Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Half Title; Table of Contents; Note on the Text; Preface; Introduction Reprofessionalizing and Politicizing Teachers; Chapter 1 The Dead Hand of the Past: The Idealist Legacy; Chapter 2 Reactions and Adaptations; Chapter 3 Teachers, Materialism and the Real World; Chapter 4 Choice and Ideology; Chapter 5 Justifying Teacher Intervention; Chapter 6 Teachers and Committed Intervention; Chapter 7 Teachers as Intellectual Vanguard; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index