Deciding factors: Do factors beyond achievement influence teachers’ student placement decisions?
Author(s)
Riley, Tasha
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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Since teachers' decisions potentially have consequences for learners' future educational and life opportunities, it is imperative to determine the basis of teachers' decision-making in order to determine whether it is discriminatory. This study combines qualitative and quantitative methods towards a multi-school, multi-region study of Australian teachers in order to consider if student placement decisions made about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners are influenced by factors beyond academic ability.Since teachers' decisions potentially have consequences for learners' future educational and life opportunities, it is imperative to determine the basis of teachers' decision-making in order to determine whether it is discriminatory. This study combines qualitative and quantitative methods towards a multi-school, multi-region study of Australian teachers in order to consider if student placement decisions made about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners are influenced by factors beyond academic ability.
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Journal Title
Journal of Education for Teaching
Volume
40
Issue
1
Subject
Curriculum and pedagogy
Specialist studies in education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education not elsewhere classified