Reducing teachers’ workload or deskilling ‘core’ work? Analysis of a policy response to teacher workload demands

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Reducing teachers’ workload or deskilling ‘core’ work? Analysis of a policy response to teacher workload demands

Teacher workload is a growing problem internationally. In this article, we analyse an attempt by the state education bureaucracy of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, to address this through the ‘Quality Time Program’. Drawing on labour process theory and Carol Bacchi’s framework of ‘What’s the probl...

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Main Authors:	Stacey, Meghan, Gavin, Mihajla, Fitzgerald, Scott, McGrath-Champ, Susan, Wilson, Rachel
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2023
Subjects:	teacher school work intensification deskilling policy analysis workload
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93581

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