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Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ rebellion groups on Facebook: Collective formations and administrators as gatekeepers
Department of Educational Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8510-5546
Department of Education, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8409-9196
Department of Educational Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3774-5853
Department of Thematic Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7420-0801
2022 (English)In: Education Inquiry, E-ISSN 2000-4508, p. 1-15Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

This article explores Swedish teachers' and school leaders' Facebook rebellion groups as a medium where professional needs and actions can be formulated. Data consist of interviews with administrators representing the rebellion groups. Based on a theoretical perspective of teacher agency we searched for experiences and visions related to contextual aspects expressed in the groups. The results indicate a common experience of lacking resources among the groups. Through a well-balanced agency, they search for support among politicians in their striving to improve working conditions. However, the groups might develop different conditions for participating due to the formation of group-specific conversational climate about what is desirable and possible to post and discuss. Discussions on work-related issues might certainly be affected and the rebellion groups might contribute to preserve the specificity of each level in the school system. A split in the teachers' rebellion group indicates virtual relationships between professionals are easy to give up in favour of new formations, making the virtual groups vulnerable. The results raise the question about changing cultural aspects and what it means to be a professional teacher/school leader. Will teacher agency in the future be dependent on participation in such social media groups?

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Routledge, 2022. p. 1-15
Keywords [en]
Teacher agency, Facebook rebellion groups, gatekeepers, teachers, school leaders
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Pedagogy
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Education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-103702DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2021.2022583ISI: 000738463300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122251096OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-103702DiVA, id: diva2:1731772
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Swedish Research Council, 2020-03144Available from: 2023-01-28 Created: 2023-01-28 Last updated: 2023-12-08Bibliographically approved

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