ERIC Number: EJ1032033
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Aug
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 66
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
The Impact of Professional Development and Indigenous Education Officers on Australian Teachers' Indigenous Teaching and Learning
Craven, Rhonda G.; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Han, Feifei
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v39 n8 Article 5 Aug 2014
The study investigated the impact of professional development (PD) in Indigenous teaching on teachers' psychological and behavioural aspects, and Indigenous students' learning engagement. Adopting a multiple-indicator-multiple-indicator-cause model, frequency of PD was found to have positive paths to teachers' self-concept in Indigenous teaching and all the teaching strategies, but had a non-significant path to students' learning, suggesting the more frequently teachers are involved in PD in Indigenous teaching, the higher self-concept they had in teaching Indigenous children and the more frequently they adopted Indigenous teaching strategies. The availability of Aboriginal Education Officers (AEOs), however, had a significant and negative path on learning engagement. That is, Indigenous students' were perceived to be less engaged in learning with AEOs present in the school. An interaction effect was also found between PD and AEOs, indicating that the effectiveness of AEOs in Indigenous students' learning may depend on whether teachers actively attend PD programs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Behavior, Indigenous Populations, Learner Engagement, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Indigenous Personnel, Correlation, Faculty Development, Learning Processes, Measures (Individuals), Questionnaires, Predictor Variables, Factor Analysis
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Australia

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