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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21687| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Social Sciences Book Chapters and Sections |
| Title: | The teacher and the curriculum: exploring teacher agency |
| Author(s): | Priestley, Mark Biesta, Gert Philippou, Stavroula Robinson, Sarah |
| Contact Email: | m.r.priestley@stir.ac.uk |
| Editor(s): | Wyse, D Hayward, L Pandya, J |
| Sponsor: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Citation: | Priestley M, Biesta G, Philippou S & Robinson S (2016) The teacher and the curriculum: exploring teacher agency. In: Wyse D, Hayward L & Pandya J (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 187-201. http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book242832?subject=C00&fs=1 |
| Keywords: | Teacher agency professional agency teacher autonomy curriculum policy curriculum change curriculum regulation curriculum enactment |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2016 |
| Date Deposited: | 23-Apr-2015 |
| Abstract: | A key debate in the curriculum field has centred on the extent to which teachers should or could achieve agency over the curriculum they enact. Threats to teacher agency have come from top-down control of curricula, either through input regulation (prescription of content, methods and/or teaching materials) or output regulation (steering through outcomes). Drawing upon an ecological model to explore the concept of teacher agency, this chapter will illustrate through empirical research conducted in Scotland and Cyprus, how it manifests in various ways through teachers’ work. The chapter concludes with a discussion of why it is important to understand and take into account teacher agency when formulating and developing curriculum policy. |
| Rights: | The publisher has granted permission for use of this work in this Repository. Published in The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment by SAGE: http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book242832?subject=C00&fs=1 |
| URL: | http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book242832?subject=C00&fs=1 |
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