Abstract
Today, early career teachers find themselves in a unique historical position, having been produced by the marketised systems in which they now seek to find work. For these ‘market natives’, the neoliberal world of differentiated and segregated schools has long been the norm, as has its differential effects on students and parents. In this chapter, Stacey introduces the core argument of her book: that this policy settlement is having commensurate effects on teachers’ work, compounded by current narratives of ‘quality’ surrounding who teachers are and what they do. Stacey then outlines how she sought to approach this issue in her research, through the use of Bourdieuian theoretical tools and a case-based methodology.
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Stacey, M. (2020). Born into the Business: A Study of the Early Career Teacher as Market Native. In: The Business of Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35407-7_1
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