I understand the overall point of the video, and I feel like the overall point is expressed well. However, this video, and how you portrayed certain points, feel very, very directed at women. Not only did you only use a female character to portray your points (which carries on the narrative that teaching is meant for women), but also stating that "teachers" (aka women in the field of education), need to cover up, not be too outspoken, and portray a feminine, family friendly image 110% of the time in order to be seen as professional and competent at their jobs. I don't blame you for the narrative, it's the fault of society as a whole. I did want to point out to you how your video perpetuates that narrative.
To me, this video sounds a bit like the idea six year-olds might have that their teacher lives in school and therefore cannot possibly have a private life.
These are good points. A few thoughts: * The imagined audience for this video was my own pre-service elementary teachers, which are 90-95% women. * The question of perpetuating narratives/norms vs changing them is an important social issue, but this was created in the context of teacher education (i.e., preparing teachers to operate in schools as they are in ways that they can keep their jobs), not as a catalyst for social change. Teacher educators have to walk a fine line between showing future teachers the world that could be vs. teaching them to operate in the world that is, but at the end of the day, teachers can't change the world if they don't get hired in the first place. * As was pointed out, this is getting a bit dated and society has matured at least a little in some of these matters (e.g., I haven't seen a teacher being fired for posting vacation pics to social media in a while, but this was not the case just a few years ago). * And if anyone's interested in the research underlying this study, please check out www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131513003254
I have learned professionalism for teachers.
I understand the overall point of the video, and I feel like the overall point is expressed well. However, this video, and how you portrayed certain points, feel very, very directed at women. Not only did you only use a female character to portray your points (which carries on the narrative that teaching is meant for women), but also stating that "teachers" (aka women in the field of education), need to cover up, not be too outspoken, and portray a feminine, family friendly image 110% of the time in order to be seen as professional and competent at their jobs. I don't blame you for the narrative, it's the fault of society as a whole. I did want to point out to you how your video perpetuates that narrative.
To me, this video sounds a bit like the idea six year-olds might have that their teacher lives in school and therefore cannot possibly have a private life.
@@damianessing Agreed!
Ya'll are forgetting that this video was made 8 years ago and they forgot to set it to unlisted.
These are good points. A few thoughts:
* The imagined audience for this video was my own pre-service elementary teachers, which are 90-95% women.
* The question of perpetuating narratives/norms vs changing them is an important social issue, but this was created in the context of teacher education (i.e., preparing teachers to operate in schools as they are in ways that they can keep their jobs), not as a catalyst for social change. Teacher educators have to walk a fine line between showing future teachers the world that could be vs. teaching them to operate in the world that is, but at the end of the day, teachers can't change the world if they don't get hired in the first place.
* As was pointed out, this is getting a bit dated and society has matured at least a little in some of these matters (e.g., I haven't seen a teacher being fired for posting vacation pics to social media in a while, but this was not the case just a few years ago).
* And if anyone's interested in the research underlying this study, please check out www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131513003254