du Plessis, Anna E

Hobbs, Linda

Luft, Julie A

Vale, Colleen

2019-01-02

<p>School environments impact student behaviours and share specific goals, and they develop shared understandings through perceptions and experiences which demonstrate a specific culture in a school community (Shields 2002). Teacher support needs vary, but the adequacy of the support according to teacher needs will strongly influence whether teachers simply cope or manage their out-of-field teaching load. The challenge for out-of-field teachers, then, is how to manage to develop in-depth knowledge of the specific curriculum and how to contribute to planning and evaluating the fit-for-context/fit-for-purpose aspects of the curriculum and the school context. Supporting out-of-field teachers entails an in-depth look at the meaning of out-of-field teaching for enacting a specific curriculum and of the in-school context as a whole, with a specific focus on communication, collaboration and cooperation within the wider school community.</p>

Examining the Phenomenon of "Teaching Out-of-field": International Perspectives on Teaching As a Non-Specialist, p. 217-242

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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56987

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The Out-of-Field Teacher in Context: The Impact of the School Context and Environment

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