TY - JOUR AU - Marom, Lilach PY - 2017/10/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mapping the Field: Examining the Recertification of Internationally Educated Teachers JF - Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l'éducation JA - CJE/RCÉ VL - 40 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/2475 SP - 157-190 AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT';">In this article I examine the structural barriers in the recerti cation trajectory of inter</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT';">nationally educated teachers (IETs) in British Columbia (BC). By applying the Bour</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT';">dieuian concept of field, I extend from IETs’ experiences in the recertification process to institutional and political factors that affect these experiences. I demonstrate how policies and regulations that govern the field as well as the interplay between its main institutional players, namely, the Teacher Regulation Branch, teacher education programs, and school districts, result in unequal opportunities for IETs to be certified and hired as teachers. As a result, IETs’ potential contribution to diversifying the teacher force in BC is diminished. </span></p></div></div></div><p> </p> ER -