Teachers are happy and professional, says review

Published last Friday, the reports consider training, morale, and leadership within the primary teaching profession from 1988 to 2008. Report 6/2 notes that while some research and studies describe teachers as being de-skilled, de-professionalised and demoralised due to decreasing autonomy, in reality 'younger teachers were much more likely to be positive about the job'. The report looks broadly at how primary school teachers have responded to the changing character of their professional roles and lives, especially in relation to curriculum, pedagogy, leadership and management. It also concludes that 'there needs...