ABSTRACT
We have shown in Part I of this book the pervasive influence of teachers' sense of ‘conscientiousness’ upon their working hours. We measured ‘conscientiousness’ by teachers' response to one (rather lengthily expressed) item on the questionnaire. The item (Item 2.6), which included a near verbatim quotation from the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (Interim Advisory Committee 1990), defining non-directed time, read:
It has been assumed that, in order to perform their professional duties during the school day (i.e., teaching, supervision, assembly, registration, staff meetings and other ‘directed’ time) teachers will need to spend an unspecified amount of time preparing for such duties in their own ‘non-directed’ time. As a general rule, and excluding holidays, how many hours a week do you think it is reasonable for you to be expected to spend in non-directed time (i.e., mainly planning, record-keeping, report-writing, organising resources, keeping up-to-date, and all INSET)?
