ABSTRACT

In this article, we explore the concept of teacher professionalism in the higher education context of neoliberal performativity driven educational policy. We do so by analysing the extended narrative of Ursula, an academic working at a large, research-intensive university in Australia. Through this analysis, we see the debilitating effects of neoliberalism on the professional actions and identity of one educator. But we also see how resistance can function as the manifestation of commitment within a conceptualization of enacted teacher professionalism, and how caring action as an activist stance of principled resistance can support educators to align institutionally defined professionalism with their own professional self-understanding.

摘要

在本文中，我们探讨了新自由主义表演性驱动的教育政策的高等教育背景下教师专业精神的概念。我们通过分析乌苏拉（Ursula）的扩展叙述来做到这一点，乌苏拉是澳大利亚一所大型研究密集型大学的学者。通过这一分析，我们看到了新自由主义对一名教育者的专业行为和身份的破坏性影响。但我们也看到，抵抗如何在已制定的教师专业精神概念化中发挥承诺的表现，以及作为原则性抵抗的积极立场的关爱行动如何支持教育工作者将制度上定义的专业精神与他们自己的专业自我理解相结合。