Overview

This book locates recent developments in teacher certification in North America within a broader, international policy context characterised as hegemonic neo-liberalism wherein economic rationalism has begun to trump professional judgement. We focus on teacher certification because it addresses fundamental questions about who will teach, what are the required minimum levels of competence, and who will make those decisions. Such questions are central to teaching, constituting a new battleground for education in North America. Two ideas—economic rationalism and professionalisation—have become pivotal to education policy. Economic rationalism finds its expression in a free market ideology. Professionalisation has two meanings: professionalizing the practice of teaching (constructing a professional knowledge base); and professionalizing the status of teaching (through links with universities and self-regulation). These ideas’ contestation varies by setting. In the USA, neo-liberalism has attacked professional knowledge, questioning its scientific veracity. Professionalisation advocates claim that the neo-liberalist aim is to undermine teaching as a profession. In Canada, neo-liberalist critics are heard but have limited impact on policy. Professionalisation has emphasised teachers’ pedagogical development and a valuing of the field’s input into teacher preparation. Neo-liberalist economic rationalism plays itself out overtly in the USA as deregulation; in Canada, it lies embedded within labor mobility agreements. In the USA, professionalisation highlights professionalism in practice; in Canada, the governance of teaching. This book explores how economic rationalism is using labor mobility agreements in Canada as a covert operation analogous to deregulation in the USA to assert its dominance in the battle to de-professionalize teaching in North America.

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Author:   Peter P. Grimmett ,  Jon C. Young ,  Claude Lessard
Publisher:   Information Age Publishing
Imprint:   Information Age Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.337kg
ISBN:  

9781617355752

ISBN 10:   1617355755
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   30 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface. Introduction. The Contrasting Discourses of “Public Interest” Theory and “Capture” Theory in Professional Regulation. PART I: THE USA. Professionalisation Versus deregulation ?e United States. Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification in the USA. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Initiative: Consequences for Teacher Certification. The Internal Inconsistencies of National and Regional Approaches to Teacher Education Accreditation in the United States. PART II: CANADA. Overview. The Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) as a “Trojan Horse” form of Deregulation in Canada. The Agreement on Internal Trade and the Province of Ontario. The Agreement on Internal Trade and the Province of Quebec: De-qualifi cation or Professionalism, Claude Lessard. The Agreement on Internal Trade and the Province of Manitoba. The Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and Alberta and British Columbia. Conclusion. Appendices. References.

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