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Writing in 1975, at the end of what Hobsbawm has called a ‘golden age’ for Western society (Hobsbawm, 1994), Lortie (1975) summarized the relationship between teachers and educational research studies in the U.S. Whilst those were very different economic and social times, his judgement stands up well today:
Schooling is long on prescription, short on description. That is nowhere more evident than in the case of the two million persons who teach in the public schools. It is widely conceded that the core transactions of formal education take place where teachers and students meet.... But although books and articles instnicting teachers on how they should behave are legion, empirical studies of teaching work — and the outlook of those who staff the schools — remain rare. (p. vii)
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Goodson, I. (1997). The Life and Work of Teachers. In: Biddle, B.J., Good, T.L., Goodson, I.F. (eds) International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4942-6_4
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