ERIC Number: EJ1326007
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Exploring Teachers' Professional Space Using the Cases of Finland, Norway and the US
Maaranen, Katriina; Afdal, Hilde Wågsås
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v66 n1 p134-149 2022
In this study, we explore teachers' professional space as an alternative to, and/or expansion of earlier conceptualizations of teacher autonomy. Professional space is here understood both as an objective space with e.g., physical, juridical, economic features, and as the teachers' subjective negotiation of this objective space, where teachers are viewed as producers of professional space (subjective space). Based on an analysis of storyline interviews with teachers from Finland, Norway and the US we argue that professional space, both as an empirical entity and as a theoretical construct, opens up exploration of external and internal factors, as well as the multi-dimensionality of the factors over time and beyond physical space which influence teachers' decision-making capabilities.
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Professional Autonomy, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Policy, Educational Administration, Politics of Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Behavior, Educational Environment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland; Norway; California
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