ABSTRACT
Recent industrial sociology in studying other industries has emphasised three issues: the nature of the labour process, the division of labour, and the pattern of control and autonomy in the workplace. The sexual division of labour is one of the most conspicuous facts about the teaching workforce, operating between sectors of education as well as within schools. The division of labour among teachers is limited in various ways. The making of the timetable itself is a force breaking down the division of labour, since the filling up of the slots-especially for the newer teachers who are last in the queue-obliges some people to take classes in subjects outside their own specialty. The other important qualification is that the division of labour changes historically. As with clerical staff, the division of labour between these workers and teachers is not historically fixed.
