Aims:
Our SIG aims to enliven understandings about teachers' and school leaders’ work and lives through research that is conducted by/with/for teachers. We recognise teachers as educators and educational team leaders working in diverse settings including early childhood, primary and secondary schools, skills training institutions, universities (in particular Initial Teacher Education), and other discrete or alternative settings. We use a range of theoretical and methodological frameworks to contribute to understandings of the teaching profession that are personal/local/national/global.
The Teachers' Work and Lives (TWL) SIG welcomes scholarly contributions from teachers and academics at all career stages.
Teachers' Work and Lives SIG seeks to:
- provide a forum within AARE for symposia addressing questions concerned with contemporary teachers' work and lives;
- develop networks of researchers in the area of teachers' work and lives;
- promote opportunities to publish and share research about teachers’ work and lives;
- ensure a safe place within AARE that recognises research which promotes teachers’ voices;
- foster and promote broad methodological approaches to research into teachers' work and lives; and
- connect the work of the TWL SIG with other AARE SIGs.
Research interests (include, but are not limited to):
- intersection of teachers’ work and lives;
- impact of work on teacher and/or school leader wellbeing;
- personal and professional changes of teachers and school leaders throughout their career;
- professional learning and support for teachers at all career stages;
- the teaching profession - professionalism and professionalisation;
- complexity and types of teacher work in early childhood, school, vocational, and higher education systems;
- relationships between teachers’ and school leaders’ experiences, current education policies, and education research;
- comparative international perspectives on teachers’ work and lives; and
- research into teachers’ and school leaders’ work and lives, conducted by academic researchers or, by the teachers and school leaders (e.g. action research).
Upcoming Events:
AARE Teachers’ Work and Lives SIG Online Symposium - Teachers’ work and challenging times
Register now for the second online event in our Teachers’ Work in Challenging Times Symposium Series.
When: Monday 19 June 4.00-5.00 pm AEST
Where: Zoom link to be provided on registration
With presentations from
Professor Jane Wilkinson on Invisible labour: Principals’ emotional labour in volatile times,
a project with Professor Lucas Walsh, Professor Amanda Keddie, Dr Fiona Longmuir and Dr Christine Grice.
Professor Jo Lampert on Impact of teacher shortages on teachers remaining in hard to staff schools,
a project with Dr Amy McPherson and Professor Bruce Burnett.
We look forward to seeing you!
Ellen Larsen and Craig Wood
AARE Teachers’ Work and Lives SIG Online Symposium - Teachers’ work and challenging times
The Teachers’ Work and Lives SIG invites you to a special online symposium.
When: 10 May 4.00-5.00 pm AEST
Topic: Teachers’ work and challenging times
We are delighted to bring you two exciting presenters who will provide insights about and from their current projects.
Professor Anna Sullivan - Early career teacher induction: Supporting precarious teachers project; and
Professor Robyn Brandenburg - “I left the teaching profession… and this is what I am doing now”: A national study.
We look forward to you joining us!
Ellen Larsen and Craig Wood
AARE Teachers’ Work and Lives SIG Online Symposium - Time Use, Time Poverty and Teachers’ Work
Join Nicole Mockler, Greg Thompson, and Anna Hogan for an online symposium.
This online AARE event is hosted by the Teachers’ Work and Lives SIG and the presenters will be discussing their ARC Linkage project on Time Use, Time Poverty and Teachers’ Work.
The Time Use, Time Poverty and Teachers’ Work project focuses on understanding teacher workload (hours of work), teacher workload intensification (complexity of work), and the impact of both on teacher wellbeing. The ARC research project has developed an app that records time use and time poverty in teachers’ work.
DATE: Wednesday, 24th August
TIME: 4:30pm – 5:30pm