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Teachers' Stories Of Change: Stress, Care And Economic Rationality, Chris Easthope, Gary Easthope
Teachers' Stories Of Change: Stress, Care And Economic Rationality, Chris Easthope, Gary Easthope
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The impact of economic rationalism on teachers’ working lives has been documented extensively, particularly in the UK. This article provides a case study of its impact in the early 1990s in a small Australian state, Tasmania, to illustrate that although the particular institutional forms through which it is expressed may differ its impact is similar. We do this by focusing on teachers' stories of change that have stress as a major theme. Stress is partially explained by increased workloads, teachers teaching outside their specialist areas and a changing student population. However, the ideology of economic rationalism has heightened stress because …