The politics of quality teacher discourses : Implications for pre-service teachers in high poverty schools
Journal article
Scholes, Laura, Lampert, Jo, Burnett, Bruce M., Comber, Barbara, Hoff, Lutz and Ferguson, Angela. (2017). The politics of quality teacher discourses : Implications for pre-service teachers in high poverty schools. Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 42(4.3), pp. 19 - 43. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2017v42n4.3
Authors | Scholes, Laura, Lampert, Jo, Burnett, Bruce M., Comber, Barbara, Hoff, Lutz and Ferguson, Angela |
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Abstract | Improving the quality of education for young people growing up in high poverty and culturally diverse communities is an escalating problem in affluent nations with increasing gaps between the wealthy and the poor. Improving the quality of teachers and improving the quality of teaching are amongst the prominent solutions offered to redress the differences between student academic performances related to socio-economic family circumstances. This article examines the different discourses of ‘quality’ in relation to the preparation of pre-service teachers to work in high poverty schools such as graduates of the National Exceptional Teaching for Disadvantaged Schools pre-service teacher education program. Key tenets of ‘quality teacher’ and ‘quality teaching’ solutions are summarized along with their critiques. An alternative approach starting from a position of social justice is considered. This approach situates the work of teaching within high poverty school communities and considers what pre-service teachers need to understand and learn to do with respect to context. |
Keywords | Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Labor Markets; Teacher Training |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Teacher Education |
Journal citation | 42 (4.3), pp. 19 - 43 |
Publisher | Social Science Press |
ISSN | 0313-5373 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2017v42n4.3 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85018716374 |
Web address (URL) | https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol42/iss4/3/ |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 19 - 43 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 13 Apr 2017 |
Additional information | © Copyright 2017 Edith Cowan University. |
Place of publication | Australia |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/880q0/the-politics-of-quality-teacher-discourses-implications-for-pre-service-teachers-in-high-poverty-schools
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