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Nov 24, 2021 · Authors in this issue explore the myriad ways precarity affects educational leaders and how precarity and education policy are intertwined broadly. The issue was first conceptualised in 2019 in response to ongoing concerns about precarious employment in education - casualised academia in higher education, increasing reports of short-term teaching contracts, and performance-based contracts for school leaders.
- Full article: The academic precariat: understanding life and ...
(Re)framing precarity: seeking conceptual security....
- Precarity and illusions of certainty in higher education teaching
The term ‘precarity’ has been used since at least the 1950s...
- Full article: The academic precariat: understanding life and ...
Jun 25, 2022 · (Re)framing precarity: seeking conceptual security. Following the growth of the gig economy, zero-hours contracts, and rising levels of long-term job insecurity, increased attention has been paid to the concept of precarity (Brook Citation 2015) both within academia (Rao, Hosein, and Raaper Citation 2021; Vatansever Citation 2020; Pérez and Montoya Citation 2018) and in the wider labour market and social sphere (Belfiore Citation 2022; Standing Citation 2014).
Mar 24, 2024 · The term ‘precarity’ has been used since at least the 1950s in theorising the nature of insecure employment relations (Millar Citation 2017). Bourdieu ( Citation 1998 ), for instance, used the term to refer to a specific set of conditions that constitute a labour regime, one in which workers face job insecurity, unstable working hours, low pay and so on.
May 23, 2023 · Ninety-four findings were divided into 19 categories, followed by five synthesized findings: (1) Precarity is created and perpetuated through structural changes in the global economy and wider higher education landscape; (2) Coping strategies precariously employed academics apply to endure precarious employment in higher education; (3) Gendered dimensions shaping employment precarity in academia; (4) Impact of precarious employment on academics; (5) Impact of academic precarity on the ...
- A More Precarious Reality
- Far Beyond Teachers
- Models For Future Generations
Precarious employment can be understood as forms of work which deviate from what sociologists have defined as the “standard employment relationship.” Such a relationship is generally understood as one where a single employer provides full-time, year-round permanent employment and often includes benefits other than wages. Precarious employment can i...
However, teachers are not the only group of education workers feeling the pinch today. Precarious forms of employment have become increasingly normalized across the education sector. In 2017, labour action by Ontario college instructors highlighted the precarious nature of work in the post-secondary setting. In addition, there remain a plethora of ...
The situation facing teachers in Ontario today reveals the changing nature of work and the global trend which has pushed more and more workersinto precarity. The experience of precarious work is not only economic, but rather personal, social and psychological — it impacts individuals as well as families and communities. All educators are human bein...
- Michael Mindzak
Jun 23, 2019 · Precarity is a term now routinely invoked in the. social sciences and humanities to describe the. degradation of employment over the last several. decades. Precarity typically refers to a state of ...
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Sep 22, 2022 · These forms of neoliberal restructuring have resulted in employment precarity or job insecurity for teachers, but have acutely impacted teachers of color. Drawing on the literature from economic sociology and the sociology of work, this conceptual paper outlines three defining features of precarity in teaching: (1) precarity as a process of ...
