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Teacher as Technician: semi-professionalism after the 1988 Education Reform Act and its effect on conceptions of pupil identity

Leaton Gray, SH; (2007) Teacher as Technician: semi-professionalism after the 1988 Education Reform Act and its effect on conceptions of pupil identity. Policy Futures in Education , 5 (2) p. 194. 10.2304/pfie.2007.5.2.194. Green open access

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Abstract

This article discusses whether the occupational culture of teachers has changed as a consequence of increased managerialism, using as an exemplar some of the routine planning, assessment and reporting procedures in common use in schools in England. The article examines this claim in the light of developments after the 1988 Education Reform Act, which had a profound effect on the way education is delivered in England. It then relates this question to the issue of teacher and pupil identity within the English education system, and concludes that there are dangers with using such frameworks for education, as they can undermine the role of the child as an individual within the schooling process.

Type: Article
Title: Teacher as Technician: semi-professionalism after the 1988 Education Reform Act and its effect on conceptions of pupil identity
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.2304/pfie.2007.5.2.194
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2007.5.2.194
Language: English
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471017
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