A difficult realisation: the proletarianisation of higher education-based teacher educators

Journal article

Written collaboratively with research participants, this article reports the main findings of the Work of Teacher Education project that studied the labour of 13 higher education-based teacher educators in England and Scotland over the course of a year. The priority of maintaining relationships with schools (and between schools and student teachers) is noted and 'relationship maintenance' is advanced as a defining characteristic of teacher educators' work. Policy changes and their impact on institutional structures and roles, variations in organisational arrangements and research activity are also discussed. The paper concludes by arguing that a new conceptualisation of the work of teacher educators as academic work is essential for the discipline and higher education institutions as a whole. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor and Francis.

Authors: Ellis, V; Glackin, M; Heighes, D; Norman, M; Nicol, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 266-280
• Publication date: 2013-07-01
• DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2013.799845
• EISSN: 1360-0540
• ISSN: 0260-7476
• Language: English
• Keywords: participatory research; proletarianisation; academic work; teacher educators