• Moral Economies of Care in the (post-) COVID Classroom, Episode 1: A Conversation with Jenny Hewitt, Dinah Rajak, and Sarah-Jane Phelan

  • Jun 28 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
  • Podcast

Moral Economies of Care in the (post-) COVID Classroom, Episode 1: A Conversation with Jenny Hewitt, Dinah Rajak, and Sarah-Jane Phelan By cover art

Moral Economies of Care in the (post-) COVID Classroom, Episode 1: A Conversation with Jenny Hewitt, Dinah Rajak, and Sarah-Jane Phelan

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • Why are all our teachers quitting? From 2021 to 2022, straight after the pandemic 40,000 teachers in England left the profession before retirement, the highest number in a decade. Figures from the Department of Education also show unfilled teacher vacancies were at a record high and sick days taken were up 50 percent on pre-pandemic levels. But why? In this three part podcast we will hear true accounts from staff on the front line spoken at the most frightening time of their careers. In order to maintain the anonymity of the people and the schools included in this research, the excerpts you hear have been re-recorded with other people’s voices, but these are their words and their stories. Dr. Dinah Rajak Dr. Sarah-Jane Phelan Dr. Jenny Hewitt Research conducted during the pandemic via audio diaries shows first hand the daily pressures put on teachers during that time. Voices from teachers who were afraid for their own lives but still went in to teach, staff who went to the houses of vulnerable students on Christmas Day, just to check they were ok and young and highly experienced teachers who left their jobs because they couldn’t see a way out. Hosted by Judith Koch, a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of International Relations at Sussex University, she will be speaking to Dr. Dinah Rajak, Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex, Dr. Sarah-Jane Phelan, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and Dr. Jenny Hewitt, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London who collaboratively designed and undertook this research. In this episode we look at the methodology used to conduct this research, exploring how audio-diaries accessed real-time insights on teaching staff’s own terms, and practically how this research was able to be done during the lockdowns. The next episode will look at the findings and the final episode looks at future implications and policy recommendations. Host: Judith Koch Interviewees: Dr. Dinah Rajak, Dr. Sarah-Jane Phelan and Dr. Jenny Hewitt Producer: Elisa Kennedy and Judith Koch Music: Thanks to Universfield and Ashot Danielyan for the use of their music from Pixabay .player4912 .plyr__controls, .player4912 .StampAudioPlayerSkin{ border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden; } .player4912{ margin: 0 auto; } .player4912 .plyr__controls .plyr__controls { border-radius: none; overflow: visible; } .skin_default .player4912 .plyr__controls { overflow: visible; } Your browser does not support the audio element.
    Show more Show less
activate_primeday_promo_in_buybox_DT
Economics Social Sciences
Show more Show less

What listeners say about Moral Economies of Care in the (post-) COVID Classroom, Episode 1: A Conversation with Jenny Hewitt, Dinah Rajak, and Sarah-Jane Phelan

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available