Working the Interstices: Adult basic education teachers respond to the audit culture

dc.creator	Stephen Black
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:06:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:06:44Z
dc.identifier	1441-0559
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f7ea5fb3b6b04f42bfdea563ce381f2b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10698
dc.description	This paper provides the perspectives of adult basic education (ABE) teachers on how they are responding to curriculum changes which form part of the regulatory regime referred to as the audit culture. The focus is on ABE programs conducted in the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia where most accredited ABE courses are delivered. The paper indicates the many tensions ABE teachers experience between the compliance requirements of audits and their professional judgements as experienced ABE teachers. While responses vary, many teachers adopt an approach where they can comply with the prescriptive demands of audits, though often in a minimal fashion, and at the same time teach in a way that fits within their philosophy and practices as ABE teachers. In the classroom these teachers are seen to be ‘working the interstices’ (the small ‘spaces’) in the official curriculum. Concern was expressed, however, that future ABE teachers may not adopt such an approach.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Technology, Sydney
dc.relation	http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/1895
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1441-0559
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Literacy and Numeracy Studies, Vol 18, Iss 2 (2010)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Working the Interstices: Adult basic education teachers respond to the audit culture
dc.type	article