Dr Julie Wilde

Dr Julie Wilde is a Senior Lecturer in post-compulsory education (PCE). She completed her MA in Sociology of Education at the University of Worcester and is a qualified teacher of further, adult and higher education (PGCE FAHE). her doctoral work centred on a research study into the lived experiences of beginning teachers in further education (FE) colleges in England.  the theoretical concepts underpinning the study derive from Hannah Arendt's (1958) theory of human action. Her research interests include  exploring the dynamic relationships between policy, politics and teachers' negotiated pedagogic praxis in PCE. Her work has been presented at BERA (British Educational Research Association 2017, 2019) and at UCET (Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers 2018).part of her work has been published as chapters in 'Identity and Resistance in Further Education' Bennett and Smith (2018) and 'Caliban's Dance - FE after the Tempest' Daley, Orr and Petrie (2020).

How can PGCE early career teachers inform initial teacher education in further education (five years post-qualifying)?

The project is a follow up piece of research revisiting six post-qualifying teachers five years into their employment as teachers in FE.  The narrative research aims to illuminate fragility between neoliberal education policy based initiatives and the importance of teacher action. It is widely researched that politically discursive practices impact on educational values and relationships. Initially it seems that policy based on marketisation, management and performativity leave little space for thinking and acting teachers. Yet Arendt sees action as a genuine form of praxis guided by a moral disposition; where thinking, saying and doing work in harmony so as to disclose our authentic  humanness.

The aim of the study is to further investigate FE teaching as a space of appearance supporting teachers in their early career development and beyond.