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Control and Consciousness in the Colleges
Author(s) -
Walker Michael
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192830090202
Subject(s) - militant , framing (construction) , politics , consciousness , pedagogy , sociology , context (archaeology) , social science , mathematics education , political science , epistemology , psychology , law , history , philosophy , archaeology
This paper considers the socialisation of teachers through their professional training. Using a theoretical model derived from Bernstein's work on ritual, classification and framing, a comparative historical analysis is developed over three epochs, 1840 to 1875, 1960 to 1972 and 1972 to 1982. It is suggested that the mode of preparation in the first two epochs produced politically conservative teachers. However, the changes in teacher preparation consequent upon the 1972 rationalisations are thought to constitute a radical break with this tradition. It is argued that current practices in the preparing institutions in conjunction with changes in the occupational context of teaching may promote militant economic and political activity amongst teachers.