Description |
xiv, 149 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Teacher quality and school development series.
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Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Critically reconceptualising early career teacher resilience -- 3.Participatory policy work -- 4.Reframing the nature of early career teachers' work -- 5.Reshaping school cultures for democracy and empowerment -- 6.When the personal is political: Contradictions and paradoxes in the relational work of early career teachers -- 7.Agent for change or problem child? The struggle for a satisfying identity in the early years of teaching -- 8.The personal, professional and political challenges involved in mobilising knowledge about early career teacher resilience -- 9.Conclusion |
Summary |
This book details the stories of 60 graduate teachers are documented as they grapple with some of the most persistent and protracted personal & professional struggles facing teachers. Narratives emerge detailing feelings of frustration, disillusionment and even outrage as they struggle with the complexity, intensity and immediacy of life in schools |
Analysis |
Australian |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Postgraduate |
Notes |
Text in English |
Subject |
First year teachers.
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Teachers -- Training of.
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Teachers -- Job stress.
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Teachers -- Psychology.
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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Author |
Hunter, Janet, author
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Down, Barry, 1953- author
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Pearce, Jane, author
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Peters, Judy, author
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Sullivan, Anna, author
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Le Cornu, Rosie, author
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LC no. |
2015006618 |
ISBN |
9781138817371 (hardback) |
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1138817376 (hardback) |
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9781138817388 (paperback) |
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1138817384 (paperback) |
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