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ATEE 2010. Challenges and benefits emerging from a qualitative study with beginning teachers in Queensland, Australia Kerryn McCluskey The University of Queensland. The Study in Brief. Beginning and novice teachers who are global speakers of English
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ATEE 2010 • Challenges and benefits emerging from a qualitative study with beginning teachers in Queensland, Australia • Kerryn McCluskey The University of Queensland
The Study in Brief • Beginning and novice teachers who are global speakers of English • Positioning with respect to the community of teaching practice • What did these “young” professionals find affected their interaction with colleagues and therefore their positioning? • Themes that emerged: • Interaction as main theme • - skin colour • - appearance • - conversational participation • - acceptance • - worldliness • What was the community of teaching practice?
Issues Identified • Data Collection: • Virtual Focus group • Technology savvy for: • installation of software • use of software • Access to internet • Availability of everyone at any given time • Typing ability • Analysis of data: • Format for use
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Electronic diaries: • - not regular input and had to be careful of pushing for information because of their own pressures with preparation etc • - at the start began as diary entries including some advice seeking but became more as reflective diary entries • Interviews and focus groups were much more successful
My Role • Mentor/Lecturer sometimes mixed with researcher by participants in electronic diaries where they asked for advice. • Had to be acknowledged by me throughout including in the application for ethical clearance • This relationship though allowed for rich data because of • Comfort in speaking with and in front of me • Trust – in me • - in my research as they really wanted their experiences to be shared with others.
However • My own reflective account: • Discourse of care • Discourse of motherhood • Difficulty in role switching
Outcome • Rich data • Participants and researcher learned from each other • in the use of technology • from the data collected • The COP was identified by the participants • A community of practice was developed amongst the participants.