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Teachers and Public Engagement: An Argument for Rethinking Teacher Professionalism to Challenge Deficit Discourses in the Public Sphere
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Thomas, Sue – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
In the context of public debates on teacher quality, both media and education policy texts construct deficit discourses about teachers, discourses that work together to inform public, commonsense understandings of teacher quality. This paper explores the interrelationships between discourses on teachers constructed on television and in policies in…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Discourse Analysis, Television, Educational Policy