Journal article
What matters most when working with young adolescents: The teacher!
Curriculum Perspectives, Vol.36(1), pp.1-10
2016
Abstract
THE PAPER TAKES UP the invitation posed by Dinham (2013) to voice concerns about the current superfi cial and uninformed debate surrounding teaching quality and student performance particularly where it impacts middle-years teaching and learning. Arguing from the perspective of the young adolescent learner, and drawing on the empirical evidence when working with the middle-years learner, the authors of this paper argue that the teacher does matter! The paper highlights the centrality of the teacher to learner success in the adolescent years. The middleyears teacher is not just learner-centred but is adolescent-centred, adolescent-focused and adolescent-driven - someone who puts the middle-years learner at the heart of his or her work. When working with this cohort of learners, the teacher needs to forge a new identity which comes with a clear set of attributes that the teacher must gain to bring about strong improvements in student learning outcomes in this time of uncertainty and rapid change. This requires teaching in new ways which necessitates a review of the teacher's own professional learning and practice and incorporates evidenced-based learning in their repertoire of pedagogical practice
Details
- Title
- What matters most when working with young adolescents: The teacher!
- Authors
- Paul Rumble (Author) - Christian Heritage College CarindaleCarol Smith (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Curriculum Perspectives, Vol.36(1), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Australian Curriculum Studies Association Inc.
- Date published
- 2016
- ISSN
- 0159-7868
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 The Author. Reproduced here with permission from the publisher.
- 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
- 99450607502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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