Strengthening a Research-Rich Teaching Profession for Australia

Simone White; Joce Nuttall; Barry Down; Sue Shore; Annette Woods; Martin Mills; Katherine Bussey

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Strengthening a Research-Rich Teaching Profession for Australia

Simone White, Joce Nuttall, Barry Down, Sue Shore, Annette Woods, Martin Mills and Katherine Bussey

Final Report. A jointly funded investigation by three professional associations committed to education and educational research in Australia

Australian Association for Research in Education

01/07/2018

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Abstract

Educational Policy

Educational Research

Elementary School Teachers

Partnerships in Education

Principals

Research Skills

Secondary School Teachers

State Departments of Education

Teacher Attitudes

Teacher Education

Teacher Educators

Teacher Researchers

Teacher Surveys

Teaching (Occupation)

Education systems

Teacher education and professional development of educators

Professional development and adult education

Expanding knowledge in education

Three education-related organisations have been communicating for years about working together to enhance the relationship between teaching, teacher education and research. The current policy context surrounding teaching in Australia is clearly one that calls for greater alignment across all components and stages of the teaching profession, including pre-service teacher education and the continuing professional learning of in-service teachers. There is also a need for greater knowledge mobilisation and transfer to strengthen the links between research, policy and practice in education. This was identified, for instance, in recommendations from a Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG) report calling for an 'integrated system' where 'higher education providers, school systems and schools work together to achieve strong graduate and student outcomes' (2015, p. vii). The project reported here aimed to gather information from across the education field to support greater alignment for an integrated system, and generate recommendations to sustain existing educational research and consolidate development leading to research-rich and self-improving education systems in Australia. The perspectives of teachers, educators, system leaders, education researchers and teacher educators are central to this aim as they are the source of current practices and future ideas, issues, challenges and opportunities that will enrich system-level improvement in Australian education through research.

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Title: Strengthening a Research-Rich Teaching Profession for Australia
Authors/Creators: Simone White (Author)
Joce Nuttall (Author)
Barry Down (Author)
Sue Shore (Author)
Annette Woods (Author)
Martin Mills (Author)
Katherine Bussey (Author)
Publication Details: Final Report. A jointly funded investigation by three professional associations committed to education and educational research in Australia
Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education
Number of pages: 33
Identifiers: 991005748345407891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Education
Language: English
Resource Type: Report

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