The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how teachers at upper secondary school view their profession; how different parameters within the school affect what teaching roles are available for the actor and how this is expressed in the teachers' everyday lives. The material consists of ten qualitative interviews and five supplementary questionnaires. The interviews are about teachers' view of the teacher's role, and their experiences of their profession. I have analyzed these with the help of Erving Goffman's metaphors in dramaturgy, and the concepts of identity and performativity. The thesis analyzes the experience of upper secondary school teachers about their daily lives at work and how they take on different roles at school, as well as how different schools enable different roles. Furthermore, it analyzes how teachers create different strategies for teaching, attracting students' interest in subjects they normally don’t find interesting and at the same time having fun at work. During the process I’ve noticed that the informants have a unified idea about how a good teacher "should be”, but that different aspects within the ideas are prioritized. I’ve also noticed different limitations within the teacher role. I also discuss how the teaching profession is perceived by the teachers, and how it’s made into a stage profession where clothes and other props – such as the classroom, the whiteboard and other school material – are used to portray a teacher. I also examine the fine line between teachers on stage and behind the scenes. The thesis also highlights the many demands and versatility of the teaching profession. How complex it is and that teachers as a professional group are often overlooked in research that focus on school as the students are the primary reason why schools exists.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-171189 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Mirjamsdotter, Edgar |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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