Teach First organisational discourse
What are Teach First teachers really being trained for
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12928766 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Elliott (0000-0001-6051-1046, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 264-274 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Power and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7438 • E-ISSN: 1757-7438 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1757743818771393 |
| OpenAlex | W2801591561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article considers the networked nature of Teach First in order to illustrate the different business, philanthropic and educational agents that have a vested interest in the organisation. It also reflects on Teach First’s strategic positioning within the initial teacher education landscape in order to attract high-calibre graduates into the teaching profession, and goes on to explore Teach First’s institutional discourse and the ways in which this serves to shape the Teach First teachers’ understandings of themselves, teaching and their potential career prospects after their two-year commitment on the Teach First programme. An understanding of the Teach First institutional discourse is gained through an analysis of data gathered from Teach First documentation and interviews with people working at different levels within the organisation. Critical discourse analysis is used to understand the ways in which this institutional discourse serves to provide a particular ideological positioning for Teach First and its teachers. It argues that such a positioning encourages them to take with them a neo-liberal understanding of ways of working into influential positions within the wider network invested in Teach First
Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Discourse community · Documentation · Ideology · Linguistics · Order (exchange · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Teaching method · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
| Citations per year | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |