Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers

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dc.contributor.advisorDawes, Andrewen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEyber, Carolaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-17T11:17:20Z
dc.date.available2016-06-17T11:17:20Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 146-160.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines haw teachers at two former white Model C schools construct educational changes rhetorically. The discourse analytic approach of Wetherell and Potter (1992) is employed to interpret interview texts in which teachers talk about desegregation, school governance and finance. Specific constructions of 'race ', culture and language and their function as signifiers of sameness, difference and otherness are critically discussed. Two interpretative repertoires are identified. Good Educational Practice contains the concepts of standards, values and naturalness. It is demonstrated how these are used as argumentative strategies to contain and restrict changes taking place at the schools. Managerialism draws on financial and business principles such as entrepreneurship and efficiency to propose a particular view of how educational change should be managed. Connections are made between the effects of these discursive constructions and social practices at the school.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEyber, C. (1997). <i>Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20043en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEyber, Carola. <i>"Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20043en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEyber, C. 1997. Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Eyber, Carola AB - This study examines haw teachers at two former white Model C schools construct educational changes rhetorically. The discourse analytic approach of Wetherell and Potter (1992) is employed to interpret interview texts in which teachers talk about desegregation, school governance and finance. Specific constructions of 'race ', culture and language and their function as signifiers of sameness, difference and otherness are critically discussed. Two interpretative repertoires are identified. Good Educational Practice contains the concepts of standards, values and naturalness. It is demonstrated how these are used as argumentative strategies to contain and restrict changes taking place at the schools. Managerialism draws on financial and business principles such as entrepreneurship and efficiency to propose a particular view of how educational change should be managed. Connections are made between the effects of these discursive constructions and social practices at the school. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers TI - Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20043 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20043
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEyber C. Rhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachers. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20043en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDiscrimination in education - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSchool integration - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTeachers - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSchool management and organization - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleRhetorics of transformations : a discursive analysis of interviews with teachersen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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