Being Nomadic in a Neo World

Authors

C. Steven Page, Georgia Regents University
Rebecca G. Harper, Georgia Regents University

Abstract

Teachers are often classified into groups based on performance, identity, and through the use of metaphors. This article utilizes a post structuralist lens to build on past research by posing the classification of teachers into three personas: the nematode, neo, and nomad. These personas are not always chosen by the teacher, but instead are reactions to environments, colleagues and administrators, and education mandates. Standardization and accountability, which are forced on education by neoliberal policies, affect teachers’ identities in negative ways and often cause them to be the type of teacher they never desired to be to their students. Utilizing Deleuze’s theory of the nomad, the article explores the nomad as the persona that teachers should assume and offers suggestions of how teachers can be exposed to discourses that are not hijacked by standardization and accountability.

Relational Format

Journal Article

Recommended Citation

Page, C. Steven and Harper, Rebecca G. (2017) "Being Nomadic in a Neo World," Journal of Contemporary Research in Education: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jcre/vol5/iss1/12