TY - JOUR
T1 - Beginning teacher resilience in remote Australia
T2 - a place-based perspective
AU - Papatraianou, Lisa H.
AU - Strangeways, Alison
AU - Beltman, Susan
AU - Schuberg, Emma Louise
PY - 2018/11/17
Y1 - 2018/11/17
N2 - Enhancing resilience is key to reducing teacher attrition and addressing the challenges of the profession but scant research exists on resilience in regional and remote settings, where there is a shortage of quality, specialist and lead teachers. The aim of this study was to combine ecological and relational perspectives on resilience to examine pre-service and early career teacher resilience in the remote context of central Australia. The findings suggest that beginning teacher resilience in central Australia involves a particular set of enablers and constraints which are characterised by teachers’ capacity to build connections to place, connections as a learner and connections in relationships. A transactional systems model is presented that articulates the dynamism of the resilience processes and offers a way to better understand the ecological interdependencies unique to a particular context and culture. This understanding will enable teachers, initial teacher educators, school leaders and policy makers to better address the challenges facing this profession.
AB - Enhancing resilience is key to reducing teacher attrition and addressing the challenges of the profession but scant research exists on resilience in regional and remote settings, where there is a shortage of quality, specialist and lead teachers. The aim of this study was to combine ecological and relational perspectives on resilience to examine pre-service and early career teacher resilience in the remote context of central Australia. The findings suggest that beginning teacher resilience in central Australia involves a particular set of enablers and constraints which are characterised by teachers’ capacity to build connections to place, connections as a learner and connections in relationships. A transactional systems model is presented that articulates the dynamism of the resilience processes and offers a way to better understand the ecological interdependencies unique to a particular context and culture. This understanding will enable teachers, initial teacher educators, school leaders and policy makers to better address the challenges facing this profession.
KW - ecological
KW - relational
KW - remote
KW - Resilience
KW - teachers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85052067223&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13540602.2018.1508430
DO - 10.1080/13540602.2018.1508430
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052067223
SN - 1354-0602
VL - 24
SP - 893
EP - 914
JO - Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
JF - Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
IS - 8
ER -