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Methodological Insights on Teachers’ Professional Agency in Narratives




AuthorsHeikkilä Mirva

Publisher Oslo Metropolitan University

Publication year2022

JournalProfessions and Professionalism

Article numbere5038

Volume12

Issue3

eISSN1893-1049

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7577/pp.5038

Web address https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/pp/article/view/5038

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/177348255


Abstract

This article presents post-structural narrative methodologies to examine teachers’ agency. According to previous research, agency is important for the learning and well-being of teachers. However, post-structuralism has questioned the assumption of agency as being located in the individual and has claimed a more entwined and relational perspective. The article disturbs clear-cut categorisations of teachers’ agency as strong or weak and argues for examining narrative practice because teachers use a variety of grammatical resources that are not inherently personal but are entwined with cultural narratives. This methodological approach reveals how teachers appear agentic and vulnerable at the same time. Thereby, it helps illustrate multifaceted views of the teaching profession.


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