TY - BOOK
T1 - Propping up the Performative School
T2 - A Critical Examination of the English Educational Paraprofessional
AU - Bishop, Jo
PY - 2022/9/12
Y1 - 2022/9/12
N2 - Much has been written about ‘performativity’ and the ‘audit culture’ in relation to the teaching profession, but this literature has been neglectful of how these might impact educational paraprofessionals. Informed by Institutional Ethnography, this book provides a critical examination of the role, practices and everyday work experiences of educational paraprofessionals. Taking the learning mentor in English state secondary education as its starting point, the study then draws on international, historical literature to trace the genealogy of this role and examines the legacy of the paraprofessional movement in 1960s USA. Ultimately, the question of the adequacy of short-term policy initiatives in the face of intractable social inequalities is explored.
AB - Much has been written about ‘performativity’ and the ‘audit culture’ in relation to the teaching profession, but this literature has been neglectful of how these might impact educational paraprofessionals. Informed by Institutional Ethnography, this book provides a critical examination of the role, practices and everyday work experiences of educational paraprofessionals. Taking the learning mentor in English state secondary education as its starting point, the study then draws on international, historical literature to trace the genealogy of this role and examines the legacy of the paraprofessional movement in 1960s USA. Ultimately, the question of the adequacy of short-term policy initiatives in the face of intractable social inequalities is explored.
KW - Performativity
KW - Audit culture
KW - English Educational Paraprofessional
KW - Performative Schools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152980106&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/9781839822421
DO - 10.1108/9781839822421
M3 - Book
SN - 9781839822438
BT - Propping up the Performative School
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -