Teacher working : conditions in Alberta during the Klein regime
Date
2002
Authors
Regimbald, Henri
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2002
Abstract
The thrust of this research project was to examine how educational reform in Alberta,
under the Klein regime, has affected teacher workloads and morale. The first section of
this project establishes a political context and examines how the Klein government's neoconservative
ideology has permeated educational discourse, policy and reform. The
second section is the interview portion of the study and is designed to help the reader gain
a better understanding of current teacher working conditions in the province of Alberta.
The inquiry adopted a qualitative approach and the data was collected through semistructured
interviews. The research will show that educational reform in Alberta is more
about balancing budgets and eliminating deficits, in view of competing in the global
marketplace, rather than improving the quality of education for students. The research
will also attempt to show that the alleged crisis in public education was artificially
created to orchestrate a massive and unprecedented restructuring of public education in
Alberta.
Description
77 leaves ; 29 cm. --
Keywords
Teachers -- Alberta -- Job stress , Teachers -- Alberta -- Workload , Education and state -- Alberta , Education -- Alberta