The Teacher Within Contemporary Educational Reality. Manager, Bureaucrat or Citizen?

<p class="ForumOwiatoweTekst">The article presents reflections on the role of the teacher in contemporary social reality dominated by neoliberal culture, which involves weakening democratic institutions; a corporate model of functioning in educational institutions; managerial discour...

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Main Author: Astrid Męczkowska-Christiansen (Author)
Format: Book
Published: University of Lower Silesia, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:<p class="ForumOwiatoweTekst">The article presents reflections on the role of the teacher in contemporary social reality dominated by neoliberal culture, which involves weakening democratic institutions; a corporate model of functioning in educational institutions; managerial discourse that reduces educational processes to management strategies; and the development of bureaucracy as a governance model. It is argued that "bureaucrat" and "manager" are the two versions of a professional role currently being imposed on teachers, as well as the antithesis of teachers' civic roles.</p>
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