Primary Teachers at Work

Overview of the Book

The first part of this book charts and analyses the working days of 326 primary school teachers. It shows how they spent their working lives, the nature of the curriculum they taught, and analyses their work into five main categories: Teaching, Preparation, Administration, Professional Development and Other Activities.

Second Part and Key Themes

The second part comments on the findings by relating them to issues of school management and curriculum manageability and looks at how the idea of conscientiousness among primary school teachers may have led to their exploitation.