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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part IThe State of Play -- 1 Introduction and Context -- Outline -- Introduction: On Autonomy -- A New Dark Ages? -- Between Profanity and Provider: Is Teaching a Profession Anyway? -- A History of Teacher Education-Some Turning Points -- Teacher Attraction, Retention and Attrition -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 2 The Purpose of Education, and of Teachers -- Outline -- Introduction -- What Good is an Education? -- The Twenty-First Century School and Its Staff: Qualities Required of Teachers |
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Implications for Teacher Retention and Morale -- The Complexity of Teaching -- The Standardisation of Teaching -- Teaching Performance Assessment -- The Intellectual and Emotional Work of Teaching -- Postnote: Winter is Coming? -- References -- 3 (Why) Are We Falling Behind and (Why) Does It Matter? -- Education in Australia: Shanghaied? -- The Structure of Teacher Education in Australia -- Entry into Teacher Education and Teaching -- Other Recent Innovations -- Support for Teachers -- Professional Support and Development -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part IIThe 'Players' |
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4 "If I Could Just Teach" -- Introduction -- Pressures on Teachers' Time and Energy -- Attention to Teaching Standards -- Student Behaviour -- Accountability and Paperwork -- Lack of Support -- Curriculum -- Australian Classroom Demographics -- Supporting Teachers' Work -- Teacher Retention and Attrition -- A Note of Hope -- References -- 5 Basic, Basal Skills and Their Effects on Higher Order Thinking -- Introduction -- Basic Skills and Education of the Person -- Australia's NAPLAN Testing regime-An Illustrative Example -- Acclamations -- Criticisms -- Quelling Equity |
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Basic Skills Testing Regimes Appear to Offer Little to Fulfil the Above Trifecta -- High Stakes Nature of the Testing -- Curricular Shrinkage -- Addressing Symptoms, Rather Than Causes -- NAPLAN's in/Effectual Nature -- Parent Views -- Effects on Teachers -- Effects on Students -- International Testing Problems -- The My School Website -- Some Responses -- References -- 6 The Pressures on, and of, Curriculum -- Introduction -- Curriculum Construction -- What is Curriculum, and What Does It Do? -- Basic Skills -- Some Stressors Impacting Curriculum -- Other Issues |
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The Australian Curriculum-An Illustrative Example -- Possible Guidelines for Curriculum Construction -- Who Decides What is Best to Learn, and How? -- The Nature of the Learner, and of Learning -- The Nature and Context of the Curriculum -- A Word on Assessment -- References -- 7 The Standardisation of Teaching -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework, Data Sources and Analysis -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Findings -- Critiques of Standards -- The Language of and Around (the) Standards -- International Comparisons -- Quality Teaching Frameworks and Models |
| Summary |
This book explores how best to invest in and nurture teachers. It examines deprofessionalisation and reprofessionalisation in the recent developments in the understanding of teaching and learning, including the effects of standardizing teaching, education shaped by student satisfaction data and basic skills tests. The book focuses on Australian context and takes on an international perspective. It investigates fundamental issues affecting teacher quality, morale, attrition and retention, learner and teacher autonomy, and assessment and evaluation. It encourages teachers and teacher educators to assert centrality to teachers and question and challenge outside forces that suppress teacher autonomy and associated agency and creativity. It challenges administrators and educational jurisdictions to rethink their assumptions on their own capacities and limitations and teachers' capabilities to shape education in optimal ways and the impact of outcomes of the decisions they make |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 12, 2020) |
| Subject |
Teachers -- Training of -- Australia
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Teachers -- Training of.
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Teaching -- Public opinion
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Teachers -- Training of
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Teaching -- Public opinion
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811585388 |
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9811585385 |
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