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Challenging the Deprofessionalisation of Teaching and Teachers Claiming and Acclaiming the Profession
Challenging the Deprofessionalisation of Teaching and Teachers
John Buchanan
Challenging the Deprofessionalisation of Teaching and Teachers Claiming and Acclaiming the Profession
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John Buchanan School of Education University of Technology Sydney Ultimo, NSW, Australia
ISBN 978-981-15-8537-1 ISBN 978-981-15-8538-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8538-8
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To all those, including my students, who have taught me. A special, belated dedication to those who taught me at school: I wasn’t always appreciative of your (dual meaning intended) gifts.
Foreword
A Feast in Which to Indulge—Slowly John Buchanan’s book is no mere snack. It is a rich feast with many courses each of which deserves slow and careful attention. The many advocates for taking life itself a little more slowly ask that we be mindful and focused, ready to analyse and assess. All of that is wise advice when dealing with material as complex and interrelated as that which John lays before us. Generations ago educational change could be perceived as glacial, then almost overnight it morphed into an avalanche. How to consciously deal with such development continues to be of concern to those who have a passion and commitment to education, teaching and learning. John Buchanan relentlessly reminds us that these seemingly innocent words are constructs that shape us, just as we shape them. The opening paragraph of the preface to the book is explicit regarding the intended audience: teachers, pre-service a
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