ERIC Number: EJ1459802
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-0253
EISSN: EISSN-1360-0516
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Early-Career Primary School Teachers as 'Watched Watchers': An Analysis Informed by Feminist Surveillance Studies
Gender and Education, v37 n1 p100-115 2025
Using concepts from feminist surveillance studies, this study followed three early-career teachers as they transitioned from an educator preparation program to professional employment as primary classroom teachers. In particular, this analysis highlights how surveillance constrained and contributed to participants' experiences and available subjectivities. Outcomes suggest experiences of surveillance significantly influenced the early-career teachers' negotiations of personal and professional selves, contributing to workplace compliance and uniformity, as well as impacting their well-being. Understanding participants' experiences as young women and new teachers amid school spaces saturated with various forms of surveillance can contribute to a better-informed perspective for supporting early-career teachers.
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Observation, Feminism, Professional Identity, Compliance (Psychology), Social Behavior, Well Being, Alignment (Education)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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