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https://doi.org/10.14943/b.edu.131.71

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/71002

Teacher Recruitments and Education in Remote Schools in Australia

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Torres Strait Islands

2018-06-28

北海道大学大学院教育学研究院

北海道大学大学院教育学研究院紀要

131

71-85

The aim of this paper is to make clear the issues and current policy conditions in terms of teacher education and recruitments in the remote Australia where continuous low educational achievements have been serious problems, and to consider the ways to overcome this situation through the analysis of the case in the Torres Strait in the northern Queensland. Over the past 40 years, remote schools have challenged the issues for recruiting and retaining the quality teachers. The characteristics of the teachers in remote areas are generally younger, less experienced and higher turnover than the ones in urban areas. For improving this situation, education policies in both levels of Commonwealth and States have stated to the necessity of these; 1) enhancement of pre-service teacher’s training, 2) provision of incentives for recruitment, 3) provision of appropriate professional development for in-service teachers. In the Torres Strait, the big educational reform was implemented and each school in each island in the region was unified into one college in 2007. Therefore, the recruitments and teacher in-service education including induction programs are implemented in the college and the information on teachers are collected to the executive principal of the college and her team. Although it is necessary to consider the actual achievements in another paper, these initiatives must contribute to reduce principal's burdens and share the visions and objectives of education in the college.

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