Reclaiming professionalism for geography education: Defending our own territory |
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| Authors: | Theresa Bourke Mary Ryan John Lidstone |
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| Institution: | School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059, Australia |
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| Abstract: | In a world where governments increasingly attempt to impose regulation on all professional activities, this paper advocates that professional standards for teachers be developed ‘by the profession for the profession’. Foucauldian archaeology is applied to two teacher standards documents recently published in Australia, one developed at national governmental level and the other by geography teachers through their professional associations. The excavation reveals that both students and geography teachers themselves are better served when teachers assert their own definition of professionalism and thus reclaim their professional territory, rather than being compliant with generic governmental agendas. Whilst we use Australia as an illustrative example, our findings are applicable to all other countries where governments attempt to impose external professional standards on the teaching profession. |
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| Keywords: | Foucauldian archaeology Government Professional standards Teacher professionalism |
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