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Peer reviewedJones, Norah – School Leadership & Management, 1999
The primary school headteachers' role has changed considerably since Britain's Education Reform Act (1988). A 2- year study of 12 Welsh principals disclosed key issues: increased managerial responsibility; changing deputy headteacher roles; parental involvement/social-worker emphases; relations with school governors; stress and overload;…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Education
Download full textCampbell, R. J.; Neill, S. St. J. – 1990
Ninety-five teachers in Key Stage 1 in England and Wales completed a questionnaire and records of time spent on work over a period of 14 consecutive days, resulting in detailed records of 1,330 days of teachers' time. The data are analyzed in terms of overall time spent on work; time distribution; and time spent specifically on teaching,…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Campbell, R. J.; And Others – 1991
The first part of this paper reviews the literature on fundamental issues that relate to the work of teachers as the national curriculum is implemented in the United Kingdom. These issues include: (1) the work day of junior and secondary school teachers; (2) the politics and sociology of teaching; (3) the work of primary school teachers; and (4)…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy
