The Australian professional standards for teachers: a policy trajectory analysis

Genevieve McSporran

doi:10.26182/5cd23896b687e

The Australian professional standards for teachers: a policy trajectory analysis

Genevieve McSporran

Graduate School of Education

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The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) policy aims to improve teacher/teaching quality to 'drive up' student achievement. The APST was analysed using a policy trajectory framework to interrogate influences, policy text production, policy enactment , and longer-term outcomes. The research found national and global influences were stronger than school influences on policy processes. Enhancing teacher professionalism was the strongest policy text production theme, whilst changing school practices, challenges and strengths were the main themes for enactment. Three longer-term outcomes emerged including the potential of the APST to coordinate the profession, as well as to improve teacher/teaching quality and student achievement.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctorate
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Neylon, Gerardine, Supervisor Vidovich, Lesley, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	4 Sept 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/5cd23896b687e
Publication status	Unpublished - 2018

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