The laminal space occupied by a PhD student teacher

Davis, D

Abstract

A PhD student teacher role is relegated to the status of a peripheral/marginal participant. Unlike their teaching peers, they do not have an acknowledged space nor a ‘teaching’ identity but a ubiquitous label of ‘student’. Moreover, their lack of engagement and participation in the pedagogical school activities is justified by the obscurity of their role teacher/student. This ambiguity, lack of identity, blocks them from moving from the comfort zone, precludes from experimenting and hinders in exploiting creative ventures. Therein lies the problem, as Wenger (1998) points out – the lack of space to build the identity and the ‘sense of ownership’.

Citation

Davis, D. (2018, September). The laminal space occupied by a PhD student teacher. Presented at 29th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 29th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference
• Conference Location: Churchill College, Cambridge
• Start Date: Sep 4, 2018
• End Date: Sep 6, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 5, 2018
• Deposit Date: Mar 28, 2019
• Publisher URL: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/training-events/events/NET2018
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference