SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN GREECE: THE PURSUIT FOR ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Nikos Nikolakakos, Dimitris Vergidis

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The purpose of our study is to examine the consequences of the pursuit of academic qualifications by substitute teachers in Greece in their everyday lives. The data of our research came from conducting semi-structured interviews with 10 substitute teachers, 8 women and 2 men, of public elementary schools from different regions of Greece. From the analysis of the content of the interviews it emerged that the pursuit of academic qualifications has various negative consequences in the everyday life of substitute teachers. However, it also emerged that substitute teachers are able to mitigate these negative consequences in their everyday life, by adopting a discourse of resistance against the discourse of competition cultivated by the implementation of neoliberal policies in the field of education.

 

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substitute teachers, lifelong learning, competition, neoliberalism

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