Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers' Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age

by Andy Hargreaves

International in its empirical and theoretical scope, this book contains a number of new ideas about teaching and addresses many of the recent changes that are occurring in teachers' work. The author draws not only on different traditions of research but also on his own past and current research as a source of practical examples, insights and theoretically provocative illustrations. He discusses both the need for change and the conditions of change in teaching.

Paperback

First published November 1, 1993

About the author

Andy Hargreaves is Research Professor at Boston College, Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, Professor II at the University of Stavanger, and Honorary Professor at Swansea University. He is Past President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Adviser in Education to the First Minister of Scotland and from 2016-2018 to the Premier of Ontario. Andy is founder of the Atlantic Rim Collaboratory (ARC): a group of 9 nations committed to broadly defined excellence, equity, wellbeing, inclusion, democracy and human rights.
Andy has consulted with the OECD, the World Bank, governments, universities and professional associations worldwide. He has given keynote addresses in 50 countries, 47 US states and all Australian states and Canadian provinces. Andy’s more than 30 books have attracted multiple Outstanding Writing Awards. Andy is ranked in the top 20 scholars with most influence on US education policy debate. In 2015, Boston College gave him its Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Education University of Hong Kong and the University of Uppsala in Sweden.

Reviews

[Dioscita · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a slow read and not always captivating, but his messages matter.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

great look at teaching from a post-modern perspective