How Are Teacher Shortages in Hardest-to-Staff Schools Represented in (Inter)National Policy Documents from England and Australia?

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  • Author(s): Reece Mills (ORCID Reece Mills (ORCID 0000-0002-2156-7677); Terri Bourke (ORCID Terri Bourke (ORCID 0000-0001-7298-9637); Martin Mills (ORCID Martin Mills (ORCID 0000-0003-2168-3536); Simone White (ORCID Simone White (ORCID 0000-0002-5014-2977); Lisa van Leent (ORCID Lisa van Leent (ORCID 0000-0002-8720-545X)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 2024 52(3):288-300.
  • Publication Date:
    2024
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Information Analyses
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Taylor & Francis. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      13
    • Subject Terms:
      Teacher Shortage; Disadvantaged Schools; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Teacher Persistence; Professionalism; Social Justice; Policy Analysis
    • Subject Terms:
      United Kingdom (England); Australia
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/1359866X.2024.2323941
    • ISSN:
      1359-866X
      1469-2945
    • Abstract:
      Teacher shortages are a significant global problem disproportionally affecting "hardest-to-staff" schools and subjects. To better understand (inter)national policy responses to teacher shortages, this paper uses a Bacchian-inspired approach to critically examine proposals suggested as solutions in policy documents from England and Australia, and thus how the problem is being thought about especially in relation to hardest-to-staff contexts. We contend that the problem representations in the policy documents are narrowly conceived and need to be considered differently through the lenses of (re)professionalisation and social justice.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1424809