Casual Beginning Teachers: Who Cares?

Title
Casual Beginning Teachers: Who Cares?
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Boyd, Jillian
Harrington, Ingrid
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-4795
Email: iharring@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:iharring
Kivunja, Charles
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-0745
Email: ckivunja@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ckivunja
Jones, Marguerite Ann
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9420-2495
Email: mjones46@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mjones46
Reitano, Paul
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
UNE publication id
une:10818
Abstract
This paper reports findings of a study on recent UNE graduates from a range of Primary and Secondary initial teacher education programs who are employed as casual beginning teachers and, specifically, their lived experiences. There are some positives, for example, lifestyle flexibility but mostly it's about on-going struggle to maintain personal motivation and well being in the face of unpredictable and transient teaching assignments, low professional status and negligible professional development and support. Given the increasing casualisation of teaching, the proportion of early career teachers leaving the profession and the need for better classroom pedagogy, there are important messages here for both employers and university teacher educators.
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Citation
Presented at the Australian College of Educators National Conference

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