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dc.contributor.authorKlopper, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorPower, Bianca
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:44:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:44:50Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.modified2014-09-23T00:13:33Z
dc.identifier.issn1835517X
dc.identifier.doi10.14221/ajte.2014v39n4.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/63032
dc.description.abstractUniversities in many countries are struggling to adapt to the competing forces of globalisation, new managerialism, entrepreneurialism and new technologies and quality agenda demands. Diminishing resources caused by restricted funding and an aging and diminishing academic workforce pose barriers. One solution to staffing shortages is the casualisation of academic teachers increasing causal or sessional teaching staff who take on significantly increased teaching responsibilities. This article explores the casualisation of university academics and reports on preliminary findings of a small scale sessional teacher development program that used data from a questionnaire on demographics of a small group of 22 sessional teaching staff employed at an Australian university. Results indicated that sessional staff believed they were effective university teachers yet their ongoing development was hampered by heavy teaching workloads, other employment and lack of time. The article concludes that these factors must be addressed by universities to provide quality outcomes for students.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEdith Cowan University
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom101
dc.relation.ispartofpageto114
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Teacher Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume39
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy theory and development
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode39
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390102
dc.titleThe Casual Approach to Teacher Education: What Effect Does Casualisation Have for Australian University Teaching?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2014. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website or contact the authors.
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gro.griffith.authorKlopper, Christopher
gro.griffith.authorPower, Bianca M.


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