The twelve princesses may have been dancing secretly for years, with Further Education teachers publicly acquiescing to being locked in within policy and managerial confines, while persisting in doing their ‘own thing’ surreptitiously, but this clandestine dancing must come to an end. It is high time the princesses defy the king, own up to their subversive activity and out themselves as the great dancers they are. It is time we restore our autonomy and voice, rather than persisting in living this double life that is keeping us under the metaphorical lock and key, and eroding our professionalism. The king will never allow the princesses out to dance and we need to stop waiting for his permission. It’s gone past the time of subversion. It’s h...
A brief discussion of how Foucault's conception of schools as sites of social control and conditioni...
In the UK and elsewhere management has become a root metaphor. Educational practitioners must now ac...
First paragraph: As The Tempest opens, we are aboard a ship that is inexorably being drawn ashore in...
‘Cinderella’ is the dominant metaphor used to describe further education, but this book challenges t...
‘Cinderella’ is the dominant metaphor used to describe further education, but this book challenges t...
Further education (FE) has frequently been portrayed as «the Cinderella service» in relation to othe...
Critical attention to T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, particularly the book’s description of...
This thesis explores the possible tensions and alignments between professional standards and teacher...
Developments such as the incorporation of colleges in England and Wales in 1993 had a fundamental in...
This presentation will explore a novel approach to the retelling of participants’ stories using fair...
This collection examines how power is exercised and experienced in the Further Education sector. The...
In this paper the author examines some claims about the nature of metaphor, its possible significanc...
Every occupational group develops its own set of myths. They do this to make their activities more m...
Without metaphor there would be no legs on the table, no hands on the clock. These are dead metaphor...
Further education (FE) has frequently been portrayed as «the Cinderella service» in relation to othe...
A brief discussion of how Foucault's conception of schools as sites of social control and conditioni...
In the UK and elsewhere management has become a root metaphor. Educational practitioners must now ac...
First paragraph: As The Tempest opens, we are aboard a ship that is inexorably being drawn ashore in...
‘Cinderella’ is the dominant metaphor used to describe further education, but this book challenges t...
‘Cinderella’ is the dominant metaphor used to describe further education, but this book challenges t...
Further education (FE) has frequently been portrayed as «the Cinderella service» in relation to othe...
Critical attention to T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, particularly the book’s description of...
This thesis explores the possible tensions and alignments between professional standards and teacher...
Developments such as the incorporation of colleges in England and Wales in 1993 had a fundamental in...
This presentation will explore a novel approach to the retelling of participants’ stories using fair...
This collection examines how power is exercised and experienced in the Further Education sector. The...
In this paper the author examines some claims about the nature of metaphor, its possible significanc...
Every occupational group develops its own set of myths. They do this to make their activities more m...
Without metaphor there would be no legs on the table, no hands on the clock. These are dead metaphor...
Further education (FE) has frequently been portrayed as «the Cinderella service» in relation to othe...
A brief discussion of how Foucault's conception of schools as sites of social control and conditioni...
In the UK and elsewhere management has become a root metaphor. Educational practitioners must now ac...
First paragraph: As The Tempest opens, we are aboard a ship that is inexorably being drawn ashore in...