2 - Teacher Education, Common Purpose and the Forging of Multiple Publics in South Africa

In an important scholarly intervention on African publics, Raufu Mustapha argues that the multiplicity of publics is not obstacle but instead a creative resource can be used to forge common purpose through public deliberation. However, he does elaborate how operates and what effect. this article, we examine dynamics among student teachers in South Africa. Teachers inculcate dispositions habits deliberation young people. How are trained where they teach therefore crucial understanding constitution publics. We analyse data from cohort regarding their reasons for becoming teachers, future plans anxieties about profession. find little evidence race class differences teachers. Instead, suggests shared informed by hyper-particularistic notions public, which was only raced classed, also limited narrow own community. light this, seek explain policy contributes conditions under leads segregated closing off generative possibilities multiple