Narratives of Teachers and Teacher Unions in Swedish Facebook Rebellion Groups

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https://doi.org/10.7577/pp.5224

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This study examines narratives about the teaching profession and teacher unions that Swedish teachers jointly produce in two teachers’ rebellion groups on Facebook, which is followed by a total of around 20,000 teachers. A sample of 33 posts and 2,445 comments were analysed using a narrative approach. The findings highlight narratives in which teachers wish to return to “the good old days”, struggle with everyday frustrations, call for a strike as an immediate solution, and describe hypothetical futures presenting the opportunity for proactive action and call teacher unions to dialogue rather than wait for them to satisfy the teachers’ demands.

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2023-07-03

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Löfdahl Hultman, A., & Löfgren, H. (2023). Narratives of Teachers and Teacher Unions in Swedish Facebook Rebellion Groups. Professions and Professionalism, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.7577/pp.5224

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