Nordic Studies in Education (May 2021)

Scenkonst eller gatuteater? Lärares arbete i relation till struktur, organisering och yrkesgränsernas utsträckning

  • Jens Gardesten,
  • Ulla Karin Nordänger,
  • Katarina Herrlin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.23865/nse.v41.2251
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 2
pp. 148 – 166

Abstract

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The study highlights the extension and scope of teachers’ work. Swedish teachers reflected on this before and after visiting schools in France, where “CPE-staff” alleviate teachers with different tasks. In sum, findings indicate that the extension and scope of teachers’ work can be discussed in terms of what, when and where, but also as already institutionalized or something that reshapes during negotiations on a daily basis. The findings are analyzed by the concepts of “structure” and “communitas” (Turner, 1974, 2008), highlighting how the professional boarders are dependent on patterns of structures and relationships within the school as an organization.

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