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The quality teaching movement in Australia : losing our confidence, losing our way and getting back on track / Stephen Dinham.

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Record Number 16025
Author Dinham, Stephen
Title The quality teaching movement in Australia : losing our confidence, losing our way and getting back on track / Stephen Dinham. [Electronic resource]
Published Australian College of Educators, 2013.
Collation 14 p.
Series Annual Phillip Hughes oration
General Note A copy can be found on the Internet.
Summary Note "Concerns about teacher competence have been around for decades. In Australia there has been, on average, one major state or national inquiry into teacher education every year for the past 30 years (Dinham, 2006; 2008). No other program of professional preparation in Australia has been thought to warrant such scrutiny. Recently there has been a growing chorus of criticism of teacher education, teachers and school performance. ‘Evidence’ from international surveys and reports has been selectively used both to paint a grim picture of the ‘problem’ and to prescribe remedies. Many frequent flyer points have been earned on trips to and from Finland and more latterly Asia, to learn the ‘secret’ of student success. ‘Experts’ from business, government and the field of economics in particular have weighed into the issue of teacher quality with often naive, misinformed ideas and in some cases overt ideological intent. There has been a concerted push by state and federal governments and educational systems to enact policies to improve ‘teacher quality’. As part of this agenda it has been determined that all teachers will have to undergo annual performance reviews (AITSL, 2012). In this paper I chart my own involvement with the issues of teacher quality and student learning before raising concerns over the potential hijacking of the quality teaching movement. There are danger signs that the gains made since the agreement and introduction of national initiatives in 2007 are at risk because of the pursuit of other agendas and a failure to heed the lessons from decades of empirical work. Our fixation with international measures of student achievement and our seeking to emulate the current star performers are shown to have dysfunctional consequences, not the least of which is an erosion of our self-belief and confidence as educators. The standard of entry to teacher education and the oversupply of teachers are shown to work against teacher status and quality. The persistent and increasing ‘battering’ of the teaching profession is examined and the paper closes with a call for educators to find their voice in the current debate and policy context." - p. 1-2.
Subject Teachers -- Training of -- Australia
Teacher effectiveness -- Australia
Teaching -- Australia
Internet Site http://austcolled.com.au/article/2013-annual-phillip-hughes-oration
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