Everyday Acts of Resistance in Teachers' Work
Leaders Making Distinctions Between Responsibility and Accountability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Debra Talbot (0000-0002-1398-3435, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 425-438 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08969205241308049 |
| OpenAlex | W4407055598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
International studies mark a shift in the language of teachers from professional autonomy to safety induced by compliance measures. What is not well-documented is how teachers resist the pervasive, negative effects of accountability regimes. This paper contrasts teachers' most creative classroom practice and professional learning with the effect of externally imposed accountability requirements. School leader research conversations support an argument that leaders who remained future-focused on responsibility initiated a culture in which resistance, to being governed by retrospective practices associated with accountability, was possible. Everyday acts of resistance, however, are vulnerable to institutional capture when regimes of accountability become normalised
Accountability · Political science · Public relations · Social responsibility · Sociology · Engineering · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |