For over two decades there has been growing interest in middle schooling in Australia evidenced by increasing attention to the needs of young adolescents as a distinctive developmental phase of learning related specifically to students in the 10-15 years age group. The middle years of schooling have become an important area of research, policy making and transformation. The many proponents of the middle years learner advocate the reconceptualization of the teacher by recognizing the centrality of the teacher in this transformation of the middle years of schooling. Middle school teachers are...
For over two decades there has been growing interest in middle schooling in Australia evidenced by increasing attention to the needs of young adolesce...