Laura Teague

Laura Teague is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. She teaches across programs including BA Education, Culture and Society, the Primary PGCE, and the Doctoral Research Training course. Her research focuses on pedagogy, counter politics, and subjectivities, employing poststructuralist and psychoanalytic frameworks to analyze classroom dynamics and disrupt educational inequalities.

Her research interests include educational inequalities, ethnographic methodologies, student/teacher subjectivities, queer theory, and gender/sexuality studies in young people’s worlds. She explores how pedagogic interventions can challenge normative practices in primary schools. Notable work includes studies on play as a counter-political strategy and curriculum constraints under neoliberal policies.

Teague’s publications span journals like Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education and British Journal of Sociology of Education, with recent focus on classroom liveability and performative ethics. She has contributed to ESRC projects on sexuality equality in primary schooling and postgraduate educational research.

Her work emphasizes iterative connections between theoretical writing and teaching practice, with a focus on methodological approaches capturing pedagogic processes. Current projects address the role of play in fostering inclusive classroom environments amid late neoliberal pressures.