Good Teachers and Counter Conduct

Autor/in	Norman, Pat
Titel	Good Teachers and Counter Conduct
Quelle	In: Critical Studies in Education, 64 (2023) 4, S.301-317 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Norman, Pat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-8487
DOI	10.1080/17508487.2022.2142627
Schlagwörter	Teacher Behavior; Neoliberalism; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Policy; Coping; Climate; Ethics; Professionalism; Secondary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bewältigung; Klima; Ethik; Professionalität; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Research on policy enactment has explored tensions created by accountability approaches associated with new forms of management under neoliberalism. These approaches generate particular discursive constructs of the 'good teacher' -- constructs that often negate the rich, unmeasurable, and ethical practices associated with teacher professionalism. This paper draws on data generated as part of an institutional ethnography at an Australian school. Five teachers reflected on their work and the policies and procedures that govern it. They reported a range of practices for coping with the demands of policy enactment; described by one informant using the heuristic of "attachment," "aversion," and "indifference." Significantly, the influence of external contingency -- specifically in the form of climate change -- represents a complex space in which teachers must navigate using ethical judgment and practical wisdom. This kind of ethical work creates demands that exceed the circumscribed notions of good teaching present in governing policies. Taking up the Foucauldian concept of "counter conduct," this paper argues that these 'unofficial' practices are an expression of ethical professionalism. Rather than being explicitly 'activist', these teachers are simply engaging in 'good work' as it might be understood under the external contingencies associated with a changing and challenging world. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01