Gerald Grace here explores the concept of role conflict and the current theorizing about the problems of the teacher’s role. He investigates four potential pr

This study describes research into teachers’ role conceptions and uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The authors examine in particu

The subject matter of this book – what happens in schools, the effects of curriculum change, the reasons why some children are successful and others are not �

The change from a student role to a teacher role can be one of the most abrupt and stressful transitions in working life but the process of socialization does n

This volume considers how various sociological approaches to the exploration of the conditions of teachers’ might be co-ordinated so as to produce a more pene