Teacher Morale, Job Satisfaction and Motivation by Linda Evans

Teacher Morale, Job Satisfaction and Motivation by Linda Evans

`This book is a wonderfully intimate account of the feelings of teachers about their managers, and a useful staff development tool at INSET or for personal reflection.... One of the excellent strands in this book is the end section of each chapter - A Management Perspective: Issues for Consideration - which will provoke much discussion within actual and aspiring management. Taken out of context each is thought- provoking; in context professionality will be challenged. Recommended for those wishing to improve their management skills, and the seriously nosy!′ - Education Review Teacher Morale, Job Satisfaction and Motivation focuses on the much neglected perspective of the ′managed′ teacher. The author draws upon her research with primary school teachers to provide a unique and fascinating insight into what influences teachers′ attitudes to their jobs. The analysis has wide applicability to many different types of organizations.Throughout this book, teachers′ own comments illustrate the intricacies of morale, job satisfaction and motivation, and enhance our understanding of how appropriate school management and leadership can get the best out of teaching staff. The fascinating vignettes of teachers′ working lives will appeal to all who are interested in understanding life in schools.

`This book is a wonderfully intimate account of the feelings of teachers about their managers, and a useful staff development tool at INSET or for personal reflection... One of the excellent strands in this book is the end section of each chapter - A Management Perspective: Issues for Consideration - which will provoke much discussion within actual and aspiring management. Taken out of context each is thought- provoking; in context professionality will be challenged. Recommended for those wishing to improve their management skills, and the seriously nosy!′ - Education Review

Linda Evans was a primary school teacher before her appointment as lecturer in education at Warwick University′s Institute of Education. She is co-ordinator of the Institute′s Teacher Development Research and Dissemination Unit. She has researched and published widely in the fields of teachers′ attitudes to their work, school-based and school-centred initial teacher training, and teaching and learning higher education

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ISBN 13	9781853963896
ISBN 10	1853963895
Title	Teacher Morale, Job Satisfaction and Motivation
Author	Linda Evans
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	1998-08-05
Number of pages	208
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