The first challenge is to attract new teachers, the second is to keep them. More pay might help with recruitment, but research suggests we need to look at the conditions of work to stem the losses.
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In a survey of 1,725 Australian teachers, 86% said they “did not have adequate time to engage with research” and struggled to “keep up with new research”.
The introduction of teacher standards may actually reduce teacher professionalism if not handled correctly.
Teachers admit falling down in digital competency, so if we are to improve students’ performance in this area, we first need to get teachers’ skills up to scratch.
Universities are keenly awaiting more detail on the government’s planned Teaching Excellence Framework.
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