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Perryman, Jane; Ball, Stephen J.; Braun, Annette; Maguire, Meg – Journal of Education Policy, 2017
This paper deploys some concepts from the work of Michel Foucault to problematise the mundane and quotidian "practices" of policy translation as these occur in the everyday of schools. In doing that, we suggest that these "practices" are complicit in the formation of and constitution of teacher subjects, and their subjection to…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Ethics, Professionalism
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Braun, Annette – Journal of Education Policy, 2015
A lack of esteem for teachers and the teaching profession is a central tenet underpinning policy reforms put forward by the 2010 UK Government White Paper "The Importance of Teaching". This article argues that the policy problem and solutions presented in the White Paper lack awareness of the historical and social positioning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Teaching (Occupation)
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Braun, Annette; Vincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen J. – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
This paper explores the ways in which working class mothers negotiate mothering and paid work. Drawing on interviews with 70 families with pre-school children, we examine how caring and working responsibilities are conceptualised and presented in mothers' narratives. Mothers showed a high degree of commitment to paid work and, in contrast to…
Descriptors: Working Class, Middle Class, Mothers, Family Work Relationship