Teaching in Australian rural and remote locations
Thriving in practice and place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21522931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tessa Mccredie (0000-0001-8593-028X, University of Southern Queensland, corresponding author), B McLennan (0000-0002-1016-8275, University of Southern Queensland), Peter Mcilveen (0000-0002-1864-9516, University of Southern Queensland) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 3805-3832 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| 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/s13384-025-00877-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4412913307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 63 |
This study is an investigation into non-cognitive factors associated with rural and remote teaching practice. Whilst there is a substantial workforce of committed teaching professionals thriving in both their work and personal lives beyond the classroom, preparing and retaining teachers in rural and remote contexts remains a persistent challenge. We report the findings of a study of twenty current rural and remote early in-service teachers which explored their experiences of residing and working in rural and remote settings. Thematic analysis of interview transcripts generated eight substantive themes related to the participants’ work and lives: career decision-making, dispositional traits, university learning experiences, the importance of relationships, confidence in classroom practices, appraisals about rural and remote teaching, connection to place, and thriving. The findings of this study contribute additional evidence of the non-cognitive attributes in relation to Social Cognitive Career Theory required by early in-service teachers to thrive in these distinct and different contexts and reveals implications for pre-service teacher programs to ensure adequate preparation for rural and remote teaching practice
Geography · Social science · Sociology · Thriving · Career Development and Diversity · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education and Employability
Teacher Selection
Social Cognitive Career Theory and Subjective Well-Being in the Context of Work
Teachers’ self-efficacy, personality, and teaching effectiveness
The trouble with teacher turnover
On Conceptualizing and Assessing Social Cognitive Constructs in Career Research
Toward a Unifying Theoretical and Practical Perspective on Well-Being and Psychosocial Adjustment.
Relations among teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, engagement, and work satisfaction
Thriving not just surviving
Teachers’ Psychological Characteristics
Thematic analysis
Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Equipping Teachers for Success in Rural Communities
Determinants of teacher attrition
Important non-academic attributes in Australian initial teacher education
Developing quality community connections through a regional preservice teacher placement program
Career change teachers in hard-to-staff schools
Beyond the city limits
‘I cannot sustain the workload and the emotional toll’
To saturate or not to saturate? Questioning data saturation as a useful concept for thematic analysis and sample-size rationales
Saturation
One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis
Thriving at work
Coping strategies for adaptation to new teacher appointments
Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy mediates the relationship between career adaptability and career optimism
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
Towards an understanding of teacher attrition
Can Financial Incentives Help Disadvantaged Schools to Attract and Retain High‐Performing Teachers? Evidence from Chile
Modelling the relationships between teacher working conditions, job satisfaction and workplace mobility
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers
Social cognitive model of career self-management
Initial teacher education is not the problem
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |