EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS' METAPHORS ABOUT TEACHER’S SCRUB

Ali Rıza Erdem, Vildan Özgen

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The teacher’s scrub is a controversial issue. It is important to determine what teachers, school administrators, and education union representatives think of the teacher’s scrub. This study aims to reveal the metaphors produced by education stakeholders about "teacher’s scrub". In this study, a case study design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. In this context, the study group consisted of 26 people, including teachers, school principals, and education union representatives working at different education levels in Aydın province. Data were collected using a semi-structured "interview form about teacher’s scrub" developed by the researchers. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis. The metaphors produced by the participants in the study group about the teacher’s scrub were collected in four categories: "professional identity", "protection and security", "likening to other professional identities", "order and hygiene". The results of the research show that the teacher's scrub is more than just a piece of clothing, it is an important symbol that strengthens the teacher's professional identity, increases the sense of protection and security, and is also associated with order and hygiene. It is expected that the findings of the research will contribute to the discussions about teacher’s scrub in the education community.

 

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teacher, school principal, education union representative, teacher’s scrub, metaphor

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