‘I just feel very dispensable’: Exploring the connections between precarity and identity for academic literacy developers

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Michelle Joubert , Sherran Clarence
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Abstract

Precarious employment is a well-established feature in academia, with many lecturers, tutors and professional services staff on forms of fixed-term contract. It is especially a feature of academic development spaces, such as English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes, and academic staff and student development programmes. Precarity results in high staff turnover and undermines staff credibility and capacity; these issues may impact student success. Further, for lecturers and tutors themselves, there are implications for their professional identity and sense of legitimacy within their role, department, and university. Using data from qualitative surveys and interviews with academic literacy practitioners in South Africa, this article explores how being precariously employed affects agency and the development of a professional practitioner identity for those on fixed-term contracts. Using aspects of Archer's social realist framework to theorise agency, we show how precarity impacts a sense of purpose and professional self within the university in relation to other academics and students.

我只是觉得自己可有可无":探索学术素养培养者的不稳定性与身份之间的联系
不稳定就业是学术界的一个既定特点,许多讲师、辅导员和专业服务人员都持有各种形式的定期合同。这尤其是学术发展空间的一个特点,如学术英语课程(EAP)以及学术人员和学生发展课程。岗前培训导致员工流失率高,损害了员工的信誉和能力;这些问题可能会影响学生的成功。此外,对于讲师和辅导员本身来说,他们的职业认同感以及在其角色、部门和大学中的合法性也会受到影响。本文利用对南非学术扫盲从业人员的定性调查和访谈数据,探讨了就业不稳定如何影响定期合同人员的代理权和专业从业人员身份的发展。我们利用阿彻的社会现实主义框架的某些方面对代理进行理论化,说明了不稳定性如何影响大学中与其他学者和学生相关的目标感和专业自我。
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CiteScore
6.60
自引率
13.30%
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81
审稿时长
57 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of English for Academic Purposes provides a forum for the dissemination of information and views which enables practitioners of and researchers in EAP to keep current with developments in their field and to contribute to its continued updating. JEAP publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges in the linguistic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic description of English as it occurs in the contexts of academic study and scholarly exchange itself.
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