Teacher Unions in Public Education

Chapter 1. Perspectives on Teacher Unions: History, Discourse, and Renewal

1. Perspectives on Teacher Unions: History, Discourse, and Renewal
Nina Bascia

Part I. Histories

2. Gender and Status: Ontario Teachers’ Associations in the Nineteenth Century
Harry Smaller

3. Defending Teachers’ Rights and Promoting Public Education: Evolving and Emerging Union Strategies within a Globalized Neoliberal Context
Wendy Poole

4. Remembering, Reimagining, and Reviving Social Justice Teacher Unionism
Cindy Rottmann, Larry Kuehn, Christine Stewart, Jane Turner, James Chamberlain

Part II. Discourses

5. Fragility and Volatility in Teacher Union—Governmental Relations
Nina Bascia, Pamela Osmond-Johnson

6. Model Citizen or Bad Influence? The Contested Nature of Teachers’ Public Activism
Katy Swalwell

7. The Formal and Informal Contexts of Union Socialization
Ben Pogodzinski

Part III. Renewal

8. Classroom, Community, and Contract: A New Framework for Building Moral Legitimacy and Member Activism in Teacher Unions
Kara Popiel

9. Why and How a Teacher Union Supports Autonomous Teacher Professional Development in an Age of New Managerialism
Charlie Naylor

10. Crossing Boundaries to Support Strategic Foresight
Jean-Claude Couture

11. Education Reform in England and the Emergence of Social Movement Unionism: The National Union of Teachers in England
Howard Stevenson, Justine Mercer

12. The Teachers’ Trifecta: Democracy, Social Justice, Mobilization
Lois Weiner

13. Conclusion
Nina Bascia

Nyckelord: Education, History of Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, International and Comparative Education, Education Policy, Educational Policy and Politics, Educational Philosophy