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Jones, Alison – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2004
Foucault's view of the body as a detailed text from which can be read a system of power is used to consider some aspects of contemporary teacher work. In particular, this paper considers the impact on primary school teachers of social anxiety about touching children. One effect has been an intensification of self-surveillance by teachers, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Associations, Anxiety, Teacher Attitudes