Generation division in Cyprus education? different attitudes to education from younger and older teachers

This study explores whether there is a generation division in Cyprus education, how it is manifested (if it really exists) in terms of teachers' actions and behaviours, and if it has any implications for school improvement. The data used for this article was collected from four schools followin...

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Published in:Educational review (Birmingham) 2004-02, Vol.56 (1), p.65-76
Main Author: Angelides, Panayiotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age Differences
Attitudes
Classroom communication
Collegiality
Cyprus
Data collection
Education
Educational policy
Educational sciences
Foreign Countries
Generations
Ideology
Innovations
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relationships
Parent Teacher Cooperation
Policy, reform, legislation
Qualitative research
Schools
Student teacher relationship
Teacher Administrator Relationship
Teacher Characteristics
Teacher Student Relationship
Teachers
Teaching
Western Europe
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Summary:This study explores whether there is a generation division in Cyprus education, how it is manifested (if it really exists) in terms of teachers' actions and behaviours, and if it has any implications for school improvement. The data used for this article was collected from four schools following qualitative methods of inquiry. It was revealed that teachers were being grouped according to their age. The key characteristics of the two groups of teachers are presented in terms of their relationships with colleagues, pupils, parents and superiors, and in terms of their professional ideology. After exploring similarities and differences between the two groups of teachers I then support the argument that education in Cyprus appears to be divided according to the age of teachers. This division, I argue at the end, may have implications for the proper functioning of schools as well as for the successfulness of attempted innovations.
ISSN:0013-1911
1465-3397
DOI:10.1080/0013191032000152282