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Teachers worldwide are currently experiencing ‘difficult times’ as their work is assailed, prevailed upon, reformed and restructured almost beyond recognition by forces bent upon devolution, marketisation, de-professionalisation, and intensification (Smyth, 1998). All these are impacts of economic and political considerations that governments are placing on the importance of the roles of education and teachers in society.
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Shizha, E., Kariwo, M.T. (2011). Deprofessionalisation of the Teaching Profession. In: Shizha, E., Kariwo, M.T. (eds) Education and Development in Zimbabwe. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-606-9_5
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