SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Private School, Loose Coupling, Rotary System
Document Summary
Like work organizations, schools need to motivate students, but schools differ from regular workplaces. Weak incentives - grades can be meaningless. Authority based on devotion to an exceptional individual person. Schools in the past relied on traditional authority . School promoters" work meant needing more people to teach than were qualified. Avoided a status hit , unlike other female-dominated occupations. The endangered male teacher inappropriate contact with students. Ontario study of 223 male elementary teachers: 13% report being wrongly accused of. Politicians putting more money in to education, but challenging teachers" authority. Teaching has better status then before but subjected to a lot of scrutiny. Teachers are seen essential for the development of children. They feel scrutiny because of the increase of the importance of schools for economy for students. Teachers described their jobs are pressurizing feel not that respected and devalued. Politicians - not seeking as much input from teachers their opinions and areas for improvement.
