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Teachers on the waves of transformation : Czech school culture before and after 1989 /

"A transforming society undergoes changes on many levels. The main two of these are changes in the structures and culture of society. But how do these large changes affect the lives of individuals and small communities? This book, Teachers on the Waves of Transformation, attempts to aid in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moree, Dana, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Checo
Publicado: Prague, Czech Republic : Charles University, Karolinum Press, [2020]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword to the English edition
  • 1. The transformation of schools viewed through the lens of contemporary theory
  • Transformation as the creation of a new structure and culture
  • An educational system at the crossroads between the past and the future
  • School culture
  • 2. Examining the transformation of school culture and the methods used
  • Interviews as the primary method
  • What the respondents didn't say: Reviewing documents
  • Parents and children
  • The researcher as a former student
  • 3. About Remízek and its milieu
  • The town of Remízek
  • The stories of the Chestnut and Linden schools
  • Respondents
  • 4. Teachers talk about their schools
  • The Chestnut and Linden schools before 1989
  • What was taught and how
  • Teachers as officials
  • Teachers as assessed assessors
  • Dilemmas or what the teachers would or would not stand up for
  • Relations between the teachers
  • 1989
  • Mr. Brož
  • a new principal for Chestnut School
  • The events of 1989 at Chestnut
  • Mrs. Zemánková
  • the Linden School principal
  • Events of 1989 at Linden School
  • What changed after 1989
  • Society changed
  • What the reform gave and what it took away
  • Kids and parents have changed
  • Teachers after the hangover
  • The school's role in society
  • Which way forward?
  • 5. Discussion and conclusions
  • Teachers against a backdrop of historical and social changes
  • Teachers' dilemmas before and after 1989
  • The transformation of the school culture
  • The transformation of the concept of education
  • Which way out of the vicious circle
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Acts and documents
  • Summary
  • Index