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Title: Wearing a cloak of invisibility : an exploration into the working experiences of female part-time teachers
Author: Skarratt, Julie Patricia
ISNI:       0000 0004 5358 0870
Awarding Body: Manchester Metropolitan University
Current Institution: Manchester Metropolitan University
Date of Award: 2014
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Abstract:
This is a multi-method (auto) ethnographical study, grounded in feminist theory which seeks to explore the working experiences of female part-time teachers in secondary education. Carried out over twelve months, it uses interviews, observations, conversations and self-exploration to document types of working experiences that six female part-time teachers have in everyday school life. It considers these experiences at three levels: structurally at a social level, at the level of the organisation of the school and on a personal level. The study shows that the everyday working experiences of the research participants were not restricted to in the moment situations, but were created in a framework that was predefined by sociocultural norms and existed beyond their control in organisational policy. Noticeably their working experiences were predominantly negative and the participants felt a sense of injustice in how they were treated when compared to their full-time counterparts. Throughout the interviews the participants vocalised the injustice they experienced personally in their work but continued to sympathise with the difficulties facing employers in managing part-time teaching staff. My findings suggest that, in their everyday working life these women experience inequalities that they take for granted as a result of common sense attitudes towards part-time workers and teaching as a profession. This thesis adds to under-researched debates on teaching and part-time employment and calls for school management to work to ensure part-time teaching staff are fully integrated into the profession, in order to bring about long term changes in practice.
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Qualification Name: Thesis (Ed.D.) Qualification Level: Doctoral
EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.666881  DOI: Not available
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