Early Career Teachers Stories of Resilience

This book addresses one of the most persistent issues confronting governments, educations systems and schools today: the attraction, preparation, and retention of early career teachers. It draws on the stories of sixty graduate teachers from Australia to

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Bruce Johnson · Barry Down Rosie Le Cornu · Judy Peters Anna Sullivan · Jane Pearce Janet Hunter

Early Career Teachers Stories of Resilience

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Bruce Johnson Barry Down Rosie Le Cornu Judy Peters Anna Sullivan Jane Pearce Janet Hunter •





Early Career Teachers Stories of Resilience

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Barry Down Jane Pearce School of Education Murdoch University Perth, WA Australia

Bruce Johnson Rosie Le Cornu Judy Peters Anna Sullivan School of Education University of South Australia Adelaide, SA Australia

ISSN 2211-1921 ISBN 978-981-287-172-5 DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-173-2

Janet Hunter School of Education Edith Cowan University Perth, WA Australia

ISSN 2211-193X (electronic) ISBN 978-981-287-173-2 (eBook)

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Preface

Training to become a teacher takes time and commitment and costs money; it therefore seems that only wilful carelessness lies behind the wastage and personal distress arising from drop out in the first year of teaching. Yet so many clever and committed beginning teachers find they cann