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Direct linkO'Gorman, Elizabeth; Drudy, Sheelagh – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2010
This paper gives an account of one aspect of a recent research project that explored dimensions of inclusion in mainstream schools in Ireland. In particular, the working lives of teachers who have specific responsibility for students with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools were explored. In Ireland, such…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
McIntyre, Joanna – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
Within the UK there are grave concerns about retention and attrition rates within the teaching profession, particularly in challenging schools. These are compounded by worries about the gap that will be left as long-serving teachers reach retirement age. This article is about the working lives of long-serving teachers in three high-poverty urban…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Retirement, Foreign Countries
Jameson, Jill; Hillier, Yvonne – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
Approximately 85,000 part-time teaching staff working in further education (FE) and adult and community learning (ACL) are often seen as "a problem". The intrinsic "part-timeness" of these staff tends to marginalise them: they remain under-recognised and largely unsupported. Yet this picture is over-simplified. This article…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Community Education, Adult Education, Part Time Faculty
Gunter, Helen; Rayner, Steve; Thomas, Hywel; Fielding, Antony; Butt, Graham; Lance, Ann – School Leadership & Management, 2005
Teacher's work and workload have been major factors in the recruitment, retention and revitalization of the profession. In January 2003 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) launched a major reform known as remodelling, by which the work-life balance would be improved by freeing teachers up to teach, and using other members of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload, Teaching Conditions
Butt, Graham; Lance, Ann – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2005
This article analyses the views of secondary school teachers involved in the Transforming the School Workforce: Pathfinder Project--a project designed to address issues of teacher workload and job satisfaction. The initiative was launched in 2002 by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to enable 32 pilot schools to explore ways in which…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Conditions
Bowers, Tony – Education 3-13, 2004
Managers in 281 schools of all types in 20 LEAs in England completed a survey about teacher absence and its causes. This paper reports reasons for teachers' long-term absences in those schools, examining the link between age and ability to report for work. Head teachers' views on the impact of school stress on teacher attendance are also explored.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attendance, Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Teaching Conditions
