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Working with kids, being passionate about a subject, making a difference: what makes people switch careers to teaching?
The Conversation, Vol.26 May 2023
2023
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Teacher shortages around Australia mean there is an ongoing debate about how to attract, retain and educate more teachers. One part of the push to increase teacher numbers is encouraging people to swap their current career for a teaching role. Mid-career or " career change " students are increasingly common in teacher education programs. The most recent Australian data shows as of 2017, one-third of new applicants were 25 or older.
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- Title
- Working with kids, being passionate about a subject, making a difference: what makes people switch careers to teaching?
- Authors
- Erin Siostrom (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary AccessReece Mills (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyTheresa Bourke (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.26 May 2023
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.c6kvxwk44
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99728398402621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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