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Governing Teachers

Professional Development and Curriculum Reform in the Republic of Cyprus

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Governing Educational Spaces

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Abstract

In this chapter, we examine official policy discourse and practices that were formed during the recent curriculum reform effort (initiated in 2004) in the Republic of Cyprus to trace how teachers were governed in this period (2004-2013). Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of governmentality, we explore some of the techniques of governing and self-governing that were put in place at the introduction and for the implementation of new curricula.

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  1. University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    Stavroula Kontovourki

  2. European University-Cyprus, Europe

    Eleni Theodorou

  3. University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    Stavroula Philippou

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Kontovourki, S., Theodorou, E., Philippou, S. (2015). Governing Teachers. In: Kotthoff, HG., Klerides, E. (eds) Governing Educational Spaces. CESE. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-265-3_7

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