Currently a part-time casual teacher in New South Wales, Steven Teng has cast a critical eye over the Australian Professional ...
'Reductive' professional standards failing aspiring teachers
The professional standards that define teacher quality should include personal attributes such as motivation and resilience to better prepare aspiring educators for the harsh realities of the job, a new paper has argued.
Steven Teng says the absence of non-cognitive skills in the standards suggests that teachers are like "machines that function like technicians, performing pre-conceived routines".
Steven Teng says the absence of non-cognitive skills in the standards suggests that teachers are like "machines that function like technicians, performing pre-conceived routines".
