Neoliberal Education Reform: Gendered Notions In Global And Local Contexts (Routledge Studies In Education, Neoliberalism, And Marxism) - 9781138831674

The restructuring of teaching is a global issue, the result of a transnational movement of policy and knowledge. Gender in particular shapes the occupation and binds the global-to-the-local movement of reform. A gendered view of teaching stresses how policy is done and how it leads to particular outcomes, while not changing the conceptual focus: understanding the implications of neoliberal education reform on teachers' work. This volume examines gendered labor processes, the behind-the-scenes work done to make sense of reform and implement it during the workday. Based on ethnographic research undertaken at public high schools in Argentina, this volume introduces the everyday work lives of teachers who approached doing policy as gendered persons confronting gendered policy. It includes interviews and observations revealing what it means to be a teacher in the reform context, and explores the ways masculinities and femininities shape teachers' decision-making on implementing policy and practice. At a time when teachers are at the center of political controversy around the world, this volume is an important reminder that school change is about changing the work of teachers.

• | Author: Sarah Robert
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 126 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138831670
• | ISBN-13: 9781138831674