- Title
- Examining teacher attitudes and perceptions of teacher competencies required in a new selective high school
- Creator
- Kronborg, Leonie; Plunkett, Margaret
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/67717
- Identifier
- vital:6321
- Identifier
- ISSN:1323-9686
- Abstract
- This paper reports on an innovative partnership developed between researchers at an Australian university and a new select entry secondary school. The university-school partnership aimed at assisting the development and growth of the school, through providing expertise in the field of gifted education to teachers, most of whom had limited experience teaching highly able students. Teachers were introduced to relevant research and literature and provided with opportunities to examine their attitudes and understandings. Through a case study utilising qualitative and quantitative methods, teachers participated in surveys and semi-structured interviews. The resultant data formed the basis for the development of a responsive program of on-site professional learning, providing invaluable assistance to the school while also affording teachers the opportunity to develop deeper understandings about teacher knowledge, skills and associated educational needs required in a selective educational environmen
- Relation
- Australasian Journal of Gifted Education Vol. 21, no. 2 (2012 2012), p. 33-36
- Rights
- Copyright Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Academic achievement; School environment; Gifted children; Educational surveys; Students
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