Changing English Primary Schools? A Cautionary Analysis.

Autor/inn/en	Pollard, Andrew; und weitere
Titel	Changing English Primary Schools? A Cautionary Analysis.
Quelle	(1994), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	British National Curriculum; Decentralization; Educational Assessment; Educational Change; Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Professional Autonomy; Quality of Working Life; School Restructuring; Teacher Motivation; Teacher Responsibility; Teacher Role; Work Attitudes; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decentralisation; Dezentralisierung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Bildungsreform; Elementarunterricht; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Berufsfreiheit; Arbeitsqualität; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Lehrverpflichtung; Lehrerrolle; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	Great Britain's 1988 Education Reform Act demonstrates the prevailing political climate's commitment to market forces and competition as a means of increasing educational productivity. This paper presents findings of the Primary Assessment Curriculum and Experience (PACE) project, which investigated the effects of the policy change on English primary schools. The longitudinal analysis of 54 children as they moved through 9 schools (from 1989/90 to 1995/96) entailed classroom observations, teacher and pupil interviews, teacher questionnaires, and headteacher interviews. The paper considers the broad impact of change in terms of the themes of values, understanding, and power and presents an analytical framework concerning dimensions of change. Preliminary findings reveal several contradictory findings--change and resistance, commitment and demoralization, and decreased autonomy and professional development. Unfortunately, the introduction of the National Curriculum was seriously compromised because it alienated many professionally committed teachers. The reforms introduced constraint and regulation into almost every area of teachers' work. An ironic outcome has been the development of collegiality in many schools as they defend the quality of their educational service against government policies. Four figures are included. (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC