Metaphor as a Methodological Tool: Identifying Teachers' Social Justice Dispositions across Diverse Secondary School Settings

Autor/inn/en	Mills, Carmen; Molla, Tebeje; Gale, Trevor; Cross, Russell; Parker, Stephen; Smith, Catherine
Titel	Metaphor as a Methodological Tool: Identifying Teachers' Social Justice Dispositions across Diverse Secondary School Settings
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38 (2017) 6, S.856-871 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cross, Russell)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2016.1182009
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Social Justice; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Personality; Principals; Secondary Schools; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Personalität; Principal; Schulleiter; Sekundarschule; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This article investigates the social justice dispositions of teachers and principals in secondary schools as inferred from their metaphoric expressions. Drawing on a Bourdieuian account of disposition, our focus is the use of metaphor as a methodological tool to identify and reveal these otherwise latent forces within our data. Our analysis shows evidence of redistributive, recognitive and activist conceptions of social justice. We argue that these three social justice dispositions may be insufficient to meaningfully address persisting inequalities in the school system and that a capability-based social justice disposition--absent in our data--is needed. We conclude by highlighting that: social justice dispositions can change; a valid interpretation of metaphors requires 'contextual stabilization'; and metaphors for social justice are differently constructed in different contexts, influenced by the different social, cultural and material conditions of schools. (As Provided).
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