Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Lancaster University

Home
About FASS
- Home page
- Read the Dean's Welcome
- Contact Us
Departments
Departments
- Find departments, websites and department heads.
- Go to Department list
People
Faculty Office
- Contact Deans, admin, research support, finance and IT staff via the Faculty Office
Find all Academic and Support Staff
- Academic and support staff in departments
- General Contact information
Study Here
Undergraduate Study
- Introduction to undergraduate study
- Studying for a degree
Postgraduate Study
- Introduction to Postgraduate Study
- Go to the Graduate School Website for information about funding, research training, view student profiles etc.
Research
Our Research
Publications
- Download publications from Lancaster's Publications Repository.
- Recent Books
See also
- Business and Enterprise
- Knowledge Transfer
Business & Enterprise
Business and Enterprise
See also
- Research
- Knowledge Transfer
News & Events
FASS Events
- All Forthcoming Events
- Events Archive
FASS News
- Keep up-to-date with our News
- View News Archive
FASS Intranet
FASS Intranet
- LU Staff only. Policies/guidelines, funding, research support, committees etc.
- Go to FASS Intranet

You are here: Home >

Events

News

Subscribe to News and Events

LRDG seminar: I am not a 'good' teacher; I don't do all their paperwork. Teachers' resistance to changing accountability demands. Karin Tusting, Lancaster University

Date: 20 November 2007 Time: 1.00 - 2.00 pm

The implementation of the Skills for Life strategy introduced a new system for adult language, literacy and numeracy education, with a more centralised curriculum and testing regime. This was perceived by many teachers as a challenge to their established learner-centred approach. Teacher interviews from the Adult Learners' Lives project have been re-analysed to see what they can tell us about these teachers' experiences of the introduction of new national accountability systems. The re-analysis offers a snapshot of the challenges teachers faced with the introduction of the new system, and the strategies they developed to deal with these challenges. More importantly, perhaps, I will present an analysis of these interviews which explains why such changes were often experienced as difficulties, in terms of competing discourses of what it is to be a 'good' teacher, which has resonances beyond the specifics of this particular situation. I have recently begun a new project, 'Paperwork and pressure in educational settings: the textual mediation of target culture', which explores similar issues in more depth, and would be particularly interested in discussing with the group the implications of this work for the new research.

Venue: INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES, Meeting Room 2

Event website: http://www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk

Contact:

Who can attend: Anyone