Conference presentation
Developing school/university partnerships in rural Queensland
Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA) Annual Conference, 35th (Brisbane, Australia, 02-Oct-2019–04-Oct-2019)
Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia Inc. (SPERA)
2019
Abstract
Attracting graduates of Initial Teacher Education programs to teaching positions in rural communities has long been a backdrop to the provision of state schooling in Queensland. Attracting teachers to rural schools continues to be identified as a priority area by the state government and continues to pose challenges in the Queensland context. The evolving demographic of university teaching graduates, the changing nature of rural communities, and the continued requirement for the Department of Education to provide high quality, equitable educational opportunities to young people across Queensland are contexts that call for innovative solutions. The creation and development of structured, sustainable and mutually beneficial school/university partnerships, as proposed by the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG), is an initiative that one regional university in Queensland has undertaken to support rural school communities and provide realistic pathways for early career teachers to confidently take up teaching positions in rural schools. This paper continues research directions undertaken over recent years that explored preservice teacher's experiences of rural communities and positive attitudinal change towards rural school teaching positions upon graduation. Additionally, this paper draws on recent research into professional partnerships (Gutierrez, A., Young, K. & Jordan, K., 2019) to further scrutinise the existing school/university partnership against the Principles of Partnership framework proposed by Hobbs et al. (2015).
Details
- Title
- Developing school/university partnerships in rural Queensland
- Authors
- Kenneth Young (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastCatherine Thiele (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Conference details
- Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA) Annual Conference, 35th (Brisbane, Australia, 02-Oct-2019–04-Oct-2019)
- Publisher
- Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia Inc. (SPERA)
- Date published
- 2019
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450735702621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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