{"id":69791,"date":"2023-09-14T00:10:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=69791"},"modified":"2023-09-14T00:10:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:10:53","slug":"will-free-teaching-degrees-fix-the-teacher-shortage-its-more-complicated-than-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-free-teaching-degrees-fix-the-teacher-shortage-its-more-complicated-than-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Will free teaching degrees fix the teacher shortage? It\u2019s more complicated than that"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69792\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/free-teaching-degrees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/free-teaching-degrees.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/free-teaching-degrees-250x141.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has opened a new front in the national campaign to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/media-releases\/nsw-teachers-to-receive-largest-pay-rise-in-decades\">attract and retain<\/a>\u00a0teachers. Amid ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ministers.education.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Teacher%20Workforce%20Shortages%20-%20Issues%20paper.pdf\">teacher shortages<\/a>, Victoria\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-09-12\/victoria-free-secondary-teaching-degrees\/102844100\">will offer fee-free education<\/a>\u00a0for high school teaching degrees from next year.<\/p>\n<p>This is similar to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premier.vic.gov.au\/making-it-free-study-nursing-and-midwifery\">free nursing degrees<\/a>\u00a0Victoria announced in 2022 to create an \u201carmy of home-grown health workers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But is it going to fix the problem?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What was announced?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Victorian government announced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premier.vic.gov.au\/making-teaching-free-back-our-school-workforce\">A$230 million teaching package<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This includes scholarships to cover the costs of a high school teaching degree. Students will be required to work in Victorian government schools for two years after they graduate. This is expected to support about 8,000 \u201cfuture teachers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There is a further $27 million to provide up to $50,000 in incentives for graduates to work in hard-to-staff schools, both in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. There is also $95.7 million to support and mentor first year teachers.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an attractive package. But it\u2019s very unlikely to address the core of the problem. That\u2019s because access to tertiary study and incentives to relocate are not the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/its-great-education-ministers-agree-the-teacher-shortage-is-a-problem-but-their-new-plan-ignores-the-root-causes-188660\">root causes<\/a>\u00a0of teachers shortages, particularly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/epub\/10.1177\/00049441211066357\">in rural and remote areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>History tells us to be cautious<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>History suggests free degrees will not see a surge of students applying to study teaching.<\/p>\n<p>There was free university education in Australia between 1974 and 1989. Yet 1996 analysis showed the reintroduction of fees under the Hawke government was accompanied by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ527928.pdf\">an increase in university access<\/a>, rather than a reduction in student numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Greater access to tertiary education also didn\u2019t make it easier to find teachers for hard-to-staff schools. A 2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchsystem.canberra.edu.au\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/52676956\/Researching_the_schoolhouse.pdf\">University of Canberra review<\/a>\u00a0looked at 20 years of evidence around attracting and retaining teachers in rural and remote communities, including financial incentives. It found \u201cwe are no closer to solving this perennial issue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>International evidence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/03054985.2020.1775566\">is mixed<\/a>. It shows financial incentives can lead to an immediate increase in enrolments for teaching courses, but this tapers off quickly once the incentive is removed (as appears to be the case here at the end of 2025).<\/p>\n<p>Research also suggests cash incentives can convince some students who are open to the idea of teaching, yet undecided, to enrol. But there is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2227-7102\/12\/11\/767\">little chance<\/a>\u00a0it will bring people into the profession who don\u2019t already value teaching.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>It\u2019s a question of motivation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Like nursing, the motivation for pursuing a teaching career is driven by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9780203119273-1\/people-choose-teaching-career-paul-richardson-helen-watt\">range of factors<\/a>\u00a0largely unrelated to pure financial incentives.<\/p>\n<p>Those who choose, and remain in, teaching beyond their first few years are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/berj.3887\">typically attracted<\/a>\u00a0by the intellectual stimulation, social benefits of teaching and opportunity to have a positive impact on people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>Students motivated predominantly by financial incentives may well get a reality check when they encounter their first practical experience in a classroom, particularly in a hard-to-staff school.<\/p>\n<p>Schools also need to be positive and safe places to work if we want to attract and keep teachers. In a December 2022 review, the Productivity Commission noted \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pc.gov.au\/inquiries\/completed\/school-agreement\/report\/school-agreement-overview.pdf\">low value<\/a>\u201d administrative tasks meant teachers were not spending enough time teaching.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been repeated reports about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/nsw\/teacher-made-to-apologise-for-giving-child-improvement-strategies-20230815-p5dwqa.html\">unreasonable expectations<\/a>\u00a0and even abuse from parents, as well as student behavioural issues.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately many teachers report their work is leaving them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/school-principals-are-reaching-crisis-point-pushed-to-the-edge-by-mounting-workloads-teacher-shortages-and-abuse-201777\">stressed and burned out<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and wanting to leave the profession.<\/p>\n<h4>We need to look beyond teaching degrees<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s good to see almost $96 million in the package to support first year teachers\u2019 transition into the profession through \u201cextra preparation time, mentoring and other professional support\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This is consistent with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/teaching-and-school-leadership\/resources\/national-teacher-workforce-action-plan\">national plan<\/a>\u00a0to address teacher shortages, released by federal and state education ministers in late 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But we also need\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/epub\/10.1177\/00049441211066357\">ongoing measures<\/a>. This includes professional and practical supports.<\/p>\n<p>Adequate housing for teachers amid a housing affordability crisis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13384-023-00621-z\">remains a challenge<\/a>. The impracticality of being posted to a regional school without housing is self-evident.<\/p>\n<p>Community and social connections\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ro.ecu.edu.au\/ajte\/vol45\/iss5\/2\/\">are also vital<\/a>\u00a0for new teachers who move to non-metropolitan areas for work.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>More questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This package is an important and welcome response to teacher shortages. But it is unlikely to fix the problem and leaves us with some questions.<\/p>\n<p>The funding is only for high school teachers. Could this attract students potentially interested in primary teaching and make primary school supply issues a greater problem?<\/p>\n<p>The funding is only for enrolments in 2024 and 2025 and only for government schools. What happens in two years\u2019 time? Could the package be extended to private and Catholic schools?<\/p>\n<p>A two-year package with free degrees may seem like good politics (and it makes a good headline). But we need to look at the bigger picture and examine issues such as working conditions, professional development, and the way our society supports teachers so they can keep doing the essential work they do.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Paul Kidson is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership at the Australian Catholic University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has opened a new front in the national campaign to\u00a0attract and retain\u00a0teachers. Amid ongoing\u00a0teacher shortages, Victoria\u00a0will offer fee-free education\u00a0for high school teaching degrees from next year. 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