The Value of Inexperience: young teachers in post-2010 English education policy
FORUM - ISSN 0963-8253
Volume 60 Number 3 (2018)
The Value of Inexperience: young teachers in post-2010 English education policy
KATHRYN SPICKSLEY pages 375-386
DOI: 10.15730/forum.2018.60.3.375
Abstract
This article explores how the expansion of the Academies Programme and Teach First, combined with a political programme of economic austerity, has repositioned the role and expectations of young teachers since 2010. Specifically, rapid promotion to leadership has become normalised in policy discourse, which has the effect of raising expectations placed on new teachers. It argues that the effects of this repositioning have an impact on both new and experienced teachers, and could be contributing to the current recruitment and retention 'crisis' in teaching.
To cite this article
KATHRYN SPICKSLEY (2018) The Value of Inexperience: young teachers in post-2010 English education policy, FORUM, 60(3), 375-386. https://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2018.60.3.375