ERIC Number: EJ1320128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1176-6662
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Risky Choices -- Autonomy and Surveillance in Secondary English Classrooms
Rozas Gómez, Claudia
New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, v18 n1 p36-51 2021
Achievement data from New Zealand secondary schools suggest that students from lower socio-economic communities have fewer opportunities to engage with complex content in subject English. This article examines this phenomenon by drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality and considers how a context of simultaneously increased autonomy and surveillance may shape curriculum and assessment choices. To explore these ideas, I use interview data from ten secondary English teachers in the wider Auckland region. I complement Foucault's (1982) explanation of governmentality with Ball, Maguire, and Braun's (2012) notion of policy enactment to explore spaces of both compliance and resistance.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Curriculum Design, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Teachers, Compliance (Psychology), Resistance (Psychology), School Policy, Alienation, Accountability
New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work. Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Web site: https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/teachers-work/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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