Public commentary on teacher quality
An analysis of media comment on the teaching performance assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21522693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donna Pendergast (0000-0002-8305-6127, Griffith University, corresponding author), Beryl Exley (0000-0002-3295-8438, Griffith University), Frances Hoyte (0000-0003-1143-1669, Griffith University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1195-1213 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Australian Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0311-6999 • E-ISSN: 2210-5328 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13384-023-00635-7 |
| PMID | 37359307 |
| OpenAlex | W4377820101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
In Australia, the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) is a relatively new, mandatory hurdle which must be completed just prior to the graduation stage of initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. This high-stakes task is one of a growing number of requirements to come out of the standards and accountability regime as outlined in the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) document for accreditation for ITE programmes. We delve into the public commentary about the broader commission of preservice and graduate teacher quality in general and the TPA in particular. We draw on Bernstein’s pedagogic identities and deductively apply this theory to explore this phenomenon. We use a data set of publicly available legacy media and social media tweets made over a ten-month period from August 2019 to May 2020 to reveal the focus, inherent bias and pedagogic identities promoted by these public discourses. The paper concludes with discussion about the implications of these drivers on the public perception of quality in ITE and on the status of teaching more broadly
Accountability · Accreditation · Commission · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Engineering · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |