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ERIC Number: EJ456535
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0962-0214
Teacher Power and the Struggle for Democracy: An Educational Movement in Malta.
Sultana, Ronald G.
International Studies in Sociology of Education, v2 n1 p3-22 1992
Discusses the formation of a teachers' movement in Malta. Describes organizational goals such as developing participatory democracies in school communities, working as pressure groups to influence educational policy making, and linking humanistic perspectives with a critical theory of schooling. Suggests that change occurs through dramatizing social issues, creating normative change, and bringing about structural change. (DK)
Descriptors: Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Political Power, Politics of Education, Social Change, Teacher Associations, Teacher Militancy, Teacher Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Malta; Teacher Power
Note: Theme Issue: Democracy, Citizenship, and the Role for the Teacher [Part I].