Representing teachers' voices: An ethnodrama of Mauritian teachers under times of curriculum reform

Abstract

This article emphasises the motivation for a methodological representation choice that captures teachers' voices in a Small Island Developing State context during the introduction of a curriculum reform. The diverse voices of teachers as they inhabit a context that gears towards compliance and managed intimacy demands are explored through the representational choice of an ethnodrama. Narrative inquiry led to an ethnodrama representation that protected the anonymity and confidentiality of participants and simultaneously revealed multiple forms of agencies in entangled spatial and temporal dimensions. The findings foreground teachers' choice of agencies and representations that serve different interests influenced by whom they dialogue with in specific spaces. With a fictionalised future enactment of the ethnodrama at the end, this article closes with teachers negotiating their agency and opening reflections for future research in new normal Covid-19 spaces.

Author(s)

Appadoo-Ramsamy, Wedsha, Samuel, Michael Anthony, Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna

Year

2022

Countries

Mauritius

Language

English

Research Method

Qualitative

Article Type

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Keywords

Teacher motivation | Curriculum reforms | COVID-19 | Excel Import

Full Citation Style

Appadoo-Ramsamy, Wedsha, Samuel, Michael Anthony, & Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna (2022). Representing teachers' voices: An ethnodrama of Mauritian teachers under times of curriculum reform. Strategic Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i86a03
Appadoo-Ramsamy, Wedsha, Samuel, Michael Anthony and Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna, 2022. Representing teachers' voices: An ethnodrama of Mauritian teachers under times of curriculum reform. Strategic Research Journal. Available at: <https://doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i86a03>
Appadoo-Ramsamy, Wedsha, Samuel, Michael Anthony, and Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna. "Representing teachers' voices: An ethnodrama of Mauritian teachers under times of curriculum reform." Strategic Research Journal (2022). https://doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i86a03
Wedsha A, Anthony SM, Aruna A. Representing teachers' voices: An ethnodrama of Mauritian teachers under times of curriculum reform. Strategic Research Journal. 2022; https://doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i86a03

Research Team

Appadoo-Ramsamy, Wedsha

Appadoo-Ramsamy, Wedsha

Samuel, Michael Anthony

Samuel, Michael Anthony

Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna

Ankiah-Gangadeen, Aruna

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