Funded Research Project

Project Title: Strengthening standards of teaching through linking standards and teacher learning: The development of professional standards for teaching school geography

Chief Investigators: Dr Diane Mulcahy, Dr Jeana Kriewaldt and Professor David Clarke

Funded by: ARC Linkage Project grant 2007–2010

Project Summary: Quality teaching is an issue for all Australians. Set within the context of developing professional standards for teaching school geography, this project will generate new knowledge regarding the relationship between teaching standards and teacher learning. It will investigate the development of a model of teaching standards which is built on a platform of classroom practice and links teaching standards to teacher learning and will provide (i) a set of standards for geography teaching which utilises video to capture actualities of practice; (ii) new empirical and conceptual evidence on the relationship between teaching standards and teacher learning; and (iii) designs and resources for this learning.