The intersections of ethnicity, gender, social class and an itinerant lifestyle: deconstructing teachers' narratives and thinking about the possibilities of transformative action
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Chapter Title | The intersections of ethnicity, gender, social class and an itinerant lifestyle: deconstructing teachers' narratives and thinking about the possibilities of transformative action |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Book Title | Educational inequalities: difference and diversity in schools and higher education |
Authors | |
Author | Henderson, Robyn |
Editors | Bhopal, Kalwant and Maylor, Uvanney |
Page Range | 65-83 |
Series | Routledge Research in Education |
Chapter Number | 5 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780415539982 |
9781315886190 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315886190 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781315886190 |
Abstract | This chapter considers teachers' narratives about itinerant farm workers' children who were enrolled temporarily in a primary school in a rural area of north-eastern Australia. The stories are analysed using a linguistic and social analysis that considers the context within which the stories were constructed. Itinerant farm workers' children underachieve in literacy learning and the data suggest that the deficit discourses that circulate within the school help to marginalise the children and to maintain inequitable learning outcomes. The chapter concludes with some suggestions for transformative action within schools, to ensure equality and equitable outcomes for students. |
Keywords | deficit discourses; ethnicity; intersectionality; itinerancy; marginalisation; transformative action |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390410. Multicultural education (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Peoples) |
390304. Primary education | |
390406. Gender, sexuality and education | |
Public Notes | Permanent restricted access to the Published Version due to publisher copyright policy. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood |
University of Southampton, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1xy0/the-intersections-of-ethnicity-gender-social-class-and-an-itinerant-lifestyle-deconstructing-teachers-narratives-and-thinking-about-the-possibilities-of-transformative-action
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