Border Work: Teachers' Expressions of Their Literacy-Related Professional Development Needs in a First Nations School

Autor/inn/en	Heydon, Rachel; Stooke, Rosamund
Titel	Border Work: Teachers' Expressions of Their Literacy-Related Professional Development Needs in a First Nations School
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 28 (2012) 1, S.11-20 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2011.08.009
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Job Security; Educational Philosophy; Canada Natives; American Indian Education; Culturally Relevant Education; Teacher Salaries; Literacy; Educational Needs; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Foreign Policy; Inservice Teacher Education; Teacher Attitudes; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Außenpolitik; Lehrerfortbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This paper reports on a case study of teachers' expressions of their literacy-related professional development needs in a First Nations school located in Ontario, Canada. The paper construes the work of the teachers as "border work" and argues that their literacy teaching work was complex and tied to an ongoing legacy of colonialism. Four interrelated themes are discussed. The paper recommends improving compensation and job security for educators in First Nations schools and supporting them to see themselves as knowledgeable professionals who can entertain sophisticated notions of literacy that consider its relationship to situation including culture. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10