Approximately 52% of teachers in 2024 said they would not advise young adults to enter the profession.
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Researchers found that lowering restrictions for new teachers had some unintended consequences.
Australia’s teachers are predominantly Australian-born, female, and non-Indigenous. Most hail from middle-class backgrounds with urban upbringings, and are less likely to have disabilities.
When teaching critical thinking, teachers still fall back on old habits ingrained in Indonesian education. This includes a culture of rote learning and “teaching to test”.
An educational ethicist talked to teachers about what ethical issues were most pressing during COVID. Here are the three that featured most.
What South Africa needs to do to recruit the number of teachers needed to offer quality education.
If we don’t find ways to keep new teachers in schools then we face a teacher shortage, larger class sizes and more people teaching outside their field of expertise.
Teachers get paid a decent starting salary but they soon fall behind other professionals the longer they stay in the job.
For women with a bachelor of arts degree, teaching is one of the highest paying jobs. The opposite is true for men.
The introduction of teacher standards may actually reduce teacher professionalism if not handled correctly.
Many students in Australia don’t have access to specialist teachers in science and maths, and the problem is only getting worse.
There’s been a drop in the number of people enrolling in teacher preparation courses. This is due to problems such as pay, professional autonomy, and a national obsession with standardised testing.
Policy needs to focus on making the teaching profession stable and more appealing. South Africa must ensure its locally trained teachers have more reason to stay in the country.
A look at the issue of class sizes.
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Honorary Associate, School of Physics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Education, Durham University
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Associate Professor: Teacher migration, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton
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Honorary Research Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra
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Dean of Education, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, Education Policy and Leadership, The University of Melbourne
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Dosen di Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan dan Tarbiyah (FITK), UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
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Dean, Learning and Teaching Futures, University of Southern Queensland
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British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Researcher in TESOL & Literacy, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, Adelaide University