Australia's casual approach to its academic teaching workforce
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COATES, HAMISH; Dobson, Ian R.; GOEDEGEBUURE, LEO; Meek, LynnDate
2009Source Title
People and PlacePublisher
Monash UniversityAffiliation
Melbourne Graduate School of Education, LH Martin InstituteMetadata
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Coates, H., Dobson, I. R., Goedegebuure, L., & Meek, L. (2009). Australia's casual approach to its academic teaching workforce. People and Place, 17(4), 47-54.Access Status
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Deposited with permission of the authors. © 2009 Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure & Lynn Meek
Abstract
Australian academics’ response to the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey indicates that they are among the least satisfied academics in the world. This dissatisfaction has been expressed after two decades of rapid growth in the student body and structural changes in the academic workforce, particularly an expansion in the amount of teaching provided by casual staff. The growth in casual staff numbers is a factor which has simultaneously created a precariously employed but cheaper and more flexible workforce along with higher levels of stress among the full-time teachers responsible for managing and supervising casual teachers. The academic profession has an important role to play in creating a highly educated workforce for Australia and in generating export income by teaching international students. Careful attention needs to be paid to this situation especially in light of the need to replenish the ageing academic workforce.
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academic teaching; Australia; CAP survey; tertiary educationExport Reference in RIS Format
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