‘Nothing will prevent me from doing a good job’. The professionalisation of part-time teaching staff in further and adult education
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Jameson, Jill 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-8078 and Hillier, Yvonne
(2008)
‘Nothing will prevent me from doing a good job’. The professionalisation of part-time teaching staff in further and adult education.
Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 13 (1).
pp. 39-53.
ISSN 1359-6748 (Print), 1747-5112 (Online)
(doi:10.1080/13596740801903521)
Abstract
Approximately 85,000 part-time teaching staff working in further education (FE) and adult and community learning (ACL) are often seen as ‘a problem’. The intrinsic ‘part-timeness’ of these staff tends to marginalise them: they remain under-recognised and largely unsupported. Yet this picture is over-simplified. This article examines how part-time staff make creative use of professional autonomy and agency to mitigate problematic ‘casual employment’ conditions, reporting on results from Learning and Skills Development Agency-sponsored research (2002–2006) with 700 part-time staff in the learning and skills sector. The question of agency was reported as a key factor in part-time employment. Change is necessary for the professional agency of part-timers to be harnessed as the sector responds to ambitious sectoral ‘improvement’ agendas following the Foster Report and FE White Paper. Enhanced professionalisation for part-time staff needs greater recognition and inclusion in change agendas.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | [1] First published online: 20 May 2008. [2] Published in print: March 2008. [3] Published as: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, (2008), Vol. 13 (1), pp. 39-53. [4] Research in Post-Compulsory Education is sponsored by the Further Education Research Association (FERA). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | professionalism, part-time staff employment, professional autonomy and agency, FE and adult community learning, learning and skills sector, part-timeness |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education |
| Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Education (EDU) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Professional Workforce Development |
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| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2022 16:18 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2849 |
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