Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27185
Title: | Designing professional development for teachers teaching out-of-field | Contributor(s): | Kenny, John (author); Hobbs, Linda (author); Whannell, Robert (author) | Publication Date: | 2020 | Early Online Version: | 2019-05-08 | DOI: | 10.1080/19415257.2019.1613257 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27185 | Abstract: | Learning to teach out-of-field is a challenge that many teachers worldwide face at some time in their career. Whether they are motivated to seek formal professional development as additional qualifications in this area, however, depends on many factors. Alignment between the specific professional development needs of out-of-field teachers and the planned learning experiences is essential to maximise sustained learning and applicability to teachers' classrooms. This paper reports on a government-funded program designed to support teachers teaching 'out-of-field' in science and mathematics. The initial design of the program drew on existing literature on effective teacher professional learning. Using the theoretical lens of 'boundary crossing' this paper reports on the perceived discontinuities that teachers 'brought with them' in order to understand where the potential for learning lay, and compared this to teachers' perceptions of their changed practice. Growth in teachers' confidence and relational understandings of content, pedagogy and curriculum was evident. Implications for future programs to support out-of-field teachers are provided. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Professional Development in Education, p. 1-16 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1941-5265 1941-5257 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280109 Expanding knowledge in education | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
---|---|
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format |
---|
SCOPUSTM
Citations
16
checked on Jun 22, 2024
Page view(s)
2,392
checked on Jun 16, 2024
Download(s)
2
checked on Jun 16, 2024
Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.