"Growing the finest teachers possible": Theorizing how Young Teachers Challenge, (Re)produce, and are Subject to Discourses of Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood

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dc.contributor.authorWeaver, Katlynn
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorAlexander, Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T15:43:09Z
dc.date.available2019-06-19T15:43:09Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractMy thesis analyzes semi-structured, qualitative interviews with seven student or practicing teachers between the ages of 22 and 28. Each participant is currently pursuing or has recently completed a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Lethbridge. I also analyze a range of educational policies from Alberta Education and the Alberta Teachers’ Association which inform teacher behaviour as well as define and manage what is or is not a child, youth, and/or adult. My thesis analyzes how these young teachers struggle to make sense of transitions of life stages – either their own or their students – based on their formal education, their childhood memories, and their experiences in the classroom. Using an approach to Critical Discourse Analysis, I analyze how subjectivities of child, youth, and/or adult – in both educational text and talk – are gendered, racialized, and complex and leave some of my participants feeling like they have failed as adults.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Canada Research Chair in Child and Youth Studiesen_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5403
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectSociology [0626]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectWomen's studies [0453]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectTeacher education [0530]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectAlberta Educationen_US
dc.subjectAge categoriesen_US
dc.subjectCritical Discourse Analysisen_US
dc.subjectYoung teachersen_US
dc.title"Growing the finest teachers possible": Theorizing how Young Teachers Challenge, (Re)produce, and are Subject to Discourses of Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthooden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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