| Record Number |
14621 |
| ISBN |
9781742232355 (pbk) |
| 9781742232416 (hbk) |
| Location |
331.88 FIT |
| Author |
Fitzgerald, Denis |
| Title |
Teachers and their times : history and the Teachers Federation / Denis Fitzgerald. [Book] |
| Published |
Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2011. |
| Collation |
327 p. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes index and bibliography. |
| Contents Note |
Chapter 6: "Great Scott", about the appointment by Terry Metherell of Brian Scott, (1989?) a marketing guru and the father of his chief of staff, Mark Scott, to head a review of education in New South Wales. |
| "The union does not ever have defeats in campaigning - it simply has setbacks, goals not yet achieved." -- p. 166. |
| Summary Note |
“'Teachers and their times' charts the extraordinary effect the Teachers Federation has had on the social and political fabric of this country. With a unique insider’s perspective, Fitzgerald [a former President of the Federation] tells of ASIO spies, secret police files, massive protests, bumbling leaders and dodgy bureaucrats, and explores the idealism and resilience of the Teachers Federation … This book, for the first time, reveals how the Teachers Federation thinks, and maps out some possible futures for the union and the nation.” -- Back cover. |
| Re LGBTIQ issues: "A Gay Teachers Collective was formed, announced in an anonymous letter in the union journal." -- p. 20 |
| Re LGBTIQ issues: "There was a considerable backlash among some members about the union's assertion of the rights of its gay and lesbian members." -- p. 36. |
| Appendix 2: Some achievements (gains) of the NSW Teachers Federation, including salaries, staffing, Teaching and learning conditions, Teachers' working and individual conditions. |
| Subject |
New South Wales Teachers Federation -- History |
| Teachers -- New South Wales -- Political activity |
