(Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance

Adams, Paul

Abstract

Shortly after taking power following the May 2010 UK general election, the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government published its education white paper, The Importance of Teaching. In this, certain features for primary school pedagogy can be discerned. Using the lens of the "position call", this article examines the discourses implicated in the white paper to highlight the position calls offered to the primary profession concerning pedagogy. These are compared to those made by New Labour in its previous 13 years in power. Accordingly, the article proposes that whilst the previous administration offered the position calls for primary education of pedagogy as collective craft and pedagogy as collective performance, continuity and discontinuity can be seen in the recent white paper, namely that the position calls now being made are for pedagogy as individual craft and pedagogy as individual performance.

Citation

Adams, P. (2011). (Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance. Educational review, 63(4), 467-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2011.620699

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2011
• Online Publication Date: Oct 21, 2011
• Publication Date: 2011-11
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Educational review
• Print ISSN: 0013-1911
• Electronic ISSN: 1465-3397
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 467-483
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2011.620699
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/468444
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131911.2011.620699
• Additional Information: Author's accepted manuscript of article: (Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance. Paul Adams. Educational Review Vol. 63 , Iss. 4, 2011