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SUMMARY:Attitudes to teacher involvement in change: Some Australian and ot
 her Commonwealth country data - John Williamson\, University of Tasmania
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DESCRIPTION:The promulgation of major educational reforms during the 1980s
  and 1990s in Australia (Hobart Declaration of Schooling)\, the UK (The Ed
 ucation Reform Act)\, and the US (Improving America’s Schools Act) occur
 red alongside a renewed interest in how major change was impacting on teac
 hers and schools. In this context an international study reported that tea
 chers with more active involvement in a change were more supportive of the
  change and more likely to participate in future change initiatives (Poppl
 eton & Williamson\, 2004). However\, this study did not consider the role 
 of incongruence between principal and teacher attitudes toward teacher inv
 olvement.\n\nThis presentation will report on an international study that 
 involved at least 50 principals and 100 teachers in 10 countries. Two ques
 tionnaires were used for data gathering\; one for principals and teachers\
 , respectively. The study provides a look at how roles of teachers are vie
 wed in the school context by asking the principal\, ‘How much do you thi
 nk teachers wish to take part in this responsibility?’\, and then ‘How
  much do you feel teachers should take part in this responsibility?’ Lik
 ewise\, teachers were asked to reflect on\, ‘how much do you wish to tak
 e part in…?’\, and then\, ‘How much does your principal think teache
 rs should take part in this …?’ Data from four Commonwealth countries 
 will be explored to highlight similarities and differences.\n\n\n*John Wil
 liamson* is Dean\, Faculty of Education\, University of Tasmania. John rea
 d for his PhD at the University of Leicester under the supervision of Prof
 essor Maurice Galton. He has published in the areas of pedagogy\, classroo
 m processes and practices\, teacher education\, and teachers’ work lives
 . He has directed projects for the OECD\, and various Australian state gov
 ernments\, and been involved in AUSAid projects in the Philippines and Kir
 ibati and a consultant to universities in the Middle-East.
LOCATION:Room GS5 Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hi
 lls Road\, Cambridge
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