Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Enhancing resilience is key to reducing teacher attrition and addressing the challenges of the profession but scant research exists on resilience in regional and remote settings, where there is a shortage of quality, special...

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Main Authors: Papatraianou, L., Strangeways, A., Beltman, Susan, Schuberg Barnes, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72433
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Strangeways, A.
Beltman, Susan
Schuberg Barnes, E.
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description © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Enhancing resilience is key to reducing teacher attrition and addressing the challenges of the profession but scant research exists on resilience in regional and remote settings, where there is a shortage of quality, specialist and lead teachers. The aim of this study was to combine ecological and relational perspectives on resilience to examine pre-service and early career teacher resilience in the remote context of central Australia. The findings suggest that beginning teacher resilience in central Australia involves a particular set of enablers and constraints which are characterised by teachers’ capacity to build connections to place, connections as a learner and connections in relationships. A transactional systems model is presented that articulates the dynamism of the resilience processes and offers a way to better understand the ecological interdependencies unique to a particular context and culture. This understanding will enable teachers, initial teacher educators, school leaders and policy makers to better address the challenges facing this profession.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-724332018-12-13T09:32:17Z Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective Papatraianou, L. Strangeways, A. Beltman, Susan Schuberg Barnes, E. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Enhancing resilience is key to reducing teacher attrition and addressing the challenges of the profession but scant research exists on resilience in regional and remote settings, where there is a shortage of quality, specialist and lead teachers. The aim of this study was to combine ecological and relational perspectives on resilience to examine pre-service and early career teacher resilience in the remote context of central Australia. The findings suggest that beginning teacher resilience in central Australia involves a particular set of enablers and constraints which are characterised by teachers’ capacity to build connections to place, connections as a learner and connections in relationships. A transactional systems model is presented that articulates the dynamism of the resilience processes and offers a way to better understand the ecological interdependencies unique to a particular context and culture. This understanding will enable teachers, initial teacher educators, school leaders and policy makers to better address the challenges facing this profession. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72433 10.1080/13540602.2018.1508430 Routledge restricted
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Strangeways, A.
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Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
title Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
title_full Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
title_fullStr Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
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title_short Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
title_sort beginning teacher resilience in remote australia: a place-based perspective
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72433