Teacher education as academic work : The affordances of a materialist analysis
Journal article
Nuttall, Joce and Brennan, Marie. (2016). Teacher education as academic work : The affordances of a materialist analysis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 44(4), pp. 364-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2016.1144712
Authors | Nuttall, Joce and Brennan, Marie |
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Abstract | In this paper we make an argument for paying close attention to the materiality of practice in understanding the work of teacher educators; specifically, the meanings of artefacts used by teacher educators in the course of their daily work. We locate this analysis within a dialectical materialist understanding of the development of human activity, providing examples of artefacts-in-use in initial teacher education and the meanings accorded to these artefacts by the teacher educators we observed and interviewed. Our aim is to make a case for what is afforded epistemologically when researchers pay attention to artefacts from a dialectical materialist viewpoint. In the final part of the paper, we argue that paying attention to how teacher educators engage with artefacts can help us understand the unity of psychological and social processes within dominant approaches to teacher education, as well as providing clues about how adaptation of artefacts can drive cultural change. |
Keywords | teacher educators; dialectical materialism; artefacts; academic work |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education |
Journal citation | 44 (4), pp. 364-378 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1359-866X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2016.1144712 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84958764917 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 364-378 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 Feb 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 14 Sep 2015 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/88948/teacher-education-as-academic-work-the-affordances-of-a-materialist-analysis
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