Academic work and proletarianisation: a study of higher education-based teacher educators

Viv Ellis; Jane McNicholl; Allan Blake; Jim McNally

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2014.01.008

Academic work and proletarianisation: a study of higher education-based teacher educators

Viv Ellis, Jane McNicholl, Allan Blake, Jim McNally

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This article reports on a one year, mixed methods study of 13 teacher educators at work in English and Scottish higher education institutions. Framed by cultural-historical activity theory, itself a development of a Marxian analysis of political economy, the research shows how, under conditions of academic capitalism, these teacher educators were denied opportunities to accumulate capital (e.g. research publications, grants) and were proletarianised. The reasons for this stratification were complex but two factors were significant: first, the importance of maintaining relationships with schools in the name of ‘partnership’ teacher education; and, second, the historical cultures of teacher education in HE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-43
Number of pages	11
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	40
Early online date	17 Feb 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.01.008
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2014

Keywords

teacher education
academic work
academic capitalism
proletarianisation

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Allan Blake
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Ellis, V. (Principal Investigator), McNally, J. (Co-investigator), Blake, A. (Researcher) & McNicholl, J. (Researcher)
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Introduction to the special issue on the work of teacher education: policy, practice and institutional conditions
McNicholl, J., Ellis, V. & Blake, A., 2013, In: Journal of Education for Teaching. 39, 3, 7 p.
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'The Work of Teacher Education': Final Research Report
Ellis, V., Blake, A., McNicholl, J. & McNally, J., 1 Jun 2011, [Heslington]. 31 p.
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The Work of Teacher Education Dissemination Seminar
Blake, A. (Speaker)
8 Jun 2011
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The Work of Teacher Education participatory data analysis workshop
Blake, A. (Speaker)
25 Mar 2011
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Introduction to the special issue on the work of teacher education: policy, practice and institutional conditions

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The Work of Teacher Education participatory data analysis workshop

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