This book provides a platform for male teachers to share how their professional and personal identities are enacted in the classroom. It draws on a range of international contexts to theoretically and conceptually link and integrate elaborate notions of masculinities in existing literature and discourse with the everyday realities of teachers across school, home and community.

Links personal stories to a range of international contexts and notions of masculinity Draws on a feminist poststructuralist lens Uses the Republic of Ireland as a case study to engage with issues of identity, politics and power

Autorentext

Suzanne O'Keeffe is a lecturer at Maynooth University, Ireland. Her interests and scholarly outputs reside predominantly within the field of sociology of education, where she places a particular emphasis on issues relating to democratic research designs, gender issues, and masculinities.

Klappentext

This book provides a platform for male teachers to share how their professional and personal identities are enacted in the classroom. It draws on a range of international contexts to theoretically and conceptually link and integrate elaborate notions of masculinities in existing literature and discourse with the everyday realities of teachers across school, home and community.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Identities at Work: The Staffroom, Playground, and School Environment.- Inter-text One Mind and Body.- 3. Emotions and Reshaping Masculinities.- Inter-text Two The Body.- 4. Masculinities and Non-human Bodies.- Inter-text Three Emotions.- 5. Connecting Power, Emotions, and Materiality Through Data Analysis.- 6. Conclusion.