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Taking to the streets : A study of the street academy in Ankara
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- Aktaş, Vezir (author)
- Jönköping University,HLK, Livslångt lärande/Encell
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- Nilsson, Marco, 1971- (author)
- Jönköping University,Sustainability Education Research (SER)
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- Borell, Klas, 1950- (author)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för socialt arbete,HHJ. SALVE (Socialt arbete, Livssammanhang, Välfärd)
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- Persson, Roland S., 1958- (author)
- Jönköping University,HLK, Livslångt lärande/Encell
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- 2019-12-30
- 2020
- English.
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In: British Journal of Educational Studies. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0007-1005 .- 1467-8527. ; 68:3, s. 365-388
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- In wide-ranging attacks on academic freedom in Turkey in recent years, thousands of academics have lost their university positions. At the end of 2016 oppositional academics, many of whom were dismissed from their positions for having signed a peace petition, established a Street Academy as an alternative way to reach out to both students and the public in Ankara. In this study we analyse the experiences of these street academy lecturers from the perspective of Social Representation Theory. Our main aims were to explore teaching experience perceptions and representations and, in addition, also the opportunities and challenges generated by this alternative academy. Data consisted of semi-structured interviews with five female and five male street academy lecturers. The results of a qualitative thematic analysis revealed that the way participants explained their experiences could be organised into three major themes and several subordinate themes. One of the most salient results was that participating in the street Academy had become a way to defend academic freedom. More generally suggested results demonstrated that teaching in this new setting, outside of the universities and away from customised learning environments, was quite a novel experience. The possible implications of street academy lecturers? experiences are discussed.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- academic freedom
- Turkey
- alternative academies
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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