Evolvement of Teacher Workload Reduction Policies in the United Kingdom From the Perspective of Policy Instruments

• In Event: Education Policy and Finance Virtual Roundtable

Abstract

The UK has implemented policies for teacher workload reduction since 2003. From the perspective of policy instruments, mandate, inducement, capacity building, and persuasion are used to reduce the explicit working hours while reducing the implicit consumption, and realize the burden reduction and efficiency through empowering schools and teachers. Among them, the legalization of responsibilities and the institutionalization of implementation are achieved with mandatory standards. Persuasion and inducement offer fundings and resources through consensus. The support for teachers’ CPD and the toolkit for schools promoted the capacity building. The government should attach importance to policy serialization, encouragement on participation, and multidimensional understanding of the connotation of workload, progressive advancement and empowerment, and the integration of unified command and capacity building.

Author

• chujun luo
  Presenting Author