Career Change Teachers

27.10.2021

Englisch

9789811660375

Springer Singapore

Nein

Meera Varadharajan, John Buchanan

216

Gebundene Ausgabe

Bringing Work and Life Experience to the Classroom

Dr Meera Varadharajan is a Research Fellow in Education at the Centre for Social Impact, University of New South Wales. Her PhD thesis was on the lived experiences of career change teachers who were new to the teaching profession. Extending her thesis work, her subsequent research examined the experiences of career change pre-service student teachers in Australian universities and the experiences and motivations of career change teachers from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) backgrounds. Her work has been recognized through high commendations from thesis examiners, being awarded the 2010 Teacher Guild Prize and being able to successfully secure funding to support her research. She has presented her work in schools, universities and in teacher education conferences. Her current research, funded by the New South Wales Department of Education in Australia, focuses on mechanisms to attract and retain career changers from STEM backgrounds. Meera is passionate about highlighting the characteristics and contributions of career change teachers. A career changer herself, Meera has a Bachelors’ and Masters’ degree in accounting and has worked in the banking and business sector for over 10 years before moving to education.

Career change teachers, Second career teachers, Mature age teachers, Non-traditional teachers, Pre-service career change teachers, Prior career teachers, Mature age student learners, Later-life learners, Late entry teachers, Mid-life career changers, Second career teacher entrants, Non-traditional teacher education student entrants, STEM and mature aged pre-service teachers, Teacher experiences

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235 mm

15.5 cm