect their work and lives over time and how these factors may, in turn, impact on their…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries