Quality teaching discourses : A contested terrain

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Lampert, Jo, Burnett, Bruce, Comber, Barbara, Ferguson, Angela and Barnes, Naomi. (2018). Quality teaching discourses : A contested terrain. In In Gannon, Susanne, Hattam, Robert and Sawyer, Wayne (Ed.). Resisting educational inequality : Reframing policy and practice in schools serving vulnerable communities pp. 150-158 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315109268-14

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Authors	Lampert, Jo, Burnett, Bruce, Comber, Barbara, Ferguson, Angela and Barnes, Naomi
Editors	Gannon, Susanne, Hattam, Robert and Sawyer, Wayne
Abstract	This chapter argues that discussions around quality teachers and quality teaching have become so politicised that the mere mention of quality fuels immediate debate about definitions and measurement. The lack of precision about the use of the keyword quality causes confusion and it is often linked to measurable outcomes across a range of basic skills. Many aspects of the quality teacher/quality teaching debate are closely tied to broader neoliberal discourses that lead to an over-emphasis on individual teacher quality. Neoliberal 'quality teacher' discourses in Australia are manifested through standardised teaching matrices such as the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and testable outcomes, seen through prescribed curriculum and literacy and numeracy testing. One of the main concerns about the 'quality teacher' debate is how it has become less about social justice and increasingly linked to economic arguments. The 'quality teacher' discourse focuses on the individual teacher.
Page range	150-158
Year	2018
Book title	Resisting educational inequality : Reframing policy and practice in schools serving vulnerable communities
Publisher	Routledge
Place of publication	London, United Kingdom
	New York, NY
ISBN	9781138089303
	9781138089310
	9781315109268
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315109268-14
Scopus EID	2-s2.0-85058134019
Publisher's version	License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled
Output status	Published
Online	07 Jun 2018
Print	2018
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