ABSTRACT

As an acknowledged example of a carefully structured teacher learning system, Shanghai has a long tradition of using expert teachers to drive teacher learning both within and across schools. This article tracks the work voyages of eight expert teachers in Shanghai using three forms of capital. The purpose of the paper is to explore how these teachers obtained and accumulated their human, social and symbolic capital from when they entered the profession as novice teachers to their present standing as influential expert teachers. The article identifies the significant people and critical events that facilitated capital accumulation throughout their professional voyages. Conditions conducive for teacher leaders to emerge and exert leadership are unravelled and delineated. These conditions include a centralised and policy-driven structure and the dominant societal culture with high regard for education and seniority. More research is needed to know if the study’s findings hold currency across different contexts.

摘要

作为精心构建的教师学习体系的公认典范，上海拥有聘请专家教师来推动校内和校外教师学习的悠久传统。本文以三种资本形式，追踪八位专家级教师在上海的工作航程。本文的目的是探讨这些教师如何获得和积累他们的人力资本、社会资本和象征资本，从他们作为新手教师进入这个行业到现在成为有影响力的专家教师。这篇文章确定了在他们的职业生涯中促进资本积累的重要人物和关键事件。有利于教师领导者出现和发挥领导作用的条件被阐明和描述。这些条件包括中央集权和政策驱动的结构，以及高度重视教育和资历的主流社会文化。需要更多的研究来了解该研究的结果是否适用于不同的背景。