This book examines a range of ethical complexities associated with precarious work across educational sectors internationally, complemented by reflections. Combined, it highlights the impacts of neoliberal market-driven policies on the education sector and presents a series of possible pathways forward for education workers.
This book examines a range of ethical complexities associated with precarious work across educational sectors internationally.
Our aim is to examine the experiences of the increasing reliance on casual and temporary employment in education settings for all educators. This volume brings together academic chapters, focused on the affective, ethical and practical challenges faced by all educators working in highly casualised contexts, while working to provide quality education for all students. These chapters are complemented by reflections from a variety of educators and educational leaders, who have navigated ethical dilemmas related to precarious employment across sectors from early childhood to higher education.
When viewed together, the chapters and reflections highlight the impacts of neoliberal market-driven policies on the education sector and work to present a series of possible pathways forward for education workers navigating this precarious terrain.
1. Casualisation, the gig economy, and piece work in education:
Unpacking the ethical dilemmas of educational leaders in times of increasing
precarity Nerida Spina, Sarah K. Gurr, Jess Harris, Jill Blackmore and
Kathleen Smithers
2. Homo promptus teachers and young people: Navigating
precarity in the teaching profession Lucas Walsh, Bao Huynh and Fiona
Longmuir Reflection 1: Supporting casual relief teachers to improve overall
school performance Jacquie Briskham
3. Shades of precarity: Understanding
labour market segmentation in teaching and its implications for system and
school leadership Meghan Stacey, Mihajla Gavin, Rachel Wilson, Susan
McGrath-Champ and Scott Fitzgerald Reflection 2: Supporting casual teachers
in schools Anonymous teacher
4. Understanding ethical dilemmas faced by the
casual workforce in vocational education and training Sonal Nakar Reflection
3: There is nothing casual for a casual Paul Grover
5. Academic gifting
underpinning the gig economy of higher education: Ethical dilemmas for
university executives and academics Jill Blackmore Reflection 4: Supporting
others without the security of permanence Anonymous researcher
6.
Casualisation, academic sponsorship, and ethics of care in higher education:
Navigating contested terrain Rachel Burke, Sally Baker, Nicole Crawford and
Anne F. J. Hellwig Reflection 5: Balancing on the t kuka tree: Ethical
dilemmas in precarious academic spaces Marek Tesar
7. Paradoxical research
funding: Affective dilemmas among academic leaders in Finnish universities
Elisa Kurtti and Johanna Hokka Reflection 6: Leadership and workforce
precarity in early childhood education and care Leanne Gibbs
8. A
Bourdieusian analysis of how precariously employed academics gain permanent
employment Troy Heffernan, Kathleen Smithers, Nerida Spina and Jess Harris
Reflection 7: Creating innovation with limited compensation Jenna Price
9.
Unspeakable objects: The chronic residuality of casual academia Mhorag Goff
and Simon Bailey Reflection 8: Tension, truth, and toeing the line:
Negotiating between casual staff and colleagues Heather Campbell
10.
Affordances and dilemmas faced by middle managers in the context of
casualisation Lucia Zundans-Fraser and Will Letts
11. Casualisation and the
de-professionalisation of Academia: What can be done? John Kenny
12.
Unpacking and responding to ethical dilemmas in a precarious landscape Jess
Harris, Kathleen Smithers, Jill Blackmore, Sarah K. Gurr and Nerida Spina
Jess Harris is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Nerida Spina is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Kathleen Smithers is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Jill Blackmore (AM, PhD ,FASSA) is Deakin Distinguished Professor in Education, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Australia.
Sarah K. Gurr is a lecturer in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
