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The first part of this book charts and analyses the working days of 326 primary school teachers. It shows how they spent their working lives, the nature of the curriculum they taught, and analyses their work into five main categories: Teaching, Preparation, Administration, Professional Development and Other Activities. The second part comments on the findings by relating them to issues of school management and curriculum manageability and looks at how the idea of `conscientiousness' among primary school teachers may have lead to their exploitation.
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PRIMARY TEACHERS AT WORK The first part of this book charts and analyses 3,283 working days of 326 primary school teachers in the period between 1990 and 1992. It shows how they spent their working lives, the nature of the curriculum they taught, and analyses their work into five main categories: teaching, preparation, administration, professional development and other activities. It includes teachers in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The second part comments on the findings, relating them to issues of school management and curriculum manageability and looks at how the idea of ‘conscientiousness’ among primary teachers has led to their exploitation. Both authors teach at the University of Warwick, where R.J. Campbell is Professor of Education and S.R.St.J.Neill is Lecturer in Education. THE TEACHING AS WORK PROJECT Edited by R.J.Campbell and S.R.St.J.Neill, both of the University of Warwick The last decade has seen the introduction of new educational policies affecting the working conditions of teachers, the management of schools, the curriculum and its assessment, and relationships between teachers and their employers. What changes, if any, have these new policies brought into the work of teachers? At Warwick University, the Teaching As Work Project, directed by Professor Jim Campbell and Dr Sean Neill, has recorded and analysed nearly 7,000 working days from over 700 teachers over the period 1990 to 1992 in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. The research provides a detailed picture of how the teachers spend their time on work, both on and off the school premises, which the authors then analyse by reference to national policy, to issues of school management and to concepts of teacher professionalism. The results of the Teaching As Work Project are published in three volumes: PRIMARY TEACHERS AT WORK R.J.Campbell and S.R.St.J.Neill SECONDARY TEACHERS AT WORK R.J.Campbell and S.R.St.J.Neill THE MEANING OF INFANT TEACHERS’ WORK L.Evans, A.Packwood, S.R.St.J.Neill and R.J.Campbell PRIMARY TEACHERS AT WORK R.J.Campbell and S.R.St.J.Neill London and New York First published 1994 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1994 R.J.Campbell and S.R.St.J.Neill All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Campbell, R.J. Primary teachers at work/R.J.Campbell and S.R.St.J.Neill. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Elementary school teachers—Great Britain. I. Neill, S.R.St.J. (Sean Rupert St.John), 1945– . II. Title. LB1776.4.G7C36 1994 372.11’00941–dc20 93–44325 CIP ISBN 0-415-08862-3 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-08863-1 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-03871-1 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-17802-