European Schoolteachers' Work And Life Under Restructuring [chapter]

Jörg Müller, Caroline Norrie, Fernando Hernández, Juana M. Sancho, Amalia Creus, Verónica Larraín
2011 Professional Knowledge and Educational Restructuring in Europe  
Executive Summary This research reports has been produced as part of the EU Sixth Framework Programme research project entitled Professional Knowledge in Education and Health: Restructuring work and life between the state and the citizens in Europe (Profknow). It aims to present research from seven European countries on restructuring in education and health care and the implications for the professional knowledge of teachers and nurses. This report presents the results of workpackage 4:
more » ... Schoolteachers work and life under restructuring: Professional experiences, knowledge and expertise in changing context. As such it runs in parallel to workpackage 4 on the nurses work life under restructuring. The main objective of both workpackages is to gain a deep understanding of schoolteachers' (nurses) personal experiences of work life changes and of professional expertise in the present as well over time. That is, workpackage 4 aims to provide a bottom up perspective of how the transformations of the welfare states have affected teachers professional lives in terms of knowledge and expertise. To achieve this objective, workpackage 4 deployed life history methodology. Twenty two (22) primary teachers across seven countries (3 per country, but 4 in one country) were interviewed twice and shadowed during 3 days. The results of the analysis was contrasted with a focus group of primary school teachers. Each research partner then produced a thematic report which has been used as the base of this report. In addition, a comparative analysis was undertaken in chapter 1, signaling the commonalities and differences between the 22 case studies.
doi:10.1007/978-94-6091-379-2_5 fatcat:aaoxvat4jfgilgpwcmcpvjbvxa