Theorising teacher professionalism as an enacted discourse of power

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-173

  Hilferty, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum change; Curriculum construction; Policy making; Power; Professionalism; Subject advocacy; Subject politics; Teacher associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249103028     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701837521     Document Type: Article

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