U.S. Teachers as Policy Protagonists in Digital Public Spaces?

Autor/in	Robert, Sarah A.
Titel	U.S. Teachers as Policy Protagonists in Digital Public Spaces?
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 92 (2017) 4, S.521-536 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2017.1349494
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Newspapers; Public Policy; Discourse Analysis; Policy Formation; Teacher Participation; Teacher Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; Teacher Attitudes; Beliefs; Massachusetts; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Newspaper; Zeitung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Diskursanalyse; Politische Betätigung; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Master-Studiengang; Argentinien
Abstract	Teachers engage with policies far beyond the confines of their classroom and seemingly unrelated to their classroom practice, stretching the parameters of theories such as street-level bureaucracy (Lipsky, 2010; Weatherly & Lipsky, 1977) and doing policy in schools (Ball, Maguire, & Braun, 2012). This was observed in ethnographic studies and analyses, suggesting a "policy protagonism" in which teachers engaged in public arenas with the state and with the public outside of school to address problems they faced within school walls (Robert & McEntarfer, 2014). Four attributes of policy protagonism are defining policy "problems," seeking power and resources to address those policy-worthy problems, "using" social categories and symbolic identities such as perceptions of teachers as mothers and caregivers, and, finally, demanding multiple seats at the decision-making table. Using discourse analysis, I examine Massachusetts' teachers' publications in local and national online newspapers between 2012-2014 that identify Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows, teachers who presumably wish to engage with public policy and are taught how to do so. The sample only demonstrated application of the first attribute, defining policy problems. Changes in policy and policymaking will only come from systematic and sustained engagement of teachers in policy protagonism in both real and virtual public spaces. Although teaching policy fellows were trained to do just that, the analysis suggests that more effort is needed to support teachers' policy work in public spaces. There is no silver bullet to the educational challenge of strengthening teachers' policy work and gaining a seat at the policy table. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01