Thesis
Can the subaltern (teacher) speak? re-searching in the shadows of silence
- Abstract:
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Gayatri Spivak (1988) once provocatively asked: can the subaltern (teacher) speak? To the Ministry of Education Malaysia and elite policy actors, it is an emphatic no, resonating with a logic that extends far beyond mere linguistic metrics. Ostensibly, this verdict is based on a 2013 evaluation by Cambridge English that revealed a substantial number of English teachers fell below the proficiency level required for effective language teaching. However, such evaluations do not occur in a vacuum...
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+ Rose, H
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- Education
- Oxford college:
- Linacre College
- Role:
- Contributor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-6434-6663
+ Mills, D
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- Education
- Oxford college:
- Kellogg College
- Role:
- Contributor
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Deposit date:
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2026-06-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Darshini Nadarajan
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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