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White, Simone; Lock, Graeme; Hastings, Wendy; Cooper, Maxine; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
Attracting and retaining effective education leaders and teaching staff for regional, rural and remote schools in Australia is a major sustainability and quality issue facing every State and Territory. It is also a major concern in pre-service teacher education, particularly for those universities which have a commitment to rural and regional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools, Educational Change
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Cooper, Maxine; Stewart, Joan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
Teacher induction programs provide the critical support that new teachers need as they move from university teacher education studies to the everyday realities of teaching. Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) work through a range of new and challenging experiences as they explore their sense of themselves as professionals. Their identities are being…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Effectiveness, School Culture
White, Simone; Lock, Graeme; Hastings, Wendy; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill; Cooper, Maxine – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
Across Australia and internationally, the vexed problem of staffing rural school remains a major issue affecting the educational outcomes of many rural students and their families. TERRAnova, (New Ground in Teacher Education for Rural and Regional Australia), is the name of a large Australian Research Council funded (2008-2010) project involving:…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Persistence, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers