Diversifying the Teaching Profession Dimensions, Dilemmas and Directions for the Future

• Other Authors: Keane, Elaine (Editor), Heinz, Manuela (Editor), Mc Daid, Rory (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2023
• Series: Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity
• Subjects: Secondary schools; Teacher training; Teaching of specific groups & persons with special educational needs; Moral & social purpose of education; Diversity; Initial Teacher Education; Social Class; Inclusive Teaching; Inclusion; Race and Ethnicity; LGBTQI; Deaf; Minority Ethnic Teachers; Widening Participation; Higher Education; Underrepresentation; LGB Teacher; LGB. Minority Ethnic; Trusting Student Teacher Relationships; LGB; Primary ITE Programme; Minority Ethnic; Representative Bureaucracy Theory; Large Mixed Methods Project; ITE Programme; Primary ITE; ITE Provider; Post-primary Teacher Education; Teacher Diversity; Professional Development; Migrant Teacher
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This edited volume is about diversifying the teaching profession. It is unique in its inclusion of multiple dimensions of diversity; its chapters focus on a wide range of under-represented groups, including those from lower socio-economic groups, Black and minority ethnic groups, migrants, the Travelling community, the Deaf community, the LGBTQI+ community and those of mature age. The book includes contributions from Australia, England, Iceland, Portugal and Scotland, as well as a number of chapters from the Irish context, mostly emanating from projects funded under Ireland's Higher Education Authority's Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH): Strand 1-Equity of Access to Initial Teacher Education. The book also critically engages the rationale for diversifying the profession, arguing not only that representation still matters, but also that ultimately teacher diversity work needs to encompass system transformation to achieve a diverse, equitable and inclusive teaching profession.