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SUMMARY:Can the Teaching Profession be an Equal Partner with Governments a
 nd Employers in Developing and Implementing Education Policies? - Professo
 r Nina Bascia\, Chair of the Department of Theory and Policy Studies at th
 e Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the Universtiy of Toronto 
 (OISE)
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CONTACT:Katie O'Donovan
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Professor Nina Bascia\, Chair of the Departmen
 t of Theory and Policy Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Edu
 cation at the University of Toronto (OISE)\, followed by discussion.\n\nOn
 e feature of the recent book\, ‘Reinventing Schools\, Reforming Teaching
 ’ by John Bangs\, John MacBeath and Maurice Galton is the failure of suc
 cessive governments to work with the teaching profession on developing and
  Implementing education policies. This is not simply an English phenomenon
 . Internationally the relationship among teachers\, their organisations an
 d governments are often fraught and problematic. Many in the media and gov
 ernment see teachers’ representative organisations as antithetical to sc
 hool improvement. Can academic analysis lead to insights about the theory 
 and practice of teaching profession/government relations?\n\nProfessor Nin
 a Bascia of OISE has led the way for many years in exploring this relation
 ship from a North American perspective. Her findings are directly relevant
  both to the leadership of teachers in England and to government policy ma
 king. John Bangs\, Wolfson Fellow\, senior research associate in the Facul
 ty and former Head of Education at the National Union of Teachers will be 
 the respondent. It should be a fascinating and instructive evening!\n
LOCATION:GS5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills
  Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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