Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia: a place-based perspective
Teachers and Teaching
- Author(s): Papatraianou, Lisa H., Strangeways, Al, Beltman, Susan, Schuberg Barnes, Emma
- Published: 2018
- Publisher: Routledge
- Volume: 24
- ISBN: 1354-0602
Abstract: 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.
- Urls: https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2018.1508430
- Keywords: Resilience, teachers, remote, relational, ecological