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What South Africa needs to do to recruit the number of teachers needed to offer quality education.
If we don’t find ways to keep new teachers in schools then we face a teacher shortage, larger class sizes and more people teaching outside their field of expertise.
Teachers get paid a decent starting salary but they soon fall behind other professionals the longer they stay in the job.
For women with a bachelor of arts degree, teaching is one of the highest paying jobs. The opposite is true for men.
The introduction of teacher standards may actually reduce teacher professionalism if not handled correctly.
Many students in Australia don’t have access to specialist teachers in science and maths, and the problem is only getting worse.
There’s been a drop in the number of people enrolling in teacher preparation courses. This is due to problems such as pay, professional autonomy, and a national obsession with standardised testing.
Policy needs to focus on making the teaching profession stable and more appealing. South Africa must ensure its locally trained teachers have more reason to stay in the country.
A look at the issue of class sizes.
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Professor of Education, Durham University
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Dean of Education, Western Sydney University
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Simon Crook is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Associate, School of Physics, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia
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Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton
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Deputy Program Director, School Education, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor: Teacher migration, University of Pretoria
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer, Educational ethics and philosophies, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Finance and Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, University of South Australia
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Head of School and Dean, Education, University of Southern Queensland
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PhD Candidate and research consultant, University of Oxford
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Associate, Grattan Institute
