Propping up the performative school : a critical examination of the English educational paraprofessional

Much has been written about 'performativity' and the 'audit culture' in relation to the teaching profession, but this literature has been neglectful of how these might impact educational paraprofessionals. Informed by Institutional Ethnography, this book provides a critical exami...

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Main Author Bishop, Jo (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839822445
DOI10.1108/9781839822421
Physical Description1 online resource (256 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The wider policy context giving rise to learning mentors
  • Chapter 3. Historical and comparative accounts of paraprofessional experiences
  • Chapter 4. Introducing institutional ethnography as a means to research marginalised work
  • Chapter 5. Introducing priory park high school
  • Chapter 6. The official and 'seen' work of the learning mentors
  • Chapter 7. The unofficial and 'unseen' work of the learning mentors
  • Chapter 8. View from the top - a coherent and consistent senior leadership view of the learning mentor role?
  • Chapter 9. View from middle management: The multi-faceted learning mentor
  • Chapter 10. Mentors talking back
  • Chapter 11. View from an 'older' paraprofessional group
  • Chapter 12. Discussion and conclusion.