Policy translation in assemblage: networked actors mediating science teachers’ policy play

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research

Table 3 Description of mediating actors

Actor categories	Actor variations	Description
Learning events	Available	Teachers have access to introductory and supportive learning events around a policy.
Learning events	Not available	Learning events are not accessible by teachers or do not provide foundational information.
Communities of practice	Diverse	Teachers engage with multiple communities of practice in and out of the school network.
Communities of practice	Homogenous/ small	Teachers engage with mostly local communities of practice with often overlapping membership.
Administrative relationship	Collegial	Teachers view administrators as collaborators, colleagues, and/or supportive.
Administrative relationship	Managerial	Teachers view administrators as authorities, managers of practices and policies.
Espoused practices	Emergent	The ways in which teachers speak of their teaching practice has not yet become clear, is still developing and growing.
Espoused practices	Strong	Teachers talk of practice is consistent and firm in what constitutes good teacher practice for them.