- Title
- Making a difference: a different way of being a teacher in an alternate educational setting
- Creator
- Plunkett, Margaret; Dyson, Michael
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/75388
- Identifier
- vital:7336
- Identifier
- https://www.aare.edu.au/data/publications/2010/2480PlunkettDyson.pdf
- Identifier
- ISBN:1324-9320
- Abstract
- Alternate or non-traditional educational settings within Australia have undergone a period of expansion over the past two decades, with a greater range of opportunities being afforded to both students and teachers. Although very little research has been conducted, most studies to date have concentrated on the student experience of education in such settings. There has been minimal focus on teachers, particularly in relation to self perceptions and what it might mean to be a teacher in an environment that differs substantially from the type of educational setting in which many teaching careers had begun. This paper outlines part of a longitudinal study involving the School for Student Leadership (SSL), an alternate educational setting in Victoria, Australia , which offers residential programs for Year 9 students. The focus of the school is on the development of self-understanding and positive relationship building through a holistic approach that is underpinned by the philosophy of cooperative learning. Not all teachers would choose to teach in this type of school, so this project aimed to investigate the hopes and aspirations of the teachers working in the SSL. The findings illustrated a genuine commitment to the principles underpinning the core moral purpose of the SSL and the concomitant level of involvement required. While most did not see their role as teacher to be substantively different from their earlier perceptions, they acknowledged the difference in emphasis that was both possible and necessary within the different context of the setting.
- Publisher
- Australian Association for Research in Education
- Relation
- AARE Conference 2010 p. 1-13
- Rights
- Open access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems
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