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    Contested territories: English teachers in Australia and England remaining resilient and creative in constraining times

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    Authors
    O’Sullivan, Kerry-Ann
    Goodwyn, Andrew
    Affiliation
    Macquarie University
    University of Bedfordshire
    Issue Date
    2020-07-23
    Subjects
    professional identity
    resilience
    policy
    secondary English teachers
    adaptive agency
    Subject Categories::X330 Academic studies in Secondary Education
    
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    Abstract
    Globally teachers are experiencing reductions to their autonomy and constraints on their professional practice through legislative impositions of limiting standards, external testing and narrowing curricula. This study explores the ways English educators find a balance between these external expectations, contemporary pressures, professional aspirations, and personal values. It was a qualitative investigation into the perceptions shared by thirty-three English teachers from New South Wales, Australia and across England. A significant gap now exists between the ways English teachers conceive their subject, their purposes and the nature of their work, and that determined by regulation, formalised curriculum and accreditation requirements. The enduring resilience of these teachers is revealed but also the corrosive structural effects produced by narrowly focused, neoliberal policies especially in relation to high stakes testing. However, the research demonstrates how certain English teachers remain remarkably resilient–retaining autonomy where they can–and we define this attribute as ‘adaptive agency’.
    Citation
    O’Sullivan KA, Goodwyn A (2020) 'Contested territories: English teachers in Australia and England remaining resilient and creative in constraining times', English in Education, 54 (3), pp.224-238.
    Publisher
    Taylor and Francis Ltd.
    Journal
    English in Education
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/624554
    DOI
    10.1080/04250494.2020.1793667
    Additional Links
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04250494.2020.1793667
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0425-0494
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/04250494.2020.1793667
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