The Impending Special Education Qualifications Crisis in Victoria

Autor/in	Thomas, Tony
Titel	The Impending Special Education Qualifications Crisis in Victoria
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Special Education, 31 (2007) 2, S.139-145 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1030-0112
Schlagwörter	Educational Needs; Teacher Qualifications; Special Education; Special Education Teachers; School Surveys; Occupational Surveys; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Mail Surveys; Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Teacher Supply and Demand; Teacher Distribution; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Lehrqualifikation; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Berufsanalyse; Principal; Schulleiter; Erhebungsinstrument; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausland; Lehrerbedarf; Australien
Abstract	Given concern about the decreasing numbers of staff with qualifications in special education in Victorian government specialist schools (schools for students with special educational needs), a survey was distributed to all 81 of these schools to gather information about teacher qualifications and age. A very high response rate of 94% was obtained. The results showed a very wide range of numbers of staff possessing a special education qualification in different schools. It is of concern that in 15 schools (almost 20% of respondent schools) fewer than half the staff had special education qualifications, while in a further 33 schools (43%) between 50% and 79% of the staff had special education qualifications. To add to this concern, there was a large proportion of older teachers in the schools, with 70% of principals and 40% of teachers likely to retire over the next five years. The implications of this for the staffing of the specialist schools are discussed, leading to suggestions for the future. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10