Shifting the Culture of Out-of-field Professional Education for Teachers (ARC Discovery Project administered by Deakin University) (2024–2027)

Abstract:
This project aims to model an education system that would diversify the expertise of teachers as part of attending to long-term teacher shortage. It responds to a pressing national need for a system of valued and accessible professional education (PE) for out-of-field teachers. The project draws on perspectives from schools, governments and PE providers to expose current practices, cultural norms, and policies; propose an 'ideal' PE ecosystem that values re-specialisation in the core subjects; and develop principles to inform policy and practice needed to attain this ideal. The evidence-based framing of PE will inform efforts by schools, PE providers and policy makers to sustain a highly capable, adaptive and specialised teaching workforce.
Grant type:
Deakin University
Researchers:
  • Lecturer
    School of Education
    Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Funded by:
Deakin University