ERIC Number: EJ1215131
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1005
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Teachers as Disempowered and Demoralised Moral Agents: School Board Management and Teachers in Hong Kong
British Journal of Educational Studies, v67 n2 p251-267 2019
This study argues that teachers are disempowered and demoralised moral agents. Specifically, it uses a qualitative study of Hong Kong teachers to show that teachers' agency in the pursuit of the moral goal of education is socially disempowered. The study shows that although teachers are committed to the moral goal of education, the obstacles to attaining this goal result in demoralisation. The difficulties consist of technical disempowerment (deprivation of power over one's labour) and cognitive disempowerment (deprivation of power to identify the instructional value of teachers' work), which are induced by managerialist educational reforms and school administration.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Administration, Moral Values, Educational Objectives, Educational Change, Professional Autonomy, Barriers, Work Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Workload, Accountability, Negative Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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