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Rossouw, J. P. – South African Journal of Education, 2012
Developments in South African labour legislation since the inception of the new democracy indicate serious attempts by the legislators to protect the interests of employees. The Bill of Rights has, concurrently, enshrined a variety of fundamental rights that, in principle, offer protection in the workplace. Despite this established, protective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Strikes, Unions, Teacher Rights
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Levinson, Meira; Theisen-Homer, Victoria – Theory and Research in Education, 2015
This article combines original interviews, secondary policy analysis, and non-ideal theory to determine the "least unjust" approach to budget-driven "Reduction in Force" teacher firings in Los Angeles. Building from the a priori claim that schools should serve children's interests, this article addresses the following…
Descriptors: Interviews, School Policy, Policy Analysis, Teacher Dismissal
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le Roux, Adré; Marais, Nalize – Africa Education Review, 2013
Almost annually, South African education is troubled by strike action and the temporary discontinuation of teaching and learning. While teachers claim their constitutionally protected right to participate in strikes, learners' equally constitutionally protected right to education is violated. Not only is a tension between these two rights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Ethics, Teacher Responsibility
Osler, Audrey; Starkey, Hugh – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
Why do teachers need to be familiar with human rights? In multicultural societies, whose values take precedence? How do schools resolve tensions between children's rights and teachers' rights? Campaigners, politicians and the media cite human rights to justify or challenge anything from peaceful protest to military action. The phrase "human…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Citizenship Education, Childrens Rights, Teacher Rights
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Öztürk, Sevim – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This study aims to evaluate the human resources management in the faculties of education of state universities in Turkey within the context of Human Resources Management Principles. The study population consisted of 40 academic members in the faculties of education of 20 different state universities and 10 academic unit administrators at different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Personnel Management, State Universities
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LeCompte, Margaret D. – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2014
This article describes how different constituencies in a major research university tried to initiate change despite disagreements over common goals, norms and principles. The context was a culture war. The university administration wanted to impose a corporatising and privatising philosophy which it felt was crucial to preserving the university's…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Faculty, College Administration, Governance
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Bathon, Justin M. – Journal of School Leadership, 2012
Many of the recent legal decisions regarding public employee expression, particularly in electronic environments, run counter to the culture being facilitated by the Internet. This article uses a legal analysis to examine recent decisions and then considers those legal positions within the context of digital expression. (Contains 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Legal Responsibility, Employees, Court Litigation, Electronic Learning
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Wood, Jo Nell; Brack, Karen – Journal of School Public Relations, 2011
This article investigates the issues surrounding teachers' use of social networking media and their First Amendment rights. It focuses on the need to develop a school district policy outlining specific guidelines for the use of technology and social networking. It also focuses on the changing world of technology and social networking as well as…
Descriptors: Teacher Rights, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech, Social Networks
Lyman, Kate – Rethinking Schools, 2011
It all started when the author's daughter, also a Madison teacher, called her. "We need to call people to the rally at the Capitol." That Sunday rally in Capitol Square was just the first step in the massive protests against Governor Scott Walker's infamous "budget repair bill." The Madison teachers' union declared a "work…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Boards of Education, Board of Education Policy, Unions
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Montaño, Elizabeth – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
When California legislators passed the California Charter School Act of 1992, it allowed parents the choice of sending their children to public charter schools, places where teachers would have more autonomy and where schools faced exemptions from state education codes and from collective bargaining contracts. Hope Charter School (a pseudonym;…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Unions, Teacher Associations, Teaching Experience
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Mesquita-Pires, Cristina – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
This study investigates the process of praxiological transformation developed in an early childhood education institution, in Portugal, within four activity rooms. It is a single case study using action research, context-based staff development and participatory childhood pedagogy as means to change educational practices. It undertakes thorough…
Descriptors: Action Research, Children, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2011
Massive protests have been the norm in Wisconsin, since Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a plan to strip many collective bargaining rights from teachers and most other public employees. GOP elected officials are pursuing similar measures in Ohio and other states. But in the DeForest district, like some others around the state, collective bargaining,…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Problems, Grievance Procedures
Center for Education Organizing (NJ1), 2011
As states across the country face unprecedented budget shortfalls, communities as well as policymakers are trying to stave off the potentially devastating impacts of budget cuts on schools and other basic services. Many public school systems are facing significant shortfalls, forcing "reductions in force" or RIFs, of teachers and other school…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, School Districts, Budgets, Budgeting
Bradley, Jon – Education Canada, 2011
Male role models are becoming increasingly scarce in Canadian classrooms, and the demographics indicate that the current low numbers will continue to decline. New teachers are quite prepared to take up the pedagogical issues raised by changing standards and a changing demographic; however, the spectre of violence and false accusations adds a level…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Role Models, Males, Foreign Countries
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Howell, William; Peterson, Paul E.; West, Martin – Education Next, 2011
In this article, the authors explore the following questions: How have Americans actually responded to these developments? Have they grown more supportive of the current direction of school reform, or are there instead signs of a backlash? And how do the views of teachers compare to those of the public at large? In addition to the views of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Opinions, Online Courses
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