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United Mind Workers
Charles Taylor Kerchner
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Description for United Mind Workers
Hardcover. In this work, the authors offer a case for transforming teachers' unions to become champions of quality schooling. This model of teachers' unions would be organized around issues of quality teaching and professional development, as well as economic fairness. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: JNA; JNK; JNT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 473.
This new model of teacher unions is organized around issues of quality teaching and professional development, as well as economic fairness. The authors propose strategies for expanding the influence of unions by involving them in the setting of educational standards, evaluating teacher performance, and promoting career security.
The authors have established United Mind Workers web pages that contain portions of the book, research reports, and work in progress as well as links to other labor and teacher reform web pages and links to the authors' electronic mail boxes. For the web pages, go to: www.cgu.edu. Click on ... Read more
This new model of teacher unions is organized around issues of quality teaching and professional development, as well as economic fairness. The authors propose strategies for expanding the influence of unions by involving them in the setting of educational standards, evaluating teacher performance, and promoting career security.
The authors have established United Mind Workers web pages that contain portions of the book, research reports, and work in progress as well as links to other labor and teacher reform web pages and links to the authors' electronic mail boxes. For the web pages, go to: www.cgu.edu. Click on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787908294
SKU
V9780787908294
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99-50
About Charles Taylor Kerchner
CHARLES TAYLOR KERCHNER is a professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California and a noted authority on teacher unionism and post-industrial education. JULIA E. KOPPICH served until recently on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and as director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). ... Read more
Reviews for United Mind Workers
"A must-read for all educators, management and union leaders....[T]his is a remarkably thought-provoking work."
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