Fostering school attendance for students in Out-of-Home Care. This project aims to investigate why children and young people in Out-Of-Home-Care in Australia are absent from school far more than their peers. The project expects to generate new knowledge about the reasons for their absences and to develop solutions to improve attendance through: children’s own voices; detailed absence data; policy audit; and case studies of promising practice. Expected outcomes include a comprehensive conceptuali ....Fostering school attendance for students in Out-of-Home Care. This project aims to investigate why children and young people in Out-Of-Home-Care in Australia are absent from school far more than their peers. The project expects to generate new knowledge about the reasons for their absences and to develop solutions to improve attendance through: children’s own voices; detailed absence data; policy audit; and case studies of promising practice. Expected outcomes include a comprehensive conceptualisation of absences including those triggered by schools or the care context; and an evidence-informed, child-centred framework to enable attendance and, thereby, improved educational outcomes. This should provide significant social and economic benefits both for children in care and for the community. Read moreRead less
Impact of teacher shortages on teachers remaining in hard to staff schools. This project aims to investigate the lived experiences of teachers in a time of unprecedented teacher shortages. While previous studies have examined the causes of teacher shortages, the project is significant in its review of the issues of teacher retention focusing instead on those teachers who remain. By addressing the problem of retention this way, the expected outcomes of this project include developing a much deepe ....Impact of teacher shortages on teachers remaining in hard to staff schools. This project aims to investigate the lived experiences of teachers in a time of unprecedented teacher shortages. While previous studies have examined the causes of teacher shortages, the project is significant in its review of the issues of teacher retention focusing instead on those teachers who remain. By addressing the problem of retention this way, the expected outcomes of this project include developing a much deeper understanding of how educational systems, as well as individual schools, can support those teachers remaining in the profession. This will provide significant benefits such as informing policy on how to facilitate greater teacher retention at a time when maintaining support for a declining teaching workforce is urgent.
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Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230100249
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$464,162.00
Summary
Enhancing belonging for African diaspora youth in Australian schools . Schools are key sites to counter marginalisation and enable belonging. This study will investigate how Black African diaspora youth experience belonging in Australian schools and ways that schools can change practices to enhance belonging. The project will generate new knowledge of belonging and its importance for schooling using innovatory Participatory Action Research with African youth and teachers. Expected outcomes are d ....Enhancing belonging for African diaspora youth in Australian schools . Schools are key sites to counter marginalisation and enable belonging. This study will investigate how Black African diaspora youth experience belonging in Australian schools and ways that schools can change practices to enhance belonging. The project will generate new knowledge of belonging and its importance for schooling using innovatory Participatory Action Research with African youth and teachers. Expected outcomes are directions for education policy and practices, development of professional resources for working with diasporic students and capacitating young African people as researchers. Anticipated benefits are improved school engagement, retention and outcomes for African diaspora youth and insights for other marginalised youth.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230100691
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$390,000.00
Summary
Constructing a framework for early childhood teachers' cultural wellbeing. This project aims to raise early childhood teachers' cultural wellbeing and belonging, by strengthening anti-racist orientations and inclusion in their teaching teams. This project expects to generate new knowledge in this under-researched area, by using innovative, interdisciplinary approaches involving early childhood teachers in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland in sharing their culture stories in multimodal wa ....Constructing a framework for early childhood teachers' cultural wellbeing. This project aims to raise early childhood teachers' cultural wellbeing and belonging, by strengthening anti-racist orientations and inclusion in their teaching teams. This project expects to generate new knowledge in this under-researched area, by using innovative, interdisciplinary approaches involving early childhood teachers in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland in sharing their culture stories in multimodal ways. Expected outcomes of the project include a guiding framework to enhance intercultural practices in early childhood settings, enhanced international collaborations, and significant benefits to the educational outcomes, cultural understandings and social wellbeing of Australia’s very young children.Read moreRead less
Improving School Engagement of African Refugee Students . Using a multimethod research design, this project aims to investigate the problem of school disengagement among African students from refugee backgrounds. By building new knowledge that can inform policy responses and school practices, this project contributes to improving educational attainment and integration outcomes of refugee students in Australia. Expected outcomes of the project include new insights on causes and manifestations of ....Improving School Engagement of African Refugee Students . Using a multimethod research design, this project aims to investigate the problem of school disengagement among African students from refugee backgrounds. By building new knowledge that can inform policy responses and school practices, this project contributes to improving educational attainment and integration outcomes of refugee students in Australia. Expected outcomes of the project include new insights on causes and manifestations of school disengagement among African refugee students and a Framework of Engagement that outlines viable strategies for addressing the challenge. The study should return tangible benefits through raising the academic outcome, economic participation, and wellbeing of students from refugee backgrounds.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230100652
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$407,500.00
Summary
Toward data justice in Australian schools. This project will investigate the challenges raised by digital data for Australian schools. The use of digital technologies in schools has led to systematic data collection, which reconfigures schooling processes and interpersonal relationships and presents new risks to staff and students. Although there are laws in place to protect students' rights, there are hidden consequences to using digital technologies. This research project investigates how data ....Toward data justice in Australian schools. This project will investigate the challenges raised by digital data for Australian schools. The use of digital technologies in schools has led to systematic data collection, which reconfigures schooling processes and interpersonal relationships and presents new risks to staff and students. Although there are laws in place to protect students' rights, there are hidden consequences to using digital technologies. This research project investigates how data collection, use and disclosure is experienced and understood in schools. It will identify the role played by intermediaries, such as tech brokers, educational authorities and professional networks. Benefits include policy recommendations, protocols and guidelines for data justice in schools.Read moreRead less