Acknowledgments

Introduction

Martyn Hammersley

Primary Heads as Teachers: Educating the School through Assemblies

Jennifer Nias

Researching Primary Teachers' Work: Examining Theory, Policy and Practice through Interactionist Ethnography

Geoff Troman

Side-stepping the Substantial Self: The Fragmentation of Primary Teachers' Professionality through Audit Accountability

Bob Jeffrey

Tales of Fear and Loathing: Teachers' Work and Recent Educational Reform

Bethan Marshall

Stephen J. Ball

The Psychic Rewards (and Annoyances) of Teaching

Andy Hargreaves

Understanding Teachers' Lives: The Influence of Parenthood

Pat Sikes

Representing Teachers

Ivor F. Goodson

Beyond Reflection: Contingency, Idiosyncrasy and Reflexivity in Initial Teacher Education

Alex Moore

Learning, Policy and Pupil Career: Issues from a Longitudinal Ethnography

Andrew Pollard

Ann Filer

Looking Back at the Boys: Reflections on Issues of Gender in Classroom Data

Lynda Measor

Critical Incidents and Learning about Risks: The Case of Young People and Their Health

Martyn Denscombe

Appendix Peter Woods: A Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index