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Intensification, Extension and Complexity of Teachers' Workload
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 12:16 authored by Easthope, C, Easthope, GTeachers in Tasmania, Australia, gave accounts of their experience of increased workload in the 10 years between 1984 and 1994. They reported working longer hours, teaching more students and having increased professional, pastoral and administrative duties. The reasons for this increased workload include: (1) less money being spent on education; (2) changes in student assessment from a norm basis to a criterion basis; (3) a change in the administrative structure within the state colleges in which most respondents teach; (4) a change in the student population. The result, they reported, was that their workload was both increased and extended (intensified), leading to a much more complex workplace. Significantly, complexity was also produced by the attempt of teachers to maintain their professional commitment while adapting to the economic rationalist policies of administrators. However, loss of teachers through redundancy, stress and a move to part-time work has meant that those teachers remaining have had to rationalise their work and reduce their professional commitment.
History
Publication title
British Journal of Sociology of EducationVolume
21Pagination
43-58ISSN
0142-5692Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Carfax Publishing LimitedPlace of publication
Oxon, UKRepository Status
- Restricted