<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The purpose of this paper is to examine how a secondary English teacher considered her body a personal and political matter within her professional settings. Discourse analysis of the participant’s narrative evidences that women teachers are pressured to present certain feminine and heterosexual bodies and present a similar personal life within their pedagogy. The risk in not following suit is being pushed out of the profession, a matter that can be problematic especially when a teacher undergoes personal changes counter to professional expectations. Teacher education responsibility in preparing teacher candidates for a variable professional trajectory is noted.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this paper is to examine how a secondary English teacher considered her body a personal and political matter within her professional settings. Discourse analysis of the participant’s narrative evidences that women teachers are pressured to present certain feminine and heterosexual bodies and present a similar personal life within their pedagogy. The risk in not following suit is being pushed out of the profession, a matter that can be problematic especially when a teacher undergoes personal changes counter to professional expectations. Teacher education responsibility in preparing teacher candidates for a variable professional trajectory is noted.

“The personal has become political”: A secondary teacher’s perceptions of her body in the classroom

Assistant Professor University of Kentucky Literacy Education Curriculum & Instruction 335 Dickey Hall Lexington Kentucky 40506

Journal of Pedagogy

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The purpose of this paper is to examine how a secondary English teacher considered her body a personal and political matter within her professional settings....

“The personal has become political”: A secondary teacher’s perceptions of her body in the classroom

Publié en ligne: 25 nov. 2014

Pages: 183 - 207

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2014-0009

Mots clés
teacher, body, heterosexism, discourse, personal life

© by Christine A. Mallozzi

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“The personal has become political”: A secondary teacher’s perceptions of her body in the classroom

Publié en ligne: 25 nov. 2014

Pages: 183 - 207

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2014-0009

Mots clésteacher, body, heterosexism, discourse, personal life

© by Christine A. Mallozzi

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
teacher, body, heterosexism, discourse, personal life