What do you think about the proposed changes to teacher education courses at Australian universities? Do you think this shift in emphasis towards direct explicit instruction and classroom managment is the answer to Australia’s teacher shortage?
What do you think about the proposed changes to teacher education courses at Australian universities? Do you think this shift in emphasis towards direct explicit instruction and classroom managment is the answer to Australia’s teacher shortage?
Of course, the universities are pushing back, claiming that the proposed changes are coming out of a “manufactured crisis”, and ignore the broader issues in the industry such as what you describe above.
Experts say ITE reforms miss the mark
Another big factor could be the casualisation/contractualisation of the workforce, where teacher are finding it hard to get permanent positions that provide job security, stability, allow the taking out of mortages, etc…