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i1 | TEACH |

TEACH | vol 1 | no 1 | 2007

TEACHJOURNAL

FUELspiritual growth

LITERACYreading adventure packs

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONleaders or managers?

TEACHER EDUCATIONfactors that influence students to become technology teachers

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him

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mo

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part

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m a

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lore

a w

ide

ran

ge

of r

ele

vant

top

ics

and

issu

es

in r

esp

ons

e to

th

e p

rob

ing

que

stio

n p

ose

d by

Bo

nho

effe

r. T

EA

CH

End

note

s1

Fo

r th

e q

ue

stio

n, i

n its

ge

ne

ric

form

, se

e B

on

ho

eff

er,

D. (

194

8).

Th

e co

st o

f dis

cip

lesh

ip. T

ran

sla

ted

by R

.Fu

ller.

Lo

nd

on:

SC

M

Pre

ss, p

.49

.

2 D

on

ag

hy, B

. (19

95)

. Tu

rnin

g P

oin

ts. G

oo

d W

ee

ken

d; S

ydn

ey

Mo

rnin

g H

era

ld, N

ove

mb

er

4, p

.42

.

3 Jo

hn

3:2

, NIV

.

4 H

ug

h M

ack

ay q

uo

ted

by R

ich

ard

Eck

ers

ley,

in D

on’

t pa

nic

—it’

s o

nly

th

e a

po

caly

pse

. Syd

ney

Mo

rnin

g H

era

ld, 2

007

, Ju

ly 2

1-2

2,

pp.

28

-29

.

5 H

ave

l, V

. (19

86)

. Th

e p

ow

er

of t

he

po

we

rle

ss, i

n L

ivin

g tr

uth

. L

on

do

n: F

ab

er

& F

ab

er.

6 C

hri

stia

n te

ach

ers

in s

ecu

lar

sch

oo

ls o

r in

stitu

tion

s, a

s d

esc

rib

ed

by D

avid

Sta

ffo

rd in

his

art

icle

, fa

ce a

ch

alle

ng

e q

uite

dif

fere

nt t

o th

ose

in C

hri

stia

n sc

ho

ols

.

[Ph

oto

gra

phy

:

Jan

et R

ieg

er]

Ch

rist

ian

teac

her

s ha

ve a

vis

ion

of

hop

e th

at

tran

sfo

rms

cont

emp

-o

rary

life

-st

yles

an

d

enri

ches

re

lati

on

ship

s

04 |

TE

AC

H |

i1i1

| T

EA

CH

|

Teac

hing

& P

rofe

ssio

nal P

ract

ice

Teac

hing

& P

rofe

ssio

nal P

ract

ice

Intr

od

uctio

nC

hil

dre

n’s

pe

rso

na

l ex

pe

rie

nc

e, c

on

fid

en

ce

an

d

suc

ce

ss

(or

oth

erw

ise)

wit

h b

oo

ks a

nd

re

ad

ing

, p

art

icu

larl

y a

t th

e in

itia

l sta

ge

s, i

s d

ire

ctl

y re

late

d t

o t

he

ir a

ttit

ud

e to

wa

rds

rea

din

g (

Wa

ng

, 2

00

0).

Man

y of

th

ese

att

itud

es

are

dev

elo

pe

d p

rio

r to

sc

ho

ol c

om

me

nce

me

nt a

nd

ofte

n a

re c

lose

ly li

nke

d to

ea

rly

lite

racy

exp

eri

enc

es

in t

he

ho

me.

Eco

no

mic

co

nditi

ons

of t

he

hous

ehol

d m

ay d

ete

rmin

e ch

ildre

n’s

exp

osu

re a

nd

acce

ss to

qua

lity

read

ing

mat

eri

als

in t

he

ho

me.

So

me

low

-in

com

e fa

mili

es

find

it ex

tre

me

ly d

ifficu

lt to

re

sour

ce t

hei

r ch

ildre

n’s

ea

rly

lite

racy

ne

ed

s. W

hile

it a

pp

ea

rs t

hat m

ost

fa

mili

es

are

aw

are

of t

he

imp

ort

ance

of t

he

ho

me

lite

racy

env

iro

nm

ent

an

d th

e ne

ed fo

r re

adin

g re

sour

ces,

too

man

y ar

e w

itho

ut b

oo

ks o

r la

ck a

n ad

ult w

ho

is w

illin

g to

rea

d to

chi

ldre

n.W

ith t

he

rea

lisat

ion

that

fam

ily m

em

be

rs c

an

cont

rib

ute

po

sitiv

ely

to e

arl

y lit

era

cy d

eve

lop

me

nt,

the

re h

as b

ee

n a

ple

tho

ra o

f pr

og

ram

s an

d in

itiat

ive

s in

re

cent

ye

ars

de

sig

ne

d to

sup

po

rt a

nd

enc

our

ag

e fa

mily

par

ticip

atio

n in

chi

ldre

n’s

liter

acy

edu

catio

n.

Su

rpri

sin

gly

, mo

st c

urre

nt p

rog

ram

s a

ssu

me

(oft

en

inco

rre

ctly

) th

at p

are

nts/

care

rs h

ave

suffi

cie

nt

ava

ilab

le fi

nanc

es to

res

ourc

e th

e lit

era

cy n

eeds

of

the

ir c

hild

ren.

RA

Ps’

ori

gin

sM

arg

are

t Gill

is a

n ex

pe

rie

nce

d ‘e

arl

y ye

ars

teac

he

r’

in V

icto

ria.

Sh

e h

as lo

ng

be

en

awa

re o

f th

e di

fficu

lt e

con

om

ic c

on

ditio

ns

an

d fin

anci

al c

ons

trai

nts

that

im

pact

man

y of

th

e fa

mili

es

in h

er

sch

oo

l dis

tric

t.

He

nce

she

cons

tant

ly t

rie

s to

na

rrow

th

e g

ap

bet

we

en

the

ho

me

lite

racy

leve

ls a

nd

ea

rly

lite

racy

n

ee

ds o

f th

e ch

ildre

n in

he

r cl

assr

oo

m. W

hile

vis

itin

g th

ree

New

Yo

rk s

cho

ols

in t

he

US

A, s

he

saw

an

inno

vativ

e ea

rly

lite

racy

rea

ding

pro

gra

m in

act

ion.

It

was

a c

o-o

pe

rativ

e h

om

e-s

cho

ol v

ent

ure.

Th

e ex

cite

me

nt a

nd

ent

husi

asm

exh

ibite

d by

th

e ch

ildre

n us

ing

this

lite

racy

pro

gra

m im

pres

sed

her,

and

she

was

eag

er to

ada

pt a

nd t

rial

a s

imila

r pr

og

ram

in h

er

own

clas

sro

om

. On

retu

rnin

g to

Aus

tra

lia, M

arg

are

t,

with

ass

ista

nce

fro

m t

he

wri

ter,

dev

elo

pe

d an

d tr

ialle

d R

ead

ing

Adv

ent

ure

Pac

ks (

RA

Ps)

, a li

tera

cy

pro

gra

m t

hat

util

ise

d pa

cks

of s

timul

us m

ate

ria

l (F

ish

er,

Gill

, & G

reiv

e, 2

00

5). T

he

pro

gra

m w

as a

n at

tem

pt to

sup

po

rt a

nd

imp

rove

chi

ldre

n’s

attit

ud

es

to r

eadi

ng a

nd in

volv

e m

emb

ers

of t

he

fam

ily in

th

e ch

ildre

n’s

read

ing

by s

upp

lyin

g re

adin

g re

sour

ce

mat

eri

als.

Th

e R

AP

pro

gra

m in

volv

es t

he

colle

ctio

n an

d o

rga

nisa

tion

of li

tera

cy r

eso

urce

s by

th

e te

ach

er

into

sev

era

l th

eme

d ba

ckpa

cks.

Stu

dent

s b

orr

ow

the

reso

urce

s an

d ta

ke t

he

m h

om

e o

n a

rota

tiona

l ba

sis.

Th

e re

sour

ces

in t

he

pack

s (li

ste

d b

elo

w)

are

inte

nded

to p

rovi

de a

n en

rich

ing

lite

racy

exp

erie

nce

for

the

child

ren

an

d co

ntri

bu

te to

th

eir

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

po

sitiv

e at

titu

de

s to

wa

rd r

ead

ing.

In

addi

tion

to

focu

sin

g o

n re

sou

rce

s fa

cilit

atio

n, fa

mily

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

and

lite

racy

enr

ichm

ent

, th

e p

rog

ram

’s o

the

r m

ain

pu

rpo

se is

to c

om

ple

me

nt a

teac

he

r’s e

xist

ing

lite

racy

pro

gra

m in

th

e cl

assr

oo

m, r

ath

er

tha

n co

mp

ete

with

it.

Typ

ical

wee

kly

seq

uenc

eO

n M

ond

ay m

orn

ing

the

nam

es

of a

ll th

e ch

ildre

n in

th

e cl

ass

are

plac

ed in

a h

at a

nd fi

ve n

ames

are

dr

awn

out

. A r

eco

rd o

f th

ese

is k

ept

tog

eth

er

with

th

e co

rre

spo

ndi

ng

nam

e of

th

e R

AP

tak

en

ho

me

by

eac

h ch

ild. T

he

ran

do

mly

se

lect

ed

child

ren

are

th

e fir

st g

roup

to e

njoy

th

e lit

era

cy a

ctiv

itie

s at

ho

me

for

four

sch

oo

l day

s, t

hus

givi

ng

the

ent

ire

fam

ily a

cce

ss

to a

ll th

e ac

tiviti

es a

vaila

ble

in e

ach

back

pack

.A

t ho

me

the

child

ren

may

ch

oo

se to

re

ad a

nd

com

ple

te a

ll, o

r as

man

y of

th

e ac

tiviti

es

as t

hey

d

esi

re. T

he

fam

ily/c

hild

ren

sele

ct t

he

act

iviti

es

an

d th

e tim

e fr

ame

for

the

ir c

om

ple

tion.

Te

ach

ers

are

n

ot r

equ

ire

d to

ch

eck

on

how

muc

h o

r h

ow li

ttle

has

b

ee

n co

mp

lete

d. A

n ex

erc

ise

bo

ok

is p

rovi

de

d to

e

nco

ura

ge

the

child

ren

to r

eco

rd s

om

eth

ing

they

le

arn

t, d

isco

vere

d o

r e

njoy

ed

duri

ng

the

we

ek

fro

m

the

ir pa

rtic

ula

r lit

era

cy R

AP.

Chi

ldre

n ar

e ab

le to

re

ad e

ach

oth

er’s

sto

rie

s o

r co

mm

ent

s w

he

n it

is

the

ir tu

rn to

hav

e th

e R

AP.

Pri

or

to r

etur

nin

g th

e R

AP

to

sch

oo

l on

Fri

day

mo

rnin

g, p

are

nts/

care

rs

are

exp

ect

ed

to c

he

ck t

he

inve

nto

ry to

ens

ure

that

all

the

cont

ent

s ar

e re

turn

ed

in t

he

back

pack

. At

sch

oo

l, e

ach

Fri

day,

sp

eci

al r

eco

gni

tion

is g

ive

n to

th

e ch

ildre

n fo

r th

eir

we

ek’

s pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in R

AP.

T

hey

may

pla

ce t

he

soft

toy

fro

m t

he

RA

P b

ackp

ack

on

the

ir d

esk

s, fo

r th

e da

y.

The

tea

cher

’s r

ole

in t

he w

eekl

y p

rog

ram

Onc

e th

e p

rog

ram

is s

et u

p, t

he

teac

he

r’s

invo

lve

me

nt in

th

e p

rog

ram

onl

y re

quir

es

the

dist

rib

utio

n of

th

e ba

ckpa

cks

on

Mo

nda

ys a

nd

the

ir

colle

ctio

n a

nd

che

ckin

g o

n F

rid

ays.

Aft

er

the

RA

P

pro

gra

m h

as c

om

ple

ted

on

e ro

tatio

n, t

he

cycl

e co

mm

enc

es

agai

n.

RA

P c

ont

ents

Eac

h R

AP

is b

ase

d o

n a

spe

cific

th

em

e. E

xam

ple

s a

re: N

oah

’s a

rk, d

ucks

, sh

ee

p, d

og

s, d

ino

saur

s,

cook

ing,

and

mus

ic. T

he

follo

win

g m

ake

up e

ach

RA

P: a

soft

toy

indi

catin

g th

e th

em

e•

a ‘N

ote

of E

xpla

natio

n to

Pa

rent

s/C

are

rs’

• an

inve

ntor

y lis

ting

the

lite

racy

act

iviti

es•

an ‘I

nstr

uctio

n S

heet

’ for

par

ents

/ca

rers

on

• h

ow to

use

th

e R

AP

an

d its

man

y ac

tiviti

es

an e

xerc

ise

bo

ok

for

wri

ting

sto

rie

s, c

om

me

nts,

etc.

a va

riet

y of

lite

racy

act

iviti

es

linke

d to

th

e •

the

me,

cat

eri

ng

for

K-3

chi

ldre

n. A

ctiv

itie

s in

clu

de

four

or

mo

re s

tory

bo

oks

an

d se

lect

ed

craf

t act

iviti

es,

jig

saw

puz

zle

s, c

olo

urin

g sh

eet

s, d

ot-t

o-d

ot p

ictu

res,

gam

es,

vid

eo

s,

wor

kshe

ets,

pup

pets

, CD

s an

d w

ritin

g b

ook

sa

ll as

soci

ate

d m

ate

ria

ls n

ee

de

d fo

r th

e •

com

ple

tion

of t

he

activ

itie

s in

th

e R

AP

(e.

g.

a le

ad p

enci

l for

wri

ting

in t

he

exe

rcis

e b

oo

k,

scis

sors

—b

oth

left

an

d ri

ght

han

de

d fo

r th

e cr

aft a

ctiv

itie

s, c

olo

ure

d p

enc

ils, p

enc

il sh

arp

en

er,

era

ser,

etc.

).

Eva

luat

ing

and

lear

ning

fro

m t

he p

rog

ram

Aft

er

tria

llin

g R

AP

for

two

cons

ecu

tive

sch

oo

l te

rms,

pa

rent

s/ca

rers

an

d ch

ildre

n w

ere

giv

en

an o

ppo

rtun

ity to

eva

lua

te t

he

pro

gra

m u

sin

g a

ques

tionn

aire

.* T

he

follo

win

g is

a r

ep

rese

ntat

ive

sele

ctio

n of

re

spo

nse

s:O

ne

pare

nt/c

arer

wro

te: ‘

I thi

nk t

hat t

hey

are

fa

ntas

tic.’

An

oth

er

not

ed:

‘We

enj

oye

d h

avin

g th

e p

ack

s.’

Yet

an

oth

er

resp

on

de

d: ‘M

y ch

ild t

ho

rou

gh

ly

enj

oye

d th

e re

adin

g pa

ck.’

Acc

ord

ing

to d

ata

fro

m t

he

que

stio

nnai

res,

p

are

nts/

care

rs r

ep

ort

ed

that

gir

ls, m

ore

oft

en

than

boy

s, d

em

ons

trat

ed

a p

osi

tive

chan

ge

in

attit

ud

e to

wa

rd r

ead

ing

as a

re

sult

of u

sin

g th

e R

AP.

Gir

ls w

ere

mo

re li

kely

to

initi

ate

read

ing,

rea

d in

depe

nden

tly, a

nd r

ead

mo

re o

fte

n th

an b

oys.

M

oth

ers

we

re t

he

pare

nt/c

arer

mo

st in

volv

ed in

th

e lit

era

cy d

eve

lop

me

nt o

f th

e ch

ildre

n in

th

e h

om

e. T

he

data

als

o in

dica

ted

that

tim

e w

as a

sig

nific

ant f

acto

r in

pa

rent

s’/c

are

rs’ c

om

me

nts

ab

ou

t ass

istin

g th

eir

child

ren

with

rea

ding

. F

or

exam

ple

one

pare

nt/c

arer

w

rote

: ‘I

be

lieve

it is

imp

ort

ant.

How

eve

r it

do

esn

’t g

et d

on

e ev

ery

nig

ht.’

An

oth

er

said

: ‘I t

ry w

he

n I

can.

’ Ide

as

for

imp

rove

me

nt w

ere

su

gg

est

ed.

It w

as

ad

voca

ted

de

sig

nin

g e

ach

RA

P w

ith m

ore

se

lf-co

rre

ctin

g ac

tiviti

es

and

gam

es,

thu

s le

sse

nin

g p

are

nt/c

are

r su

pe

rvis

ion

an

d in

terv

ent

ion.

It w

as

als

o n

ote

d th

at s

om

e of

th

e R

AP

co

mp

on

ent

s co

uld

be

aug

me

nte

d to

allo

w t

he

m to

ap

pe

al m

ore

str

on

gly

to

boy

s’ u

niq

ue

lite

rary

pre

fere

nce

s a

nd

ne

ed

s.

With

th

e in

corp

ora

tion

of t

he

se c

han

ge

s in

to t

he

RA

P p

rog

ram

, its

dev

elo

pe

rs b

elie

ve it

will

ass

ist

pa

rent

s/ca

rers

in p

rovi

din

g th

eir

child

ren

with

a

rich

er

ho

me

lite

racy

env

iro

nm

ent

. Ho

pef

ully

th

e pr

og

ram

will

be

anot

her

forw

ard

step

in t

he

lite

racy

jo

urn

ey o

f chi

ldre

n, in

be

com

ing

com

pet

ent

, in

depe

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log

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at

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fte

n s

ee

n a

s a

fin

an

cia

l dra

in o

n s

ch

oo

ls.

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of

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‘bla

ck

ho

le’ a

sp

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t o

f c

om

pu

tin

g

co

sts

is

co

mm

on

.

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we

en

the

hyp

e o

n o

ne

han

d an

d th

e lim

its o

f ap

ply

ing

tech

no

log

y to

lea

rnin

g o

n th

e ot

he

r, th

e re

al

po

int i

n qu

est

ion,

mo

re c

om

mo

nly

is ‘T

o w

hat d

o I

allo

cate

my

few

re

sou

rce

s?’

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e of

th

e m

ore

re

cent

dev

elo

pm

ent

s h

as

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tha

t of t

he

fully

inte

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ive

digi

tal w

hite

boa

rd.

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mm

on

ly r

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Inte

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teb

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Bs)

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pie

ces

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quip

me

nt a

re b

ein

g in

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ciat

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for

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ty a

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rnin

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nh

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cem

ent

pot

ent

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teb

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alla

tion

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of a

larg

e fo

rmat

, to

uch

-se

nsiti

ve b

oa

rd

(ge

ne

rally

aro

und

1 x

1.5

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nne

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a

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or

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d a

com

pu

ter.

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te,

inst

alle

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stem

co

sts

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sro

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h a

syst

em

allo

ws

the

disp

lay

and

man

ipul

atio

n of

a v

ari

ety

of in

tera

ctiv

e m

ultim

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on

a la

rge

-sca

le d

ispl

ay, u

sing

fam

iliar

d

esk

top

layo

ut c

ont

rols

. De

spite

th

e co

st, w

hat

use

rs

have

foun

d is

th

at a

ddi

ng

an I

WB

to t

he

clas

sro

om

e

nvir

on

me

nt g

en

era

tes

exci

tem

ent

, in

cre

ase

s th

e e

ng

ag

em

ent

of b

oth

lea

rne

r a

nd

tea

che

r, a

nd

en

ge

nd

ers

ch

an

ge.

Th

e p

roce

ss is

alm

ost

org

an

ic.

Thi

s ar

ticle

de

scri

be

s an

d co

mm

ent

s o

n th

e IW

B

imp

lem

ent

atio

n p

roce

ss in

so

me

‘ca

se s

tud

y’

sch

oo

ls.

How

did

it s

tart

?In

itial

inve

stig

atio

n id

entifi

ed

seve

ral s

ites,

in

Aus

tral

ia a

nd o

vers

eas,

as

alre

ady

havi

ng in

tera

ctiv

e

whi

teb

oa

rd p

olic

ies.

In

the

pre

sent

cas

e st

udi

es,

co

ordi

natio

n an

d di

rect

ion

of in

tegr

atin

g th

e IW

Bs

into

th

e le

arn

ing

env

iro

nme

nt o

f th

e se

lect

ed

sch

oo

ls

was

pro

vid

ed

by a

n IW

BN

et r

ep

rese

ntat

ive

with

as

sist

ance

fro

m a

n ac

adem

ic a

dvis

or/

anal

yst.

Bot

h in

div

idu

als

cha

ire

d si

te m

eet

ings

hel

d in

sch

ool

s.

Muc

h of

th

e ex

pe

rie

nce

refle

cte

d in

th

e cu

rre

nt

stu

dy

is b

ase

d a

rou

nd

bo

ard

s d

eve

lop

ed

by

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ivB

oard

, SM

AR

T T

ech

nolo

gie

s an

d P

rom

ethe

an.

Whi

le t

he

inve

stig

atio

n co

nce

ntra

ted

on

the

effe

ct

of I

WB

tak

e-u

p in

th

e w

ide

r te

achi

ng

and

lea

rnin

g co

ntex

t, it

is o

fte

n di

fficu

lt to

iso

late

indi

vidu

al f

acto

rs

cont

ribu

ting

to a

ltere

d le

arni

ng p

atte

rns.

To

assi

st

with

thi

s a

spe

ct, r

esp

on

din

g sc

ho

ols

we

re s

ele

cte

d fo

r a

wh

ole

-sch

oo

l tak

e-u

p of

th

e n

ew te

chn

olo

gy.

R

ath

er

tha

n lo

ok

at im

ple

me

ntat

ion

s w

he

re o

nly

a

min

ori

ty o

f te

achi

ng

are

as w

ere

to r

ece

ive

IWB

s,

we

cho

se to

fo

cus

on

sch

oo

ls w

ho

se in

tent

ion

was

to

hav

e th

e e

quip

me

nt in

eve

ry te

achi

ng

spac

e, b

ut

on

es

wh

ich

did

not

ne

cess

ari

ly c

om

me

nce

th

eir

im

ple

me

ntat

ions

with

a s

pe

cific

aim

to ‘r

e-e

quip

’ th

e sc

ho

ol.

A t

radi

tiona

l ‘b

efo

re a

nd

afte

r’ c

om

pari

son

pro

vid

ed

a fr

am

ewo

rk f

or

eva

luat

ion.

T

hus

the

focu

s of

th

e p

roje

ct w

as o

n sc

ho

ols

tha

t w

ere

will

ing

to c

ons

ider

th

e p

ote

ntia

l te

achi

ng a

nd

lea

rnin

g va

lue

of I

WB

s an

d p

repa

red

to im

ple

me

nt a

w

ide

-sca

le a

pp

licat

ion

of t

he

tech

no

log

y.

Wha

t ha

pp

ened

? W

hat

did

we

dis

cove

r?Le

ader

ship

All

scho

ols

invo

lved

, thu

s fa

r, ty

pica

lly in

clud

ed

sch

oo

l ad

min

istr

atio

ns

that

we

re c

om

mitt

ed

to ‘t

ry

ou

t’ IW

B im

ple

me

ntat

ion

an

d d

evot

e th

e n

ece

ssa

ry

reso

urce

s to

it.

We

cont

en

d th

at s

tro

ng

lea

de

rsh

ip is

cri

tica

l fo

r a

succ

ess

ful I

WB

‘ta

keof

f’. I

t ne

eds

to b

e sc

ho

ol-

wid

e a

nd

defin

itive

. Els

ewh

ere

we

cont

en

d:

Un

less

it is

pat

ent

ly o

bvio

us

the

sch

oo

l le

ad

ers

hip

is

wh

ole

-he

art

ed

ly b

eh

ind

the

wis

e u

se o

f IC

T in

all

face

ts o

f te

ach

ing

an

d le

arn

ing

, an

d h

as

very

hig

h ex

pe

ctat

ion

s of

th

e te

chn

olo

gy,

th

e st

rate

gy

ha

s lit

tle c

ha

nce

of s

ucc

ess

.1

Imp

lem

entin

g in

tera

ctiv

e w

hite

bo

ard

s: W

hat

can

we

lear

n?A

rthu

r W

inze

nrie

dA

sso

ciat

e D

irect

or—

Cur

ricu

lum

, Ad

vent

ist

Sch

oo

ls A

ustr

alia

, Mel

bo

urne

, Vic

.M

al L

eeD

irec

tor,

IWB

net,

Can

ber

ra, A

CT

In a

ll th

e ca

se s

tudy

sch

oo

ls, t

he

pri

ncip

al p

laye

d a

key

role

in f

acili

tatin

g th

e w

ho

le-s

cho

ol a

cce

pta

nce

of

IW

Bs.

Th

e na

ture

of t

he

role

pla

yed,

an

d th

e le

ader

ship

sty

le a

dopt

ed

diff

ered

, but

in a

ll in

stan

ces

the

prin

cipa

l pla

yed

a le

adin

g ro

le in

se

ein

g th

rou

gh

the

imp

lem

ent

atio

n p

rog

ram

.

Pro

ject

man

agem

ent

A le

ad

ers

hip

sty

le o

f dev

olv

ed

resp

on

sib

ility

id

ent

ified

an

activ

e an

d re

spec

ted

teac

her

wh

o ha

d st

aff s

upp

ort

, acq

uire

d so

me

exp

eri

enc

e w

ith I

WB

s,

and

disp

laye

d vi

sio

nary

cap

aciti

es.

Th

ese

‘pro

ject

m

anag

ers’

we

re t

hen

pro

vide

d w

ith b

ack-

up, a

nd in

so

me

case

s th

e tim

e to

lead

th

e p

roje

ct, e

nthu

se

teac

he

rs, d

em

ons

trat

e p

oss

ibili

ties

and

dev

elo

p re

sou

rce

s.E

very

sch

oo

l se

lect

ed

a p

roje

ct m

an

ag

er

wh

o w

as a

‘do

er’,

a d

rivi

ng

forc

e, w

ho

coo

rdin

ate

d th

e ev

ery

day

imp

lem

ent

atio

n of

th

e IW

B t

ake

-up;

at t

he

sam

e tim

e e

ng

en

de

rin

g e

nth

usi

asm

an

d p

oin

ting

out

re

sour

ces

(pe

op

le o

r m

ate

ria

ls)

that

wo

uld

be

he

lpfu

l. T

he

ir b

rief

oft

en

incl

ud

ed

an a

spe

ct

of ‘r

ese

arc

h’ r

eg

ard

ing

IWB

use

an

d im

pro

ved

pe

dag

og

y. S

om

e pa

rtic

ipat

ing

sch

oo

ls s

plit

th

eir

co

-or

dina

tion

role

tw

o w

ays,

app

oin

ting

an e

-lea

rnin

g le

ad

er

fro

m a

mo

ng

the

ir s

taff

and

th

en fo

llow

ing

with

th

e ap

po

intm

ent o

f an

e-t

eac

hing

lead

er.

In e

very

sch

ool

, ind

ivid

uals

gui

ding

the

inno

vatio

n w

ork

ed c

lose

ly w

ith t

he

prin

cipa

l and

, in

mo

st c

ases

, w

ere

giv

en

enc

our

ag

em

ent

an

d su

pp

ort

in t

akin

g ch

arg

e of

th

e ch

ang

e p

roce

ss. A

ll of

th

e p

rog

ram

co

ord

inat

ors

he

ld a

po

sitio

n of

re

spo

nsi

bili

ty w

ithin

th

e sc

ho

ol (

mo

stly

at t

he

de

put

y p

rinc

ipa

l lev

el).

T

ho

se s

ele

cte

d di

spla

yed

chan

ge m

anag

emen

t ski

lls

and

all w

ere

inte

rest

ed in

usi

ng t

he

IWB

s to

enh

ance

te

achi

ng a

nd le

arni

ng. A

pp

oin

ting

effe

ctiv

e co

-co

ord

inat

ors

led

to t

he

rap

id im

ple

me

ntat

ion

of t

he

IWB

s, w

hile

ach

ievi

ng s

ucce

ssfu

l im

plem

enta

tion,

in

part

, was

exp

lain

ed

by te

am b

uild

ing

effo

rts;

uni

ty o

f p

urp

ose

thu

s b

eca

me

an im

po

rtan

t fac

tor.

Max

imum

tak

e-up

With

fun

ds to

acq

uire

a c

ritic

al m

ass

of I

WB

s, a

nd

exp

ert

ise

an

d sc

ho

ol l

ea

de

rsh

ip to

mo

unt

a w

ho

le-

sch

oo

l im

ple

me

ntat

ion,

it w

as p

oss

ible

to a

do

pt a

st

ruct

ure

d im

ple

me

ntat

ion

pro

gra

m a

nd

ach

ieve

hig

h te

ach

er

invo

lve

me

nt.

Sch

oo

ls s

tart

ing

with

out

th

e fu

nds

or

IWB

ex

pe

rtis

e w

ere

stil

l ab

le to

ach

ieve

ful

l te

ach

er

ICT

us

age

with

in a

rel

ativ

ely

qui

ck t

ime.

But

, inv

ari

ably

, th

ey c

om

me

nce

d w

ith le

ss c

lari

ty o

f pur

po

se

and

ne

ed

ed

to a

cqui

re f

unds

an

d sh

ape

the

ir

imp

lem

ent

atio

n p

rog

ram

‘on

the

run’

. In

sch

oo

ls

wh

ere

th

ere

was

an

atte

mpt

to m

ove

fro

m p

ape

r-ba

sed

op

era

tions

to a

dig

ital o

pe

ratin

g e

nvir

onm

ent

, IW

Bs

we

re a

ssum

ed

or

exp

ect

ed

to a

ssis

t in

this

tr

ansi

tion.

An

ecdo

tal d

ata

colle

cte

d su

gges

t th

at

IWB

s m

ay p

lay

a pa

rt in

red

ucin

g ph

oto

copy

ing

cost

s. Mo

st s

cho

ols

th

at s

hift

ed

to f

ull I

WB

im

plem

enta

tion

succ

eede

d in

co

nvin

cing

sta

ff to

tak

e th

e te

chn

olo

gy

inn

ovat

ion

‘on

bo

ard

’ in

a re

lativ

ely

sh

ort

tim

e. B

y th

e cl

ose

of t

he

thir

d ye

ar,

all s

taff

w

ere

usi

ng

the

bo

ard

s. O

ne

pub

lic p

rim

ary

sch

oo

l w

ith a

pp

roxi

mat

ely

40

0 st

ud

ent

s, a

nd

the

initi

al f

unds

an

d ex

pe

rtis

e, a

chie

ved

full

staf

f tak

e-u

p in

onl

y fo

ur

mo

nth

s, w

hile

a s

eco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l of 7

00

stu

de

nts

achi

eved

it in

eig

hte

en m

ont

hs.

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et a

not

he

r sc

ho

ol,

IWB

s w

ere

in n

orm

al

use

in e

very

cla

ssro

om

with

in 1

0 m

ont

hs o

f co

mm

enc

em

ent

of i

mp

lem

ent

atio

n; a

fac

t not

ed

and

com

me

nte

d o

n in

an

insp

ect

ion

rep

ort

. In

on

e sc

ho

ol w

he

re t

he

imp

lem

ent

atio

n w

as s

till ‘

a w

ork

in

pro

gre

ss’,

mo

re te

ach

ers

we

re u

sin

g th

e te

chn

olo

gy

an

d p

are

nts

we

re r

eq

ue

stin

g th

at t

he

ir ch

ildre

n be

incl

uded

in c

lass

es

usin

g IW

Bs;

an

inte

rest

ing

ou

tco

me.

Cla

ssro

om

ben

efits

Th

e te

chn

olo

gy’

s e

duca

tiona

l be

nefit

s ar

e en

hanc

ed

wh

en

cle

ar

exp

ect

atio

ns a

re o

utlin

ed r

egar

ding

its

usa

ge

on

a da

ily b

asis

, in

an in

teg

rate

d w

ay. B

oa

rds,

in

all

of t

he

sch

oo

ls s

am

ple

d, w

ere

use

d a

s a

pa

rt

of e

very

day

teac

hin

g an

d n

ot a

s le

sso

n o

r ta

sk

spe

cific

ite

ms.

Thi

s w

as in

lin

e w

ith r

ele

vant

re

sea

rch

findi

ng

s.2

Thu

s IW

Bs

are

exp

ect

ed

to b

e an

inte

gra

l pa

rt o

f cur

ricu

lum

de

live

ry a

t all

time

s. F

urth

er,

the

tech

no

log

y is

se

en

as b

ein

g ut

ilise

d by

sta

ff a

nd

stu

de

nts,

with

ne

ithe

r g

rou

p do

min

atin

g th

e us

age.

Tw

o sc

hool

s in

volv

ed p

aren

ts a

s w

ell

as t

he

staf

f and

st

ud

ent

s in

th

eir

wh

iteb

oa

rd r

ollo

ut;

th

e te

chn

olo

gy

was

cle

arly

re

gard

ed a

s an

imp

ort

ant a

spec

t of

the

wh

ole

lea

rnin

g p

roce

ss a

nd n

ot a

s an

end

in

itse

lf. T

he

se o

bse

rvat

ion

s ‘e

cho’

fin

din

gs

by a

stu

dy

in K

ent

(U

K)

sch

oo

ls. T

he

re, I

WB

s w

ere

use

d to

su

pp

ort

less

on

s ac

ross

th

e cu

rric

ulu

m a

nd

de

live

red

a va

riet

y o

f le

arn

ing

be

nefit

s in

th

e cl

assr

oo

m. I

t was

sh

own: T

hey

pro

vid

e, e

lect

roni

cally

, all

the

fam

ilia

r •

feat

ure

s of

a t

radi

tiona

l cla

ssro

om

cha

lkb

oa

rd

or r

olle

r w

hite

boar

d.

Wh

erea

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

pup

ils t

hat

can

pra

ctic

ably

be

acco

mm

oda

ted

aro

und

a st

anda

rd c

om

put

er

set-

up is

lim

ited,

wh

ole

cl

asse

s m

ay c

om

fort

ably

pa

rtic

ipat

e in

w

hite

bo

ard

pre

sent

atio

ns.

Le

sso

ns c

an b

e e

nhan

ced

by e

asily

inte

gra

ting

• vi

deo,

ani

mat

ion,

gra

phic

s, te

xt a

nd

audi

o w

ith

the

tea

che

r’s s

po

ken

pre

sent

atio

n.

It is

po

ssib

le to

hig

hlig

ht a

nd

ann

otat

e ke

y •

po

ints

, usi

ng

the

ma

rke

r p

ens

. Any

thin

g o

n th

e sc

ree

n ca

n b

e sa

ved

as a

‘sna

psh

ot’,

mak

ing

it e

asy

to r

evie

w a

nd

sum

ma

rise

key

teac

hin

g p

oin

ts.

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al

inte

ract

ive

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iteb

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allo

ws

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dis

pla

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d

man

ipu

lati

on

of

inte

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mu

ltim

edia

Th

e sc

reen

ca

n b

e sa

ved

as

a ‘s

nap

sho

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mak

ing

it

eas

y to

re

view

an

d

sum

mar

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ints

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ssio

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Mat

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fro

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incl

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of t

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ea

rly

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stra

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wh

ole

-sch

oo

l ap

plic

atio

ns

of w

hite

bo

ard

te

chn

olo

gy,

re

sea

rch

ers

su

mm

ari

sed

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din

gs

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on

e sc

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s fo

llow

s:

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tw

o ye

ars

it h

as

ach

ieve

d so

met

hin

g th

at

few

oth

er

sch

oo

ls h

ave

do

ne.

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he

AC

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cho

ol]

ha

s su

cce

ssfu

lly in

teg

rate

d a

pe

da

go

gic

ally

d

iffe

rent

use

of I

CT

in e

very

fa

cet o

f ed

uca

tion

fro

m

Kin

de

rga

rte

n to

Ye

ar

6. I

t ha

s ev

ery

sta

ff m

em

be

r w

ant

ing

to u

se t

he

stra

teg

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nd

als

o ca

use

d th

e p

are

nts

to e

mb

race

an

d a

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gy.

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as

be

en

inte

gra

tion,

in p

art

icu

lar

inte

gra

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into

th

e ‘w

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bo

ard

’ de

plo

yme

nt a

h

ost

of e

du

catio

na

l an

d a

dm

inis

tra

tive

act

iviti

es,

w

hile

lin

kin

g th

e w

hite

bo

ard

initi

ativ

e w

ith a

ra

ng

e o

f oth

er

wh

ole

-sch

oo

l stu

de

nt d

eve

lop

me

nt a

nd

tea

chin

g p

rog

ram

s. I

t ha

s a

chie

ved

all

this

with

no

exte

rna

l ass

ista

nce

, an

d w

ith n

o ch

art

s to

sh

ow

th

e w

ay.

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e p

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ntia

l im

plic

atio

ns

of t

his

dev

elo

pm

ent

fo

r A

CT

sch

oo

ling

are

pro

fou

nd.

[T

he

sch

oo

l] w

ou

ld

be

the fir

st to

say

th

e im

pa

ct o

f th

e st

rate

gy

ne

ed

s to

be

bet

ter

eva

luat

ed,

bu

t wh

en

the

resp

on

se f

rom

th

e ch

ildre

n, t

he

pa

rent

s a

nd

the

sta

ff is

so

po

sitiv

e a

nd

wh

en

the

sma

ll st

aff

is s

o p

reo

ccu

pie

d w

ith

acq

uir

ing

an

d m

aki

ng

the

mo

st o

f th

e te

chn

olo

gy,

th

e sc

ho

ol h

as

little

tim

e its

elf

to d

evot

e to

re

sea

rch.

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At o

ne

sch

oo

l in

NS

W, t

eac

he

rs r

ep

ort

ed

defin

ite

chan

ges

in te

achi

ng a

ppro

ach

es,

with

less

tim

e pr

epar

ing

spec

tacu

lar fil

es

and

mo

re t

ime

wo

rkin

g w

ith s

tud

ent

s. S

om

e sa

id t

hey

felt

the

ir te

achi

ng

was

‘r

evita

lise

d’.

Wha

t d

id w

e co

nclu

de?

Two

cle

ar

an

d co

mp

elli

ng

con

clu

sio

ns

may

be

draw

n fr

om

our

fin

din

gs.

In

the fir

st in

stan

ce,

stro

ng

adm

inis

trat

ive

sup

po

rt t

hat

inco

rpo

rate

s a

de

leg

ate

d re

spo

nsib

ility

will

ens

ure

rap

id a

nd

effe

ctiv

e te

chno

logi

cal c

hang

e, p

artic

ular

ly r

elat

ive

to in

tera

ctiv

e w

hite

boa

rd t

ake

-off

. S

eco

ndly

, IW

Bs

as a

tech

nolo

gy a

re h

ighl

y su

ited

to c

lass

roo

m p

ract

ice.

Th

ey h

ave

the

pot

ent

ial t

o e

nco

ura

ge

ad

opt

ion

of, a

nd

confi

denc

e in

, way

s th

at o

the

r ex

istin

g te

chn

olo

gie

s d

on’

t ea

sily

mat

ch.

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on

d th

at, t

hey

off

er

som

e re

al a

dvan

tag

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to

cla

ssro

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dev

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g a

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he

r le

vel o

f le

arn

ing

ge

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rally

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cre

ase

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ng

ag

em

ent

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orat

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umm

ary

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s o

ur o

pin

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IW

Bs

app

lied

purp

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fully

and

str

ate

gica

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ake

a si

gnifi

cant

co

ntri

bu

tion

to u

tilis

ing

tech

nolo

gy fo

r st

imul

atin

g,

effe

ctiv

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ach

ing

an

d le

arn

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in s

cho

ols

. T

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pu

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xfo

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pu

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bo

rato

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Oxf

ord

Un

ive

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mith

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20

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ha

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pro

fes

sio

na

ls c

an

ta

ke o

n a

ro

le s

imil

ar

to a

Tro

jan

ho

rse

tha

t g

ets

th

e C

hu

rch

’s m

es

sa

ge

to p

lac

es

oth

erw

ise

no

t a

cc

es

sib

le t

o i

t. T

his

is

no

t a

Tro

jan

ho

rse

tha

t c

arr

ies

de

str

uc

tio

n i

n i

ts b

ell

y, b

ut

on

e w

ith

b

en

evo

len

t in

ten

t th

at

is u

nw

itti

ng

ly g

ran

ted

a

cc

es

s. N

ot

wit

ho

ut

som

e ju

sti

fic

ati

on

, th

e C

hu

rch

is

som

eti

me

s ve

ry r

es

tra

ine

d i

n i

ts

rec

og

nit

ion

of

tho

se

wh

o a

re h

igh

ly c

rea

tive

, a

nd

ca

uti

ou

s in

en

tru

sti

ng

th

em

wit

h c

arr

yin

g

ou

t it

s m

iss

ion

. Ho

wev

er,

so

me

exa

mp

les

wil

l sh

ow

th

e p

ote

nti

al o

f p

rofe

ss

ion

als

wh

o a

re

co

mm

itte

d t

o t

he

Ch

urc

h a

nd

wo

rkin

g i

n s

ec

ula

r s

ett

ing

s, t

o t

ran

sm

it i

ts v

alu

es

. A c

as

e s

tud

y w

ill

de

mo

ns

tra

te t

ha

t th

e ‘b

en

evo

len

t Tr

oja

n h

ors

e’

mo

de

l ca

n b

e h

elp

ful i

n a

tte

mp

tin

g t

o i

nte

gra

te

the

sa

cre

d a

nd

se

cu

lar

in d

ail

y p

rac

tic

e.

The

Chu

rch

and

cre

ativ

e p

rofe

ssio

nals

Th

e S

eve

nth

-day

Adv

ent

ist C

hurc

h h

as a

lon

g h

isto

ry o

f pri

vile

gin

g ce

rta

in p

rofe

ssio

ns.

Th

e w

ork

of

pas

tors

, mis

sio

nari

es,

eva

ng

elis

ts, t

eac

he

rs,

adm

inis

trat

ors

, do

cto

rs, n

urse

s, e

ven

me

dia

pro

du

cers

, pu

blis

he

rs a

nd

mu

sici

an

s is

ro

utin

ely

ce

leb

rate

d in

Adv

ent

ist l

itera

ture

. Th

ese

pro

fess

ions

te

nd

to d

efin

e th

e sh

ape

of t

he

Chu

rch.

Th

e C

hurc

h, h

owev

er,

do

es

not

fin

d it

eas

y to

ac

clai

m o

r pa

tro

nise

th

e w

ork

of o

the

r cr

eat

ive

pro

fess

ion

als

. Wh

ere

are

th

e g

reat

sym

ph

on

ies

com

mis

sio

ne

d by

th

e C

hurc

h to

ce

leb

rate

sig

nific

ant

eve

nts?

How

man

y ac

clai

me

d w

ork

s of

Adv

ent

ist a

rt

or

scul

ptur

e a

re to

be

foun

d in

th

e g

reat

ga

lleri

es

of

the

wo

rld?

Th

e nu

mb

er

of s

eri

ous

aw

ard

-win

nin

g,

lead

ing

-edg

e w

orks

of A

dve

ntis

t arc

hite

ctur

e is

m

inis

cule

; no

ne

are

in t

he

text

s o

n a

rchi

tect

ure

. It

app

ea

rs t

hat

th

e C

hurc

h vi

ews

the

se a

ctiv

itie

s as

m

ere

ly s

ecu

lar

at b

est

, but

mo

re o

fte

n, g

ive

n th

e im

min

en

ce o

f th

e S

eco

nd

Ad

vent

, as

irre

spo

nsi

ble

di

vers

ions

of t

ime,

mo

ney

an

d ta

lent

s fr

om

its

core

b

usi

ne

ss.

Stu

de

nts

of A

dve

ntis

t his

tory

will

kn

ow o

f J. N

. Lo

ug

hb

oro

ug

h, a

pio

ne

eri

ng

Ad

vent

ist p

rea

che

r an

d ad

min

istr

ator

, but

few

will

hav

e st

udie

d th

e co

ntri

but

ion

to t

he

ea

rly

Chu

rch

of h

is b

roth

er

W. K

. Lo

ug

hbo

rou

gh,

an

Adv

ent

ist a

rchi

tect

wh

o p

ract

ise

d in

Bat

tle C

reek

and

late

r bu

ilt a

nd m

anag

ed P

acifi

c P

ress

in C

alif

orn

ia. L

ittle

is k

now

n of

Will

iam

Sis

ley,

pl

anne

r an

d ar

chite

ct o

f sev

era

l Adv

ent

ist c

olle

ge

s (U

nion

, Wa

lla W

alla

and

Ke

ene,

now

So

uthe

rn

Ad

vent

ist U

niv

ers

ity, i

n th

e U

SA

an

d A

von

da

le

Co

lleg

e in

Aus

tral

ia)

as w

ell

as

som

e si

gn

ifica

nt

build

ing

s in

Bat

tle C

ree

k, M

ichi

gan

. Sis

ley

was

a

clo

se c

onfid

ant o

f Elle

n G

. Whi

te; t

he

on

e to

wh

om

sh

e tu

rne

d to

ma

na

ge

he

r p

ub

lish

ing

bu

sin

ess

co

nce

rns

duri

ng

part

of h

er

seve

n-y

ea

r st

ay in

A

ustr

alia

.S

ea

rchi

ng

for

‘arc

hite

ctur

e’ in

th

e liv

e ve

rsio

n of

th

e A

dve

ntis

t ye

arb

oo

k p

rodu

ces

zero

re

sults

; th

e sa

me

sea

rch

in t

he

Adv

ent

ist D

ire

cto

ry a

chie

ves

ide

ntic

al r

esu

lts. A

se

arc

h fo

r ‘b

uild

ing’

is a

lso

rew

ard

ed

with

lim

ited

ent

rie

s. M

ost

of t

he

links

are

to

do

with

nam

es

of b

uild

ing

s o

r bu

ildin

g up

th

e C

hurc

h. O

nly

a fe

w a

re c

onc

ern

ed

with

th

e m

inis

try

of c

on

stru

ctin

g b

uild

ing

s, n

on

e w

ith d

esi

gn

ing

the

m

arch

itect

ural

ly. A

rchi

tect

s an

d ar

chite

ctur

e ar

e cl

ea

rly

not

in t

he

fore

gro

und

of A

dve

ntis

t thi

nkin

g;

they

ap

pe

ar

to h

ave

little

to c

ont

ribu

te to

th

e C

hu

rch’

s p

erc

eiv

ed

mis

sio

n. T

he

sam

e is

pro

ba

bly

tr

ue

of v

ari

ou

s ot

he

r cr

eat

ive

pro

fess

ion

als

. Mus

t th

is

be

so?

The

‘ben

evo

lent

Tro

jan

hors

e’T

he

follo

win

g ex

ampl

es il

lust

rate

th

e ab

ility

of

cre

ativ

e p

rofe

ssio

na

ls, l

ike

a b

en

evo

lent

Tro

jan

ho

rse,

to p

en

etra

te a

reas

tha

t wo

uld

oth

erw

ise

be im

pene

trab

le to

th

e C

hurc

h’s

me

ssa

ge

and

mes

seng

ers.

In e

ach

case

th

ose

conc

erne

d ha

d

A ‘b

enev

ole

nt T

roja

n ho

rse’

: Sac

red

va

lues

in a

sec

ular

set

ting

Dav

id S

taff

ord

Fel

low

, Ro

yal A

ustr

alia

n In

stitu

te o

f A

rchi

tect

s; H

ead

, Dis

cip

line

of

Arc

hite

ctur

e an

d D

eput

y H

ead

, Sch

oo

l of

Arc

hite

ctur

e an

d t

he B

uilt

Env

ironm

ent,

The

U

nive

rsity

of

New

cast

le, N

SW

nev

er

he

ard

of S

eve

nth

-day

Adv

ent

ists

an

d w

oul

d n

ot b

e ki

ndl

y di

spo

sed

to t

he

Chu

rch’

s n

orm

al

app

roac

he

s. H

owev

er,

they

we

re o

pe

n to

de

ep

dis

cuss

ion

on

relig

iou

s m

atte

rs w

ith a

pro

fess

ion

al

colle

ag

ue;

on

e w

ho

sha

red

with

th

em

th

e sa

me

cultu

ral a

nd c

reat

ive

conc

erns

.In

Lo

nd

on,

a s

eni

or

arch

itect

in o

ne

of t

he

wo

rld

’s

larg

est

pra

ctic

es

conf

ront

s a

youn

g, A

ustr

alia

n,

Sev

ent

h-d

ay A

dve

ntis

t arc

hite

ct. I

n th

e m

iddl

e of

an

op

en

-pla

n offic

e h

e d

em

ands

to k

now

if a

nd

why

th

e n

ew r

ecr

uit r

ea

lly b

elie

ves

in t

he

Bib

le, a

pe

rso

nal

Go

d, t

he

Sab

bath

an

d m

ore

. Th

e qu

est

ions

an

d a

nsw

ers

co

ntin

ue

for

som

e tim

e to

th

e a

mu

sem

ent

of

man

y, b

ut s

om

e refle

ct s

eri

ou

sly

on

wh

at t

hey

ha

ve h

ea

rd a

nd

cont

inu

e th

e co

nve

rsat

ion

pri

vate

ly.

As

win

ter

ap

pro

ach

es,

th

e yo

ung

arc

hite

ct, u

po

n re

que

stin

g p

erm

issi

on

to le

ave

wo

rk p

rio

r to

sun

set,

e

njoy

s a

n ex

ten

de

d di

scu

ssio

n o

n hi

s b

elie

fs a

nd

valu

es

with

th

e fo

und

er

of t

he fir

m.

In a

not

he

r in

stan

ce, t

he

seni

or

part

ne

r of

th

e in

tern

atio

nal fi

rm o

f arc

hite

cts

that

wo

n th

e d

esi

gn

com

pet

itio

n fo

r A

ustr

alia

’s N

ew P

arl

iam

ent

Ho

use,

w

ith s

om

e in

tere

st, c

on

sid

ers

th

e S

eve

nth

-day

A

dve

ntis

t arc

hite

ct’s

rea

son

s fo

r d

ecl

inin

g to

de

sig

n th

e M

em

be

rs’ B

ar.

A ‘b

enev

ole

nt T

roja

n ho

rse’

cas

e st

udy

Th

e p

oss

ibili

ties,

illu

stra

ted

by t

hes

e ex

ampl

es,

of e

xte

ndi

ng

the

Chu

rch’

s m

issi

on

in t

he

secu

lar

sett

ing

are

re

adily

ob

serv

ed

and

occ

asio

nally

ac

know

led

ge

d. H

owev

er,

they

ten

d to

be

inst

ance

s in

whi

ch t

he

pro

clam

atio

n or

def

ence

of b

elie

fs a

nd

valu

es

is c

arr

ied

out

in a

n ov

ert

fas

hio

n in

re

spo

nse

to a

d h

oc,

infr

eque

nt o

ppo

rtun

ities

. Pe

rhap

s th

e tr

ansm

issi

on

of v

alu

es

can

be

bet

ter

achi

eve

d th

rou

gh

a le

ss s

elf-

con

scio

us,

ge

ntle

r w

ay in

wh

ich

a re

ligio

us f

ram

ewor

k, in

clu

din

g p

ract

ice,

co

nce

pts

and

even

vo

cabu

lary

, is

seam

less

ly a

nd c

ont

inuo

usly

in

teg

rate

d w

ith e

very

day

secu

lar

activ

itie

s. W

hy

lock

up

the

pot

ent

ial r

ich

es

of s

pir

itua

l exp

eri

enc

e in

a s

acre

d-o

nly

box

? W

hy p

ige

onh

ole

th

e g

reat

est

id

eas

an

d th

em

es

in t

he

univ

ers

e fo

r o

ne

-day

pe

r w

ee

k us

e? W

hy n

ot r

out

ine

ly a

pp

ly in

telle

ctua

l an

d ex

pe

rie

ntia

l sp

iritu

al-

relig

ious

kn

owle

dge

to a

ll e

nd

eav

ou

rs, s

acre

d o

r se

cula

r?A

man

ifest

o p

roje

ct fo

r fin

al y

ear

arc

hite

ctur

e st

ud

ent

s w

ill s

erv

e to

illu

stra

te h

ow t

he

fram

es

that

defin

e se

cula

r a

nd

sacr

ed

can

be

me

rge

d o

r ov

erla

pped

to fa

cilit

ate

valu

es t

rans

mis

sion

and

di

scus

sio

n of

th

e b

elie

f sys

tem

tha

t sus

tain

s th

em

.In

the fir

st t

wo

yea

rs, s

tud

ent

s a

re g

ive

n th

e ba

sic

too

ls o

f de

sig

n. B

ut o

n re

achi

ng

thir

d ye

ar,

asp

ect

s of

th

e ro

les

of a

rchi

tect

s an

d th

eir

va

lue

s sy

ste

ms

or e

thic

al s

tanc

es

are

intr

odu

ced

in t

he

cont

ext o

f d

esi

gni

ng.

Stu

de

nts

are

co

nfro

nte

d w

ith q

ue

stio

ns

such

as

‘wo

uld

you

be

pre

pare

d to

acc

ept

a lu

crat

ive

com

mis

sio

n to

de

sig

n a

bro

the

l, m

ayb

e a

casi

no

or

an e

xpe

nsiv

e h

ous

e fo

r a

know

n dr

ug

lord

?’ T

his

‘ha

rde

ns

up’

th

e d

iscu

ssio

ns

that

lin

k va

lue

s a

nd

arc

hite

ctu

ral d

esi

gn.

In

the

fou

rth

yea

r st

ud

ent

s n

ee

d to

re

sea

rch

the

po

sitio

ns

of le

adin

g ar

chite

cts

and

final

ly in

th

eir fif

th y

ea

r th

ey a

re r

eq

uir

ed

to w

rite

th

eir

ow

n m

an

ifest

o. I

n th

is p

roje

ct s

tud

ent

s m

ust

a

rtic

ulat

e a

com

pre

he

nsi

ve p

ers

on

al p

osi

tion

with

re

ga

rd to

th

e th

eo

ry a

nd

pra

ctic

e of

arc

hite

ctur

e;

it m

ust b

e su

pp

ort

ed

by a

va

lue

s sy

ste

m o

r et

hica

l st

ance

. It i

s tit

led

‘man

ifest

o’ b

eca

use

it is

ab

out

m

aki

ng

know

n o

r m

an

ifest

whi

le s

imul

tane

ous

ly

be

ing

det

aile

d a

nd

com

ple

te li

ke a

shi

p’s

man

ifest

. To

fost

er

a g

enu

ine

and

inte

nse

disc

ussi

on

of

valu

es,

th

e m

anife

sto

pro

ject

is n

ot a

sse

sse

d. T

he

valu

es

exp

ress

ed

in e

ach

man

ifest

o b

elo

ng

to t

he

ir

auth

ors

an

d ca

nnot

be

gai

nsai

d. H

owev

er,

a nu

mb

er

of s

ess

ions

are

sch

edu

led

in w

hich

th

e g

roup

is

en

cour

ag

ed

to v

igo

rou

sly

test

indi

vidu

al p

osi

tions

.A

t th

e b

egi

nnin

g of

th

e p

roje

ct, t

he

cour

se

coo

rdin

ato

r m

ake

s a

pre

sent

atio

n of

a p

ers

ona

l m

anife

sto.

As

a w

ork

ing

mo

de

l fo

r st

ud

ent

s to

o

bse

rve,

it p

rovi

de

s a

n id

ea

l ve

hicl

e to

exp

lore

, w

ith a

cap

tive

audi

enc

e, t

he

inte

gra

tion

of s

acre

d va

lue

s w

ith t

he

secu

lar

pra

ctic

e of

arc

hite

ctur

e.

Stu

de

nts

are

can

didl

y in

form

ed

that

th

e m

anife

sto

is b

ase

d o

n a

po

sitio

n th

at h

as c

han

ge

d. I

nitia

lly it

w

as d

og

mat

ic, c

ha

ract

eri

sed

by c

ert

aint

y an

d an

in

telle

ctua

l app

roac

h to

a li

mite

d ra

ng

e of

co

nce

rns

and

by a

mas

ter/

serv

ant a

ttitu

de

to te

achi

ng

stu

de

nts

how

to d

o a

rchi

tect

ure.

How

eve

r th

e p

osi

tion

has

evo

lve

d a

nd

be

com

e n

on

-det

erm

inis

tic, n

on

-lin

ea

r, n

on

-re

du

ctiv

ist,

cha

ract

eri

sed

by in

clu

sivi

ty a

nd

lack

of c

ert

aint

y, m

ore

idio

sync

ratic

tha

n no

rmat

ive;

a

po

sitio

n th

at a

ckn

owle

dg

es

the

mut

ual b

en

efit

s in

th

e te

ach

er/

stu

de

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ma

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acts

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agin

atio

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high

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ory

ap

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we

ll-lo

ved

bo

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to a

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cau

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clo

se f

rie

nds

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ight

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inte

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in t

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m, o

r co

nsig

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to t

he

ga

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bin

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was

alw

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the

po

ssib

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of c

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ing

acro

ss o

ld ‘h

idd

en

tre

asur

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aft

er

havi

ng

sift

ed

thro

ug

h m

y o

ld ‘t

reas

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s’

I re

alis

ed

I’ve

chan

ge

d. M

y te

achi

ng

pra

ctic

es,

so

me

of m

y va

lue

s, a

nd

mo

st im

po

rtan

tly m

y vi

ew o

f our

‘li

ttle

pe

op

le’—

wh

o a

re y

et to

hav

e a

voic

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ud

en

ou

gh

to b

e h

ea

rd b

y th

e p

eo

ple

th

at m

atte

r—h

ave

chan

ged.

I ha

d m

ove

d to

a n

ew p

arad

igm

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he

ed

uca

tion

of c

hild

ren

in t

he

ir e

arl

y ch

ildh

oo

d ye

ars

has

alw

ays

be

en

my

ultim

ate

mis

sio

n in

life

, b

eca

use

the

ea

rly

yea

rs o

f a c

hild

are

so

imp

ort

ant.

E

arl

y ex

pe

rie

nce

s m

oul

d an

d sh

ape

the

child

m

ent

ally

, phy

sica

lly, s

oci

ally

an

d sp

iritu

ally

. I b

elie

ve

a ch

ild’s

pro

cess

ing

of t

he

ir ex

pe

rie

nce

s d

oe

s n

ot

ne

cess

ari

ly e

nd

with

th

e e

arl

y ch

ildh

oo

d ye

ars

, bu

t co

ntin

ue

s m

uch

lon

ge

r, an

d h

enc

e, influ

en

ces

pre

sent

an

d fu

ture

re

latio

nsh

ips.

At A

von

dale

Ea

rly

Lea

rnin

g C

ent

re, t

he

staf

f an

d I h

elp

th

e ch

ildre

n to

form

he

alth

y re

latio

nshi

ps

in a

wa

rm a

nd

frie

ndl

y e

nvir

onm

ent

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this

co

ntex

t w

e e

nco

ura

ge

the

child

ren

to c

om

mun

icat

e an

d ex

pre

ss t

he

ir f

ee

ling

s in

app

ropr

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way

s an

d th

us

curt

ail

fee

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s th

at s

om

etim

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giv

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se to

‘dis

tort

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eh

avio

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fee

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ustr

atio

n, h

urt,

in

just

ice,

fear

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isol

atio

n—

ofte

n tr

igg

er

ang

er

and

he

nce

are

dis

pla

yed

thro

ug

h ce

rtai

n b

eh

avio

urs.

As

a C

hris

tian

earl

y ch

ildho

od

educ

ator

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ave

the

pri

vile

ge

of f

acili

tatin

g a

ge

app

rop

riat

e p

lay

that

ass

ists

with

dev

elo

pin

g p

osi

tive

out

com

es

for

child

ren.

Th

e ke

y fe

atur

es a

re t

he

expa

nsio

n o

f chi

ldre

n’s

cog

niti

ve p

roce

sse

s an

d la

ngua

ge

dev

elo

pm

ent

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child

ren

acq

uir

e co

mm

un

icat

ion

skill

s th

ey a

lso

lea

rn t

o us

e la

ngua

ge to

adj

ust t

hei

r so

cia

l be

hav

iou

r; d

eve

lop

ing

gre

ate

r co

nfid

en

ce

and

a se

nse

of s

ecu

rity

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ldre

n g

row

an

d d

eve

lop

to t

he

ir fu

ll p

ote

ntia

l wh

en

they

fee

l saf

e w

ithin

th

eir

env

iro

nme

nt a

nd,

mo

re s

o, w

he

n th

ey t

rust

th

e p

eo

ple

with

in it

. Fur

the

rmo

re, w

he

n yo

ung

child

ren

are

pro

vid

ed

with

th

e o

pp

ort

unity

of d

eve

lop

ing

a nu

mb

er

of s

urvi

val s

kills

an

d st

rate

gie

s th

at w

ork

in

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ir in

tera

ctio

ns w

ith p

ee

rs, t

he

se s

kills

be

com

e au

tom

atic

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dua

lly, w

ith e

nco

ura

ge

me

nt f

rom

p

are

nts

an

d te

ach

ers

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ldre

n id

ent

ify a

nd

own

the

m a

s th

eir

str

en

gth

s, a

nd

mo

re s

o, t

hey

be

com

e pa

rt o

f th

eir

‘se

lf’. I

de

ntify

ing

on

e’s

‘se

lf’ a

llow

s ch

ildre

n to

de

rive

me

anin

g fr

om

th

eir

situ

atio

n. T

his

furt

he

r e

nab

les

the

m to

mak

e an

d ex

plo

re o

the

r co

nne

ctio

ns a

nd

rela

tions

hip

s.C

hild

ren

in t

he

ir e

arl

y ch

ildh

oo

d ye

ars

lea

rn

with

out

text

bo

oks

; th

ey le

arn

thr

ou

gh

ob

serv

ing

and

pra

ctis

ing.

Our

cha

llen

ge

as

ed

uca

tors

is to

pro

vid

e th

e b

est

op

po

rtun

itie

s w

e ca

n fo

r th

e ch

ildre

n. O

n o

ccas

ions

, wh

en

in d

oub

t, w

e sh

are

our

th

ou

ght

s w

ith t

he

pare

nt/c

are

r an

d fe

llow

sta

ff m

em

be

rs. A

s w

e d

o th

is, w

e g

row

an

d g

ain

a b

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r un

de

rsta

ndi

ng

of o

urse

lve

s an

d th

e ch

ildre

n. C

ons

equ

ent

ly, w

e a

lso

mus

t be

ge

nuin

e an

d o

pe

n to

lea

rn. I

nd

ee

d,

lea

rnin

g n

ew u

nd

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tan

din

gs,

ski

lls a

nd

stra

teg

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ag

es

the

m to

wo

rk o

n th

e p

roje

ct a

t th

eir

ow

n pa

ce. T

hey

are

pro

vid

ed

with

re

sour

ces

to e

mba

rk

on

the

se p

roje

cts:

Int

ern

et w

eb

site

s, li

bra

ry t

ime,

b

oo

ks in

cla

ss, o

r ev

en

a sp

eci

al v

isito

r, w

ith t

he

exp

ect

atio

n th

at t

he

stu

den

ts, a

fte

r be

ing

give

n th

e ta

sk, w

ill m

ana

ge

it, u

nd

er

the

dire

ctio

n of

th

e te

ach

er.

All

the

curr

icul

um a

reas

and

out

com

es a

re

taug

ht, e

mpl

oyin

g an

inno

vativ

e an

d le

ss s

truc

ture

d

app

roac

h. T

he

teac

he

r cr

eat

es

rub

rics

for

eve

ry

out

com

e, s

o th

at s

tud

ent

s ar

e fa

mili

ar

with

th

e fr

am

ewo

rk in

wh

ich

to c

om

ple

te t

he

ir w

ork

. If t

hey

w

ant t

o ac

hiev

e an

A, t

he

stud

ents

kn

ow, a

t a g

lanc

e,

wha

t th

e as

sess

me

nt c

rite

ria

are

. If,

‘at t

he

en

d of

th

e da

y’, t

hey

onl

y re

ceiv

e a

D, t

he

teac

he

r ca

n ea

sily

indi

cate

whi

ch c

rite

ria

we

re m

et, a

nd w

hich

w

ere

not

. Thi

s, in

itse

lf, is

a h

ug

e in

cent

ive

for

the

stu

de

nts

to d

o w

ell.

Th

ey k

now

wh

at q

ualit

y co

ntro

ls

the

ir w

ork

mus

t pas

s to

re

ceiv

e th

e to

p m

ark

. In

this

le

arn

ing

env

iro

nm

ent

, stu

de

nts

hav

e co

nsi

de

rab

le

cont

rol o

ver

the

ass

ess

me

nt o

f le

arn

ing.

It i

s le

ss

de

pe

nd

ent

on

the

teac

he

r. T

his

teac

he

s st

ud

ent

s n

ot

onl

y to

ach

ieve

go

als

th

ey s

et fo

r th

em

selv

es,

but

a

lso

to t

ake

resp

ons

ibili

ty fo

r th

eir

lea

rnin

g. A

fur

the

r st

ep

in a

sse

ssm

ent

may

invo

lve

self

an

d/o

r p

ee

r a

sse

ssm

ent

.T

he

re a

re d

ays

wh

en

Gat

eway

stu

de

nts

are

so

imm

ers

ed

in t

he

ir le

arn

ing,

th

ey d

on’

t wan

t to

go

out

to

re

cess

. Th

e st

ud

ent

s ju

st w

ant t

o co

ntin

ue

with

th

eir

wo

rk. T

hey

’ll te

ll yo

u: ‘L

ea

rnin

g is

fun

.’S

tud

ent

s a

re a

lso

en

cour

ag

ed

to b

eco

me

invo

lve

d in

as

man

y co

mm

unity

pro

ject

s as

p

ract

icab

le to

nur

ture

not

onl

y th

eir

aca

de

mic

sid

e,

bu

t als

o to

dev

elo

p a

com

mu

nity

sp

irit.

It is

be

com

ing

com

mo

npla

ce n

ow to

se

e a

bus

load

of G

atew

ay

stu

de

nts

he

adin

g of

f to

the

loca

l re

serv

e to

sup

po

rt

the

coun

cil i

n tr

ee p

lant

ing

or p

ottin

g tu

be p

lant

s to

he

lp t

he

nurs

ery

. Th

ey a

lso

spe

nd

a lo

t of t

ime

thin

kin

g of

way

s to

be

autif

y o

ur s

cho

ol g

roun

ds

and

will

eve

n d

on

the

ir w

ork

clo

the

s an

d g

ard

eni

ng

glo

ves

for

a da

y, to

he

lp m

ove

chip

ba

rk in

th

e lo

cal

‘sch

oo

l fo

rest

.’A

t th

e e

nd

of t

he

ir G

atew

ay jo

urn

ey –

aft

er

the

stu

de

nts

have

sp

ent

up

to t

hre

e ye

ars

in t

he

clas

s,

I wo

uld

like

to s

ee

our

stu

de

nts

havi

ng

gro

wn

and

mat

ured

in t

hei

r ab

ility

to r

eas

on,

so

lve

pro

ble

ms,

an

d in

th

eir

inte

rest

in t

he

loca

l co

mm

unity

. F

urth

erm

ore

, I w

oul

d h

op

e th

at t

hey

had

lea

rne

d h

ow to

ach

ieve

th

eir

go

als

, an

d th

e va

lue

not

onl

y of

in

depe

nden

ce, b

ut a

lso

inte

r-de

pend

ence

.I e

nco

ura

ge

all

sch

oo

ls to

tri

al t

he

ir ow

n G

atew

ay

clas

s; fo

r te

ache

rs o

r pr

inci

pals

to g

o in

to t

he

clas

sro

om

eve

ry n

ow-a

nd

-th

en

to m

oni

tor

pro

gre

ss

and

ob

serv

e h

ow s

om

e st

ud

ent

s ca

n b

en

efit

fro

m a

di

ffe

rent

, bu

t ric

h le

arn

ing

env

iro

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ent

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kin

g

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oto

gra

phy

:

Ga

tew

ay]

12

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Th

e G

atew

ay

clas

s h

as b

een

des

ign

ed

to s

up

po

rt

stu

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ts b

y re

cog

nis

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th

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min

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dm

inis

trat

ion

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od

uctio

nT

he

ima

ge

is s

trik

ing

. A b

us

ine

ss

ma

n d

res

se

d

in h

is s

uit

is

sit

tin

g o

n a

wo

od

en

ch

air

th

at

ha

s b

ee

n p

lac

ed

on

th

e p

eb

ble

s ve

ry c

los

e to

th

e w

ate

r’s

ed

ge

. He

ha

s h

is l

eg

s c

ros

se

d,

ha

nd

s in

his

la

p, s

ho

uld

ers

ba

ck

an

d w

ith

a

n a

ir o

f a

uth

ori

ty h

e is

sta

rin

g o

ut

ac

ros

s th

e la

ke. I

n t

he

ba

ckg

rou

nd

on

e c

an

se

e th

e m

ou

nta

ins

on

th

e o

the

r s

ide

of

the

lake

, giv

ing

w

ay t

o t

he

exp

an

siv

e s

ky

ove

rhe

ad

. Wo

rds

hav

e b

ee

n o

verp

rin

ted

in

th

e s

ky

wh

ich

sim

ply

re

ad

, ‘N

ow

I in

ven

t in

ste

ad

of

Pre

dic

t. I

am

a

Vis

ion

ary

’. U

nd

ern

ea

th t

he

ima

ge

the

res

t o

f th

e a

dve

rtis

em

en

t b

eg

ins

by

pro

cla

imin

g, ‘

Th

e A

dva

nc

ed

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

Pro

gra

m—

Cre

ati

ng

In

no

vato

rs.’

If w

e w

ere

to o

bse

rve

the

activ

ity w

he

re o

ne

had

to s

ay t

he fir

st t

hin

g th

at c

om

es

to m

ind

wh

en

on

e h

ea

rs t

he

wo

rds

‘Inve

nt, V

isio

nary

an

d In

nov

ato

rs,’

we

coul

d al

mo

st g

uara

nte

e th

at t

he fir

st w

ord

wo

uld

not

be

‘man

ag

er;

’ ‘Le

ade

r’, p

oss

ibly

; but

‘Man

ag

er’,

ex

trem

ely

unl

ike

ly. L

eade

rsh

ip li

tera

ture

oft

en

go

es

to g

reat

len

gth

s to

att

em

pt to

diff

ere

ntia

te t

he

role

s an

d fu

nctio

ns o

f a le

ader

and

a m

anag

er. T

his

is

exac

tly w

hy t

he

adve

rtis

em

ent

de

scri

be

d ab

ove

(fro

m t

he

Ha

rva

rd B

usin

ess

Rev

iew

, Jan

uary

20

07,

p.11

) is

so

intr

igui

ng.

Thi

s ra

ise

s th

e qu

est

ion:

Wha

t exa

ctly

is t

he

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

lead

ersh

ip a

nd m

anag

emen

t?

Is it

imp

ort

ant t

o di

ffe

rent

iate

bet

we

en

the

two?

If

th

ere

is a

diff

ere

nce

, do

es

that

diff

ere

nce

tru

ly

affe

ct t

he

day-

to-d

ay w

ork

pla

ce (

Kot

term

an, 2

00

6)?

Or

is t

his

mu

ch li

ke t

he

‘is a

lea

de

r b

orn

or

ma

de

de

bate

’ whi

ch W

arr

en

Be

nnis

(19

96

, p.1

56)

lab

els

as

an

‘indu

lge

nt d

ive

rsio

n fr

om

th

e ur

ge

nt m

atte

r of

how

to b

est

dev

elo

p le

ade

rshi

p (a

nd

on

e co

uld

add,

man

agem

ent)

abi

lity’

? In

oth

er

wo

rds,

do

es

this

de

bate

sim

ply

dist

ract

lead

ers

and

man

ager

s fr

om

do

ing

wha

t th

ey n

ee

d to

do

mo

st?

Man

agin

g an

d le

adin

g!T

he

aim

of t

his

artic

le, fi

rst,

is to

bri

efly

out

line

the

diff

ere

nce

s, o

fte

n ci

ted

in li

tera

ture

, bet

we

en

lead

ersh

ip a

nd m

anag

emen

t, b

ecau

se a

s K

otte

rman

(20

06

, p.1

3) n

ote

s, ‘V

irtu

ally

all

org

anis

atio

ns .

. .

are

co

nce

rne

d ab

out

th

e di

ffer

ence

and

bel

ieve

it is

im

po

rtan

t’. W

e th

en lo

ok a

t th

e ro

les

of le

ader

ship

an

d m

anag

emen

t in

the

prac

tice

of a

dmin

istr

atio

n.Le

t us

retu

rn to

th

e di

stin

ctio

n b

etw

ee

n le

ader

ship

and

man

agem

ent.

How

eve

r, be

fore

one

g

ets

very

fa

r o

n th

is ‘j

our

ney

’, at

tem

ptin

g to

se

para

te

the

diff

ere

nce

s b

etw

ee

n le

ad

ers

an

d m

an

ag

ers

, o

ne

enc

oun

ters

a ‘s

pe

ed

hum

p’, a

nd

it is

pot

ent

ially

a

larg

e o

ne.

Thi

s hu

mp

has

to d

o w

ith t

he

very

d

efin

itio

n of

th

e tw

o te

rms.

Le

ade

rshi

p th

eo

rist

s ha

ve

po

inte

d o

ut o

n m

any

occ

asio

ns t

hat t

he

re a

re n

ea

rly

as m

any

defin

itio

ns fo

r le

ade

rshi

p as

att

em

pts

to

cha

ract

eri

se it

(K

otte

rman

, 20

06)

. Thi

s gi

ves

rise

to

pe

op

le li

ke W

arr

en

Be

nnis

sta

ting

that

‘le

ade

rshi

p is

b

oth

the

mo

st s

tudi

ed

and

leas

t un

de

rsto

od

top

ic in

a

ll of

so

cia

l sci

enc

e’ (

Be

nnis

, 19

89,

cite

d in

Kra

ntz,

19

90,

p.5

0).

Th

e di

lem

ma

the

n is

imm

edi

ate

ly a

ppa

rent

, if

the

re is

dis

ag

ree

me

nt in

the

defin

itio

ns,

how

the

n is

it

po

ssib

le to

fin

d a

gre

em

ent

on

wh

at d

istin

gu

ish

es

the

two?

Ad

de

d to

thi

s is

th

e fa

ct t

hat

th

e tw

o te

rms

are

so o

fte

n us

ed

inte

rch

ang

eab

ly in

th

e w

ork

pla

ce t

hat

an

y di

ffe

renc

es

that

may

exi

st h

ave

be

com

e b

lurr

ed.

It

is n

ot s

urp

risi

ng

the

n th

at G

ord

on

and

Yuk

l (2

00

4,

cite

d in

Kot

term

an, 2

00

6, p

.13)

de

cla

re, ‘

Th

e o

ng

oin

g d

eba

te a

s to

wh

eth

er

or

not

a c

lea

r di

stin

ctio

n ex

ists

be

twee

n le

ader

ship

and

man

agem

ent g

ener

ally

re

ma

ins

un

reso

lve

d.’

Yet

it is

pe

rhap

s in

att

em

ptin

g to

diff

ere

ntia

te

betw

een

lead

ers

and

man

ager

s th

at ir

onic

ally

we

can

als

o co

me

clo

ser

to u

nd

ers

tan

din

g th

e ro

le o

f th

ose

in le

ader

ship

po

sitio

ns. T

he

fram

ewor

k us

ed

in t

his

artic

le to

fur

ther

inve

stig

ate

this

diff

eren

ce is

to

exa

min

e th

e lit

era

ture

in te

rms

of le

ader

ship

and

m

anag

emen

t with

in t

he

dom

ains

of v

isio

n, c

han

ge

an

d p

eo

ple

.In

term

s of

vis

ion,

Be

nnis

an

d N

anus

in t

he

ir

bo

ok

Lead

ers

: Th

e st

rate

gie

s fo

r ta

kin

g ch

arg

e,

stat

e: ‘To

ma

na

ge’

me

an

s ‘to

bri

ng

ab

ou

t, to

acc

om

plis

h,

to h

ave

cha

rge

of o

r re

spo

nsi

bili

ty f

or,

to c

on

du

ct.’

‘Le

ad

ing’

is ‘i

nflu

en

cin

g, g

uid

ing

in d

ire

ctio

n,

cou

rse,

act

ion,

op

inio

n.’ T

he

dis

tinct

ion

is c

ritic

al.

Ma

na

ge

rs a

re p

eo

ple

wh

o d

o th

ing

s ri

ght

an

d le

ad

ers

are

pe

op

le w

ho

do

the

rig

ht t

hin

g. T

he

diff

ere

nce

may

be

sum

ma

rise

d a

s a

ctiv

itie

s of

vi

sio

n a

nd

jud

ge

me

nt—

effe

ctiv

en

ess

ve

rsu

s a

ctiv

itie

s o

f ma

ste

rin

g ro

utin

es—

effic

ien

cy (

Be

nn

is

an

d N

an

us,

19

85

, p.2

1).

Ma

xwe

ll (1

99

3, p

.iv),

say

s ‘M

ana

ge

me

nt is

th

e p

roce

ss o

f ass

uri

ng

that

th

e p

rog

ram

an

d o

bje

ctiv

es

of t

he

org

an

isat

ion

are

imp

lem

ent

ed.

Le

ad

ers

hip

, o

n th

e ot

he

r ha

nd,

has

to d

o w

ith c

astin

g vi

sio

n an

d m

otiv

atin

g p

eo

ple

.’ K

otte

r (1

99

0, p

.10

4) e

xpan

ds

on t

his

by a

rgui

ng t

hat

‘man

ager

s en

sure

pla

n ac

com

plis

hme

nt b

y co

ntro

lling

and

pro

ble

m s

olv

ing,

b

ut f

or

lea

de

rsh

ip a

chie

vin

g a

visi

on

requ

ire

s m

otiv

atin

g an

d in

spir

ing

peop

le’.

It is

cla

ime

d th

at

lead

ers

‘cha

se v

isio

n’, w

hile

man

ager

s ‘c

hase

goa

ls’

(Bo

om

er,

20

07).

Or

in t

he

wo

rds

of B

enn

is, ‘

Th

e m

ana

ge

r ha

s hi

s ey

e a

lway

s o

n th

e b

otto

m li

ne;

w

hile

th

e le

ade

r ha

s hi

s ey

e o

n th

e h

ori

zon’

(ci

ted

in

Hig

gins

on, 1

99

6,

p.26

).C

hri

stia

ns

wh

o a

re c

alle

d to

lea

d sh

ou

ld a

lway

s re

me

mb

er

the

bib

lica

l ad

vice

, ‘w

he

re t

he

re is

no

visi

on,

th

e p

eo

ple

pe

rish

’ (P

rove

rbs

29:

18, K

JV).

F

urth

er,

visi

on

is s

ee

n as

‘th

e co

mm

odi

ty o

f le

ade

rs’

(Be

nnis

& N

anus

, 19

85,

p.1

8) a

nd

‘it is

wh

at p

rovi

de

s a

stea

dyin

g, s

tabi

lizin

g co

re fo

r le

ade

rshi

p’ (

Da

le,

199

2, p

.8).

Fin

ally

, Kra

ntz

(19

90,

p.5

9) c

onc

lude

s, ‘I

f th

e e

me

rgin

g lit

era

ture

is a

ny g

uid

e, t

he

n th

e is

sue

s of

vis

ion,

pur

po

se, a

nd

me

anin

g a

re p

ivot

al

for

deve

lopi

ng le

ader

ship

cap

acity

in m

ode

rn

ent

erp

rise

s.’

Th

is le

ad

s to

the

seco

nd

do

ma

in fo

r in

vest

igat

ion:

C

han

ge.

Kot

ter

(19

90)

arg

ue

s th

at le

ade

rshi

p co

pe

s w

ith c

hang

e, w

hile

man

agem

ent b

ring

s or

der

and

cons

iste

ncy.

He

be

lieve

s th

at p

art o

f th

e le

ader

ship

fu

nctio

n is

to p

rodu

ce c

hang

e, h

owev

er

in d

oing

th

is t

he

lead

er

ne

eds

to b

e aw

are

tha

t th

e m

ore

ch

ang

e is

initi

ate

d, t

he

gre

ate

r th

e d

em

ands

on

lead

ersh

ip w

ill b

e. T

her

efor

e, in

cre

atin

g ch

an

ge

‘the

lea

de

r m

ust

be

ab

le to

ge

ne

rate

hig

hly

en

erg

ise

d b

eh

avio

ur

to o

verc

om

e in

evita

ble

ba

rrie

rs t

hat

will

b

e as

soci

ate

d w

ith it

’ (K

otte

r, 19

90,

p.1

07).

Whi

le

lead

ers

can

crea

te t

his

chan

ge, i

t oft

en

falls

to t

he

task

of m

ana

ge

me

nt to

se

e th

rou

gh

and

imp

lem

ent

th

ese

ch

ang

es.

In s

um

ma

risi

ng

som

e of

th

e re

cent

fin

din

gs

in t

he

lead

ersh

ip a

nd m

anag

emen

t lite

ratu

re w

ithin

th

e ch

an

ge

do

ma

in K

otte

rma

n (2

00

6, p

.14)

sta

tes:

Ma

na

ge

rs h

ave

a n

arr

ow

pu

rpo

se a

nd

try

to

ma

inta

in o

rde

r, s

tab

ilize

wo

rk, a

nd

org

an

ize

reso

urc

es.

Le

ad

ers

se

ek

to d

eve

lop

new

go

als

an

d a

lign

org

an

izat

ion

s (K

otte

r, 1

99

0; Z

ale

znik

, 19

98)

. M

an

ag

ers

co

ntro

l an

d p

rob

lem

so

lve

wh

ile le

ad

ers

m

otiv

ate

an

d in

spir

e. F

ina

lly, m

an

ag

ers

pro

du

ce

sta

nd

ard

s, c

on

sist

en

cy, p

red

icta

bili

ty, a

nd

ord

er.

L

ea

de

rs p

rod

uce

th

e p

ote

ntia

l fo

r d

ram

atic

ch

an

ge,

ch

ao

s, a

nd

eve

n fa

ilure

(K

ott

er,

19

90)

.

Att

ent

ion

now

focu

ses

on

the

thir

d an

d fin

al d

omai

n,

that

of p

eo

ple

. Acc

ord

ing

to W

ald

ron

(19

90,

p.6

),

‘Ma

na

ge

me

nt te

nd

s to

fo

cus

on

thin

gs,

wh

en

pe

rhap

s, t

hro

ug

h le

ade

rshi

p, w

e n

ee

d to

focu

s o

n pe

op

le’.

On

the

othe

r ha

nd, B

ucki

ngha

m (

20

05,

p.

72),

co

uldn

’t di

sag

ree

mo

re. ‘

Gre

at m

ana

ge

rs,’

he

says

, ‘di

scov

er

wh

at is

uni

que

abo

ut e

ach

pe

rso

n an

d th

en

cap

italiz

e o

n it.

’ He

go

es

so f

ar

as to

d

efin

e m

ana

ge

me

nt a

s ‘th

e g

eni

us o

f un

de

rsta

ndi

ng

indi

vid

ua

l diff

ere

nce

s’ (

Inte

rvie

w w

ith M

oo

rcro

ft,

20

05,

p.1

1).

Buc

kin

gh

am (

20

05)

like

ns t

he

role

of a

man

ag

er

to t

hat o

f an

exp

ert

in t

he

gam

e of

ch

ess

. In

che

ss,

eac

h ch

ess

pie

ce m

ove

s in

a d

iffe

rent

way

, an

d yo

u ca

n’t p

lay

if yo

u d

on’

t kn

ow h

ow e

ach

pie

ce m

ove

s.

He

be

lieve

s th

at t

he

abili

ty to

ke

ep

twe

akin

g ro

les

to c

apita

lise

on

the

un

iqu

en

ess

of e

ach

pe

rso

n is

th

e e

sse

nce

of g

reat

man

ag

em

ent

. He

go

es

on

to

exp

lain

:

Gre

at m

an

ag

ers

kn

ow

an

d va

lue

the

un

iqu

e a

bili

ties

an

d ev

en

the

ecc

ent

rici

ties

of t

he

ir

em

plo

yee

s, a

nd

they

lea

rn h

ow

be

st to

inte

gra

te

the

m in

to a

co

ord

ina

ted

pla

n o

f att

ack

. Th

is is

th

e ex

act

op

po

site

of w

hat

gre

at le

ad

ers

do.

Gre

at

lea

de

rs d

isco

ver

wh

at is

un

ive

rsa

l an

d ca

pita

lise

on

it. T

he

ir jo

b is

to r

ally

pe

op

le to

wa

rd a

bet

ter

futu

re (

Bu

ckin

gh

am

, 20

05

, p.7

2).

Buc

king

ham

, in

an in

terv

iew

with

Mo

orc

roft

(2

00

5,

p.11

) co

nclu

de

s by

sta

ting,

‘If y

ou

wan

t to

man

ag

e,

sta

rt w

ith t

he

indi

vidu

al,

if yo

u w

ant t

o le

ad, s

tart

with

th

e fu

ture

.’In

thi

s b

rief

sur

vey

of t

he

lead

ers

hip

and

man

ag

em

ent

lite

ratu

re, t

hre

e ke

y ar

eas

of d

iffe

renc

e h

ave

em

erg

ed:

A le

ade

r ca

sts

a vi

sio

n, w

hile

a m

ana

ge

r •

impl

emen

ts it

.A

lead

er c

reat

es

chan

ge, w

hile

man

agem

ent

• se

e th

ese

cha

ng

es

thro

ug

h.A

lea

de

r m

otiv

ate

s a

nd

insp

ire

s p

eo

ple

to

• ac

tion,

whi

le a

man

ag

er

disc

ove

rs t

he

gift

s an

d ta

lent

s of

a p

ers

on

and

put

s th

em

to g

oo

d us

e.In

co

mpa

rin

g th

e di

ffe

rent

ro

les

of t

he

lead

er

and

man

ag

er,

it is

eas

y to

fa

ll in

to t

he

trap

of t

hink

ing

that

on

e ro

le is

mo

re im

po

rtan

t tha

n th

e ot

he

r. Z

ale

znik

(19

92

, p.1

27)

isn’

t exa

ctly

co

mp

lem

ent

ary

w

he

n h

e sa

ys, ‘

A m

an

ag

er

is a

pro

ble

m s

olv

er.

. . it

tak

es

ne

ithe

r g

eni

us n

or

he

rois

m to

be

a m

anag

er.’

An

othe

r fa

mo

us e

xam

ple

com

es

from

th

e ad

vert

ise

me

nt in

th

e N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es

whi

ch b

eg

an

with

th

e w

ord

s, ‘P

eo

ple

do

n’t w

ant t

o b

e m

ana

ge

d.

Th

ey w

ant t

o b

e le

ad. .

. ‘ (

cite

d in

Ma

xwe

ll, 1

99

3,

p.iv

). H

arr

is L

ee

wis

ely

wa

rns

of t

he

dan

ge

rs o

f th

inki

ng o

ne

role

is m

ore

imp

ort

ant t

han

the

othe

r w

he

n h

e sa

id:

To a

pp

reci

ate

the

role

s of

lea

de

rsh

ip o

ne

ne

ed

not

, ho

wev

er,

em

bra

ce a

ne

gat

ive

attit

ud

e to

wa

rds

ma

na

ge

me

nt. W

hile

it is

he

lpfu

l to

dis

ting

uis

h

Ed

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iona

l ad

min

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ice

the

two

act

iviti

es

are

oft

en

inte

gra

ted

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Ind

ee

d, W

ald

ron

(19

96

, p.3

) su

gg

est

s ‘L

ea

de

rsh

ip

and

man

agem

ent,

as

a pr

actic

e, a

re n

ot d

iscr

ete

—th

ey a

re in

extr

icab

ly in

terw

oven

’. H

e g

oes

on

to s

ay

‘One

can

per

suas

ive

ly a

rgu

e th

at in

th

e ex

erc

ise

of m

anag

emen

t one

dis

play

s le

ad

ers

hip

an

d, o

n th

e ot

her

hand

, in

the

exer

cise

of l

ea

de

rsh

ip o

ne

disp

lays

man

agem

ent.’

Sup

po

rtin

g th

is c

onc

lusi

on

Ve

rco

e (1

99

4, p

.65)

ass

ert

s, ‘T

he

ess

enc

e of

m

ana

ge

me

nt is

, fro

m m

y p

oin

t of v

iew

, so

met

hin

g e

lse

that

can

not

be

lea

rne

d in

a s

tric

t se

nse;

it

is le

ader

ship

.’ It

was

Ga

rdne

r (1

99

0, c

ited

in

Kot

term

an,

20

06

, p.1

5) w

ho

not

ed

that

eve

ry t

ime

he

ha

d e

nco

unt

ere

d a fir

st-c

lass

man

ager

, th

e m

ana

ge

r tu

rne

d o

ut to

po

sse

ss a

lot o

f le

ade

rshi

p ab

ility

. Fin

ally

, Bas

s (1

99

0, c

ited

in K

otte

rman

, 20

06

, p.

15)

wo

uld

ag

ree,

co

nclu

din

g th

at ‘t

he

vast

am

oun

t of

re

sea

rch

into

lea

de

rshi

p ve

rsus

man

agem

ent

indi

cate

s th

at s

om

etim

es

lead

ers

man

age

and

som

etim

es

ma

na

ge

rs le

ad.

’B

eca

use

of t

his,

Hyb

els

(2

00

2, p

.14

5) in

wh

at h

e re

cog

nise

s so

me

will

say

is a

n ox

ymo

ron,

be

lieve

s th

at o

ne

valid

lead

ers

hip

styl

e is

wh

at h

e h

as te

rme

d th

e ‘m

anag

ing

lead

er’.

Talk

ing

abou

t thi

s st

yle

he

stat

es, ‘

I’m d

escr

ibin

g a

lead

er w

ho

has

the

abili

ty

to o

rgan

ise

pe

op

le, p

roce

sse

s, a

nd

reso

urce

s to

ac

hiev

e a

mis

sio

n.’ H

e ci

tes

the

bib

lica

l ch

ara

cte

rs

of b

oth

Jose

ph

an

d N

eh

em

iah

as

pe

op

le w

ho

we

re

exce

llent

man

agin

g le

ader

s.S

o ho

w d

oes

a ‘m

anag

ing

lead

er’ p

roce

ss t

hes

e se

em

ly c

onfli

ctin

g o

rien

tatio

ns?

Pa

rtic

ular

ly, w

hen

an

em

ph

asis

on

‘Le

ade

rshi

p’ w

ith it

s fo

cus

on

visi

on,

ch

ange

and

mot

ivat

ion,

fro

m t

he

man

agem

ent

pe

rsp

ect

ive,

co

uld

be

cha

ract

eri

sed

as

un

gu

ide

d o

pp

ort

un

ism

wh

ere

eve

ry n

ew

op

po

rtu

nity

is p

urs

ue

d, u

ng

rou

nd

ed

visi

on

tha

t la

cks

sub

sta

nce

an

d is

mo

re a

kin

to d

rea

min

g a

nd

wild

fa

nta

sy, i

ntro

du

cin

g th

e p

rog

ram

of t

he

we

ek

wh

ere

so

met

hin

g n

ew is

co

nst

ant

ly b

ein

g la

un

che

d o

r tr

ied,

an

d p

rem

atu

re r

esp

on

ses

to o

pp

ort

un

itie

s o

r id

ea

s ra

the

r th

an

pe

rfo

rmin

g a

pp

rop

riat

e d

ue

-d

ilig

en

ce (

Ca

me

ron,

Qu

inn,

De

Gra

ff &

Th

ako

r,

20

06

, p.1

57

).

An

d a

n e

mp

ha

sis

on

‘Ma

na

ge

me

nt’ w

ith it

s fo

cus

on

org

an

isin

g, m

atch

ing

an

d im

ple

me

ntin

g, f

rom

th

e le

ad

ers

hip

pe

rsp

ect

ive,

co

uld

be

cha

ract

eri

sed

as

mic

rom

an

ag

ing

the

wo

rk f

orc

e so

th

at t

hey

hav

e lit

tle d

iscr

etio

n, p

roce

du

ral r

igid

ity t

hat

dri

ves

ou

t in

de

pe

nd

ent

th

inki

ng,

ove

r-re

gu

latio

n w

he

re

ou

tsid

e co

ntro

ls m

ake

it im

po

ssib

le t

o d

o a

ny t

hin

g b

ut r

esp

on

d to

ru

les,

sta

nd

ard

s o

r p

roce

du

res,

an

d ir

on

-bo

un

d tr

ad

itio

n a

nd

the

‘no

t-in

vent

ed

-he

re

syn

dro

me’

wh

ere

ba

rrie

rs e

xist

to a

ny s

ug

ge

stio

n fo

r ch

an

ge

or

imp

rove

me

nt (

Ca

me

ron,

Qu

inn,

D

eG

raff

& T

ha

kor,

20

06

, p.1

58)

.

Ind

ee

d, c

an s

uch

dive

rge

nt p

ers

pe

ctiv

es

eve

r b

e un

ited?

Fur

ther

, and

per

hap

s m

ore

imp

ort

antly

, muc

h of

edu

catio

nal a

dmin

istr

ato

rs’ t

rain

ing,

bot

h fo

rmal

an

d in

form

al, h

as p

rog

ram

med

the

m to

firs

t d

ete

rmin

e w

hich

of t

he

se o

rie

ntat

ions

is ‘r

ight

’ an

d by

elim

inat

ion

whi

ch is

‘wro

ng’.

An

d in

pra

ctic

e it

is

so m

uch

eas

ier

just

to e

mp

has

ise

on

e ro

le o

ver

the

oth

er. So

how

can

adm

inis

trat

ors

de

al w

ith d

ive

rge

nt,

eve

n co

nfli

ctin

g p

ers

pe

ctiv

es?

How

can

on

e p

oss

ibly

be

a ‘m

anag

ing

lead

er’?

Pe

rhap

s th

e an

swer

lies

in

wha

t Ro

ge

r M

art

in (

20

07)

has

term

ed

‘inte

gra

tive

thin

king

’. In

tegr

ativ

e th

inke

rs, a

cco

rdin

g to

him

hav

e

the

pre

dis

po

sitio

n a

nd

cap

aci

ty t

o h

old

in t

he

ir

he

ad

s tw

o o

pp

osi

ng

ide

as

at o

nce

. An

d th

en,

w

itho

ut p

an

icki

ng

or

sim

ply

set

tlin

g fo

r o

ne

alte

rnat

ive

or

the

oth

er,

th

ey a

re a

ble

to c

reat

ive

ly

reso

lve

the

ten

sio

n b

etw

ee

n th

ose

tw

o id

ea

s by

g

en

era

ting

a n

ew o

ne

that

co

nta

ins

ele

me

nts

of t

he

oth

ers

, bu

t is

sup

eri

or

to b

oth

(Ma

rtin

, 20

07, p

.62)

.

Why

not

try

inte

gra

tive

thin

kin

g. I

t may

be

the

solu

tion

to s

om

e of

yo

ur m

ore

diffi

cult

chal

leng

es.

T

EA

CH

RE

FE

RE

NC

ES

Be

nn

is, W

. (19

96)

. Th

e le

ad

er

as

sto

ryte

ller.

Ha

rva

rd B

usi

nes

s R

evie

w, J

an

ua

ry-F

eb

rua

ry, 1

54

-16

0.

Be

nn

is, W

. & N

an

us,

B. (

198

5). L

ea

de

rs: T

he

stra

teg

ies

for

taki

ng

cha

rge.

Syd

ney

: Ha

rpe

r &

Ro

w.

Bo

om

er,

L. G

. (2

007

). L

ea

de

rsh

ip a

nd

ma

na

ge

me

nt:

Yo

ur fir

m

ne

ed

s b

oth

. Acc

ou

ntin

g To

day

; Ja

n 2

9-F

eb

11, 2

2.

Bu

ckin

gh

am

, M. (

20

05)

. Wh

at d

o g

rea

t ma

na

ge

rs d

o? H

arv

ard

B

usi

nes

s R

evie

w, M

arc

h, 7

0-7

9.

Ca

me

ron

, K.,

Qu

inn

, R.,

De

Gra

ff, J

. & T

ha

kor,

A. (

20

06)

. C

om

pe

ting

valu

es le

ad

ers

hip

: Cre

atin

g va

lue

in o

rga

niz

atio

ns.

C

he

lten

ha

m, U

K: E

dw

ard

Elg

ar.

Da

le, R

. (19

92)

. Go

od

new

s fr

om

gre

at l

ea

de

rs. N

ew

Yo

rk: A

lba

n In

stitu

te.

Hig

gin

son

, R. (

199

6). T

ran

sfo

rmin

g le

ad

ers

hip

: A C

hri

stia

n a

pp

roa

ch. L

on

do

n: S

PC

K.

Hyb

els

, B. (

20

02)

. Co

ura

ge

ou

s le

ad

ers

hip

. Gra

nd

Ra

pid

s:

Zo

nd

erv

an

.K

ott

er,

J (

199

0). W

ha

t le

ad

ers

re

ally

do.

Ha

rva

rd B

usi

nes

s R

evie

w,

May

-Ju

ne,

pp.

103

- 11

1.K

ott

erm

an

, J. (

20

06)

. Le

ad

ers

hip

ve

rsu

s m

an

ag

em

en

t: W

ha

t’s t

he

dif

fere

nce

? T

he

Jou

rna

l fo

r Q

ua

lity

an

d P

art

icip

atio

n, 2

9(2

),

13-1

7.K

ran

tz, J

. (19

90)

. Le

sso

ns

fro

m t

he fie

ld: A

n e

ssay

on

the

cris

is

of l

ea

de

rsh

ip in

co

nte

mp

ora

ry o

rga

nis

atio

ns.

Th

e Jo

urn

al o

f A

pp

lied

Be

hav

iou

ral S

cie

nce

, 26

,(1),

49

-64

.L

ee,

H.W

. (2

00

3). E

ffe

ctiv

e ch

urc

h le

ad

ers

hip

. Silv

er

Sp

rin

gs:

M

inis

teri

al A

sso

cia

tion

, Ge

ne

ral C

on

fere

nce

of S

eve

nth

-day

A

dve

ntis

ts.

Ma

rtin

, R. (

20

07).

Ho

w s

ucc

ess

ful l

ea

de

rs t

hin

k. H

arv

ard

Bu

sin

ess

Rev

iew

, Ju

ne,

pp.

60

-67.

Ma

xwe

ll, J

. (19

93)

. Dev

elo

pin

g th

e le

ad

er

with

in y

ou.

Na

shvi

lle:

Th

om

as

Ne

lso

n.

Mo

orc

roft

, R. (

20

05)

. Th

e o

ne

thin

g yo

u n

ee

d to

kn

ow

ab

ou

t gre

at

ma

na

gin

g, g

rea

t le

ad

ers

hip

an

d su

sta

ine

d in

div

idu

al s

ucc

ess

. R

ay M

oo

rcro

ft in

co

nve

rsa

tion

with

Ma

rcu

s B

uck

ing

ha

m. T

he

Bri

tish

Jou

rna

l of A

dm

inis

tra

tive

Ma

na

ge

me

nt,

Oct

/Nov

20

05

, p

p.10

-12

.V

erc

oe,

P. (

199

4). L

ea

de

rs w

an

ted

inst

ea

d o

f ma

na

ge

rs. T

he

Au

stra

lian,

p.6

5W

ald

ron

, P. (

199

6). L

ea

de

rsh

ip a

nd

ma

na

ge

me

nt:

Co

ntr

ast

ing

dis

po

sitio

ns.

Th

e C

an

ad

ian

Sch

oo

l Exe

cutiv

e, 1

6(3

), 3

-9.

Za

lezn

ik, A

. (19

92)

. Ma

na

ge

rs a

nd

lea

de

rs: A

re t

hey

dif

fere

nt?

H

arv

ard

Bu

sin

ess

Rev

iew

, Ma

rch

-Ap

ril,

pp.

126

-13

5.

“”

Inte

gra

tive

th

inke

rs

crea

tive

ly

reso

lve

the

ten

sio

n b

etw

een

two

o

pp

osi

ng

idea

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stra

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his

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arc

h s

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ves

tig

ate

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pri

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ls

in a

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l, C

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in

de

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tem

co

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wit

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ing

a d

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d, m

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pp

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co

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an

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nte

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ho

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pri

nc

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ls’ s

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sso

rs a

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th

eir

re

ac

tio

ns

to t

he

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s

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by

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o r

ed

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r m

an

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als

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n p

rin

cip

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pa

rtic

ipa

ted

in

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e s

tud

y a

nd

o

f th

es

e, 2

3 in

dic

ate

d a

se

rio

us

leve

l of

str

es

s.

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e s

tud

y h

igh

lig

hte

d a

pre

fere

nc

e fo

r u

sin

g

str

es

s m

an

ag

ers

(a

se

co

nd

ary

ap

pro

ac

h),

ra

the

r th

an

str

es

s re

du

ce

rs (

a p

rim

ary

ap

pro

ac

h).

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pe

cifi

c g

rou

pin

g o

f s

tre

sso

rs i

nto

te

n c

lus

ters

su

gg

es

ted

pa

rtic

ula

r a

rea

s to

be

targ

ete

d f

or

pro

fes

sio

na

l dev

elo

pm

en

t a

nd

sys

tem

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efo

rm.

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od

uctio

nS

tre

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pa

rt o

f pe

op

le’s

dai

ly li

ves

in o

ur f

ast-

pace

d an

d ev

er-

chan

gin

g e

nvir

onm

ent

in t

he

We

ste

rn

wo

rld.

With

in t

he

edu

catio

n sc

en

e, s

tre

ss h

as

be

com

e a

seri

ous

issu

e in

re

cent

ye

ars

as

sch

oo

l p

rinc

ipa

ls a

tte

mpt

to c

op

e w

ith f

requ

ent

cha

ng

e,

incr

eas

ed

de

ma

nds

fro

m p

aren

ts a

nd e

mpl

oyin

g au

thor

ities

, and

stu

dent

s fr

om

dys

func

tiona

l ho

me

s.

Str

ess

in t

he

teac

hin

g p

rofe

ssio

n is

als

o a

focu

s fo

r te

ach

er

unio

ns a

s th

ey s

ee

k to

sup

po

rt e

duca

tors

in

th

eir

atte

mpt

s to

co

pe

with

wo

rk-r

ela

ted

stre

ss. I

n th

is c

ont

ext,

a r

ese

arc

h st

udy

was

co

ndu

cte

d du

rin

g 2

00

5 an

d 2

00

6 w

ithin

Adv

ent

ist S

cho

ols

Aus

tra

lia

(AS

A)

to d

ete

rmin

e st

ress

an

d sa

tisfa

ctio

n le

vels

of

pri

ncip

als,

cau

ses

of t

he

ir s

tre

ss, a

nd

pre

ferr

ed

cop

ing

stra

teg

ies.

Rat

iona

le f

or

the

stud

y in

the

co

ntex

t o

f th

e lit

erat

ure

Go

ld a

nd

Rot

h d

esc

rib

e st

ress

as

a co

nd

itio

n o

f dis

eq

uili

bri

um

with

in t

he

inte

llect

ua

l, e

mot

ion

al a

nd

phy

sica

l sta

te o

f th

e in

div

idu

al;

it is

ge

ne

rate

d by

on

e’s

pe

rce

ptio

ns

of a

situ

atio

n,

wh

ich

resu

lt in

phy

sica

l an

d e

mo

tion

al r

ea

ctio

ns.

It

ca

n b

e e

ithe

r p

osi

tive

or

ne

gat

ive,

de

pe

nd

ing

on

on

e’s

inte

rpre

tatio

ns

(19

93

, p. 1

7).

Str

ess

in t

he

prin

cipa

lshi

p is

a s

erio

us is

sue

in

we

ste

rn e

duca

tion

syst

em

s (G

ree

n et

al.,

20

01).

Im

po

rtan

t are

as a

ffe

cte

d by

th

e ex

tent

to w

hich

th

e p

rinc

ipa

l of a

sch

oo

l exp

eri

enc

es

wo

rk-r

ela

ted

stre

ss

incl

ude

heal

th, w

elfa

re, fin

anci

al a

nd e

duca

tiona

l is

sue

s.B

oth

the

he

alth

of t

he

pri

ncip

al a

nd

the

he

alth

of

sta

ff m

em

be

rs m

ay b

e n

eg

ativ

ely

aff

ect

ed

by a

p

rinc

ipa

l exp

eri

enc

ing

seri

ous

wo

rk-r

ela

ted

stre

ss.

We

stm

an a

nd

Etz

ion,

(19

99)

in t

he

ir s

tudy

of 8

3 pr

imar

y sc

hool

pri

ncip

als

and

34

0 of

th

eir

teac

hing

st

aff i

n Is

rae

l, fo

und

that

wo

rk-r

ela

ted

stre

ss c

ross

ed

ove

r to

teac

he

rs, f

rom

pri

ncip

als

with

wh

om

th

ey

wo

rke

d. T

he

stu

dy a

lso

foun

d th

at a

‘pin

g p

on

g’

effe

ct e

xist

ed

wh

ere

th

e te

ach

ers

’ str

ess

th

en

rebo

unde

d on

to t

he

prin

cipa

l, ca

usin

g fu

rthe

r st

ress

. L

ane

(20

00)

not

ed

that

for

stre

ssed

pri

ncip

als

ther

e w

as a

ne

gat

ive

corr

ela

tion

bet

we

en

stre

ss a

nd

pro

duct

ivity

, an

d th

at s

ubje

cts

exp

eri

enc

ed

diffi

culty

in

usi

ng in

telle

ctua

l ski

lls in

man

agem

ent a

nd in

de

alin

g w

ith s

ubo

rdin

ate

s.P

rinc

ipal

s’ s

tres

s is

co

ntri

butin

g to

an

enor

mo

us

rise

in in

dire

ct fi

nanc

ial c

ost

s as

soci

ate

d w

ith

edu

catio

n (B

row

n et

al.,

20

02)

. Thi

s o

ccur

s o

n ac

coun

t of h

igh

leve

ls o

f str

ess

-re

late

d si

ck le

ave

for

the

prin

cipa

l as

we

ll as

aff

ect

ed

staf

f me

mb

ers

, p

rem

atu

re r

esi

gn

atio

n, a

nd

sub

seq

ue

nt t

rain

ing

of

new

sta

ff. F

urth

er,

the

core

bu

sin

ess

of s

cho

ols

is

to f

acili

tate

go

od

qua

lity

educ

atio

nal o

utco

me

s fo

r st

ud

ent

s in

a s

afe

, se

cure

lea

rnin

g e

nvir

on

me

nt

(Vic

tori

an D

ept

of E

duca

tion,

20

05)

; unf

ort

unat

ely

sc

hool

s w

ith s

erio

usly

str

esse

d pr

inci

pals

and

af

fect

ed

staf

f are

less

like

ly to

mai

ntai

n hi

gh

educ

atio

nal s

tand

ards

and

ach

ieve

qua

lity

outc

om

es

(Alis

on,

19

97, L

ane,

20

00)

.T

he

re is

a la

ck o

f dat

a o

n st

ress

an

d co

pin

g w

ithin

th

e pr

inci

pals

hip

of A

SA

, and

it is

unk

now

n w

het

he

r th

e fin

din

gs

of e

xist

ing

stu

die

s a

pp

ly to

th

em

. Ne

ithe

r is

it k

now

n w

het

he

r si

mila

r co

pin

g m

ech

an

ism

s to

th

ose

de

scri

be

d by

Alli

son

in h

is

1997

Can

adia

n-b

ased

stu

dy o

f sch

ool

pri

ncip

als

are

used

. Fur

ther

, th

e A

SA

pri

ncip

als’

ow

n pe

rcep

tions

of

cau

ses

and

po

ssib

ilitie

s of

red

ucin

g st

ress

hav

e n

ot b

ee

n ex

plo

red

pre

vio

usly

in a

ny e

mp

iric

al

rese

arc

h.

It is

als

o im

po

rtan

t th

at e

mp

loye

rs in

th

e e

duca

tion

sect

or,

such

as

AS

A, h

ave

know

led

ge

reg

ard

ing

the

inci

de

nce,

leve

ls a

nd

caus

es

of w

ork

-re

late

d st

ress

exp

eri

en

ced

by p

rinc

ipal

s, in

ord

er to

p

rovi

de

me

ani

ng

ful s

upp

ort

fo

r th

em

.S

tre

ss li

tera

ture

ma

kes

a di

stin

ctio

n b

etw

ee

n st

ress

red

uce

rs a

nd s

tres

s m

anag

ers.

Sad

ri (1

997

) an

d A

lliso

n (1

997

) hi

gh

light

ed

the

use

of s

tre

ss

redu

cers

(a

pri

ma

ry a

pp

roac

h), a

nd s

tres

s m

anag

ers

(a s

eco

nda

ry a

pp

roac

h) in

th

eir

stu

die

s. A

str

ess

re

duce

r is

a c

op

ing

stra

teg

y th

at s

ee

ks to

re

duce

th

e st

ress

bef

ore

it h

as a

ne

gat

ive

effe

ct o

n th

e su

bje

ct.

Sa

dri p

oin

ts o

ut

Str

ess

or

red

uct

ion

met

ho

ds

wo

uld

incl

ud

e ch

an

ge

s in

org

an

isa

tion

de

sig

n, s

tru

ctu

re, e

nh

an

ced

com

mu

nic

atio

n le

vels

, in

cre

ase

d e

mp

loye

e p

art

icip

atio

n a

nd

em

plo

yee

em

po

we

rme

nt (

Sa

dri

, 19

97, p

. 33)

.

By

cont

rast

, str

ess

man

age

me

nt m

eth

ods

‘inc

lude

m

edi

tatio

n, d

ee

p re

laxa

tion,

exe

rcis

e, b

ette

r nu

triti

on,

and

oth

er p

reve

nta

tive

stre

ss m

ana

ge

me

nt

tech

niqu

es’

(Sad

ri, 1

997

, 33)

. In

thei

r st

udy

on

ad

min

istr

ato

r st

ress

an

d b

urn

ou

t, G

me

lch

& T

ore

lli

(19

94)

foun

d th

at p

rinc

ipa

ls te

nd

ed

to c

ho

ose

se

con

dary

(st

ress

man

ag

ers

) ra

the

r th

an p

rim

ary

st

rate

gie

s to

co

pe

with

th

eir

str

ess

.

Res

earc

h q

uest

ions

& m

etho

do

log

yP

hase

one

—su

rvey

A c

om

bin

atio

n of

qu

est

ionn

aire

inst

rum

ents

and

in-

de

pth

inte

rvie

ws

was

use

d to

co

llect

dat

a in

rel

atio

n to

:w

het

her

the

AS

A p

rinc

ipal

s fe

lt th

ey

• ex

pe

rie

nce

d w

ork

-re

late

d st

ress

(an

d if

so);

the

natu

re a

nd

exte

nt o

f th

e st

ress

;•

how

sat

isfie

d p

rin

cip

als

felt

with

th

eir

ro

les.

• Th

e A

dm

inis

trat

ive

Str

ess

In

dex

Qu

est

ion

na

ire

(Gm

elc

h &

Sw

ent

, 19

82)

was

use

d to

asc

ert

ain

prin

cipa

ls’ r

esp

onse

s to

a li

st o

f co

mm

on

stre

sso

rs;

resp

on

de

nts

we

re in

vite

d to

su

gg

est

any

ad

ditio

na

l p

erc

eiv

ed

stre

sso

rs. P

art

icip

ant

s w

ere

als

o a

ske

d to

rat

e a

list o

f co

mm

on

cop

ing

stra

tegi

es

acco

rdin

g to

th

eir

pe

rce

ive

d u

sefu

lnes

s (A

lliso

n, 1

997

) an

d th

en

de

scri

be

any

addi

tiona

l co

pin

g st

rate

gie

s th

ey

may

hav

e us

ed.

Lin

ks b

etw

ee

n th

e d

em

og

rap

hic

vari

able

s (e

.g. a

ge,

ge

nd

er,

exp

eri

enc

e, s

ize

of

scho

ol e

tc)

and

part

icul

ar s

tres

sors

and

co

ping

st

rate

gies

we

re e

xam

ine

d. P

art

icip

ants

we

re t

hen

as

ked

to s

ug

ge

st a

ny s

yste

mic

sup

po

rt w

hich

wo

uld

be

he

lpfu

l in

cop

ing

with

wo

rk-r

ela

ted

stre

ss.

Pha

se t

wo

—in

terv

iew

Pha

se t

wo

cons

iste

d of

indi

vidu

al i

n-d

ept

h in

terv

iew

s, b

egi

nnin

g w

ith a

n in

vita

tion

for

the

inte

rvie

we

e to

ta

lk a

bo

ut t

he

ir p

ers

ona

l p

ers

pe

ctiv

es

and

to c

om

me

nt o

n th

eir

str

ess

leve

ls. T

he

inte

rvie

we

e’s

qu

est

ion

na

ire

resp

on

ses

we

re t

hen

disc

usse

d, in

par

ticul

ar t

hos

e th

at

we

re p

redo

min

antly

‘hig

h’ o

r ‘lo

w’;

and

also

th

e p

erc

eiv

ed

caus

es.

Fin

ally

, int

erv

iew

ee

s w

ere

ask

ed

to c

om

me

nt o

n th

eir

pe

rce

ptio

ns

of w

ork

-re

late

d st

ress

in A

SA

pri

ncip

als

an

d m

ake

sug

ge

stio

ns fo

r o

rga

nisa

tiona

l cha

ng

e an

d p

rofe

ssio

nal d

eve

lop

me

nt

to a

ddr

ess

th

is n

ee

d.

Fin

din

gs

Dem

og

rap

hic

Res

ults

Fo

rty-

seve

n fr

om a

po

ssib

le 5

3 pr

inci

pals

pa

rtic

ipat

ed,

cov

eri

ng

a b

road

ran

ge

of a

ge

s,

exp

eri

enc

e, q

ualifi

catio

ns a

nd

typ

es

of s

cho

ols

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

1 an

d Ta

ble

1 &

2, a

s d

esc

rib

ed

be

low

. Re

ga

rdin

g ‘s

cho

ol t

ype’

, 29

(62%

) w

ere

pr

inci

pals

of p

rim

ary

scho

ols,

2 (

4%)

we

re p

rinc

ipal

s of

‘sta

nd

-alo

ne’

se

con

dary

sch

oo

ls, w

hile

16 (

34%

) w

ere

pri

ncip

als

of K

-10,

or

K-1

2; c

om

bine

d pr

imar

y a

nd

seco

nd

ary

sch

oo

ls. E

nro

lme

nts

ran

ge

d fr

om

20

sch

oo

ls (

43%

) w

ith le

ss t

han

10

0 e

nro

lled

stu

de

nts,

to

15

sch

oo

ls (

32%

) w

ith a

n e

nro

lme

nt b

etw

ee

n 10

0 an

d 19

9, to

7 s

cho

ols

(15%

) w

ith a

n e

nro

lme

nt o

f b

etw

ee

n 2

00

and

34

9, w

hile

5 (1

0%)

sch

oo

ls h

ad a

n e

nro

lme

nt o

f ove

r 3

50

stu

de

nts.

Str

ess

and

sat

isfa

ctio

n re

sults

Sev

ent

ee

n p

erc

ent

of t

he

pri

ncip

als

co

nsid

ere

d th

at t

hey

had

a lo

w le

vel o

f str

ess

by

sco

rin

g 1

or

2 o

n a

5-p

oin

t Lik

ert

Sca

le. B

y co

ntra

st 4

9%

of t

he

prin

cipa

ls c

ons

ider

ed t

hey

ha

d a

hig

h le

vel o

f str

ess

by

sco

rin

g 4,

4.5

, or

5 o

n th

e sc

ale

. An

‘inte

rme

diat

e gr

oup’

(3

4%)

of p

rinc

ipal

s sc

ore

d 2.

5, 3

or

3.5

for

the

ir p

erc

eiv

ed

stre

ss le

vels

. Th

e re

sults

sh

ow t

hat

a

maj

ority

(8

3%)

of p

rinc

ipal

s re

po

rted

exp

erie

ncin

g m

od

era

te to

hig

h le

vels

of s

tre

ss (

see

Fig

ure

2), y

et

33

of t

he

47 p

rinc

ipal

s (7

0%)

rep

ort

ed t

hat t

hey

had

a

hig

h le

vel o

f sat

isfa

ctio

n an

d ra

ted

the

ir s

atis

fact

ion

leve

l at 4

or

5 (s

ee

Fig

ure

5).

S

tres

sors

res

ults

Th

e su

m o

f all

pri

ncip

als

’ rat

ing

sco

res

(0-5

) fo

r e

ach

str

ess

or

in t

he

Ad

min

istr

ativ

e S

tre

ss I

nd

ex w

as

calc

ulat

ed

an

d th

en

use

d to

ord

er

the

stre

sso

rs b

y se

veri

ty a

s sh

own

in T

able

3. ‘

Fe

elin

g th

at I

have

too

he

avy

a w

ork

load

, on

e th

at I

cann

ot p

oss

ibly

fini

sh

duri

ng

the

no

rma

l wo

rkin

g da

y’ w

as c

ons

ide

red

to

be t

he

mo

st s

eve

re s

tres

sor

by t

he

prin

cipa

ls in

th

e st

ud

y. T

his

re

sult

refle

cte

d th

e fin

din

gs

of r

ela

ted

stu

die

s in

th

e U

K (

Co

op

er

& K

elly

), U

SA

(B

row

n,

199

6) a

nd in

Vic

tori

a, A

ustr

alia

(O

’Rei

lley,

20

04)

. It

sh

ou

ld b

e n

ote

d h

owev

er,

that

th

ere

is v

ery

litt

le

diff

ere

nce

bet

we

en

the

ratin

g to

tals

for

som

e of

th

e ot

he

r st

ress

ors

, an

d th

ere

fore

un

due

em

pha

sis

sho

uld

not

be

pla

ced

on

the

exac

t ord

er

of m

any

of

the

clo

sely

ran

ked

indi

vidu

al s

tre

sso

rs.

Th

e in

div

idu

al s

tre

sso

rs w

ere

th

en

gro

up

ed

‘Can

I la

st t

he d

ista

nce?

’S

tres

s an

d s

cho

ol l

ead

ersh

ipM

ario

n S

hie

lds

Dir

ecto

r o

f E

duc

atio

n, S

even

th-d

ay A

dve

ntis

t S

cho

ols

, SA

““

””

Pri

nci

pal

s’

stre

ss is

co

ntri

bu

ting

to

an

eno

rmo

us

rise

in t

he

finan

cial

co

st o

f ed

uca

tio

n

Pri

nci

pal

s te

nd

ed t

o

cho

ose

se

con

dar

y ra

ther

tha

n p

rim

ary

stra

teg

ies

to c

op

e w

ith

thei

r st

ress

024

| TE

AC

H |

i1i1

| T

EA

CH

|

Fig

ure

1:

Pri

ncip

als’

gen

der

and

ye

ars

of

exp

erie

nce

Yea

rs o

f E

xper

ien

ce

5 or

less

6-10

11-1

516

+

Number of Principals

061014 4812 2

Mal

es

Fem

ales

12

8

7

65

2

7

0

Tab

le 2

: P

rinc

ipal

s’ q

ualifi

cati

ons

Ad

min

istr

ati

ve Q

ua

lifi

ca

tio

ns

M 13 (

28

%)F

103

Tota

l

Ge

nd

er

Nu

mb

er

Dip

lom

a o

f Te

ac

hin

g

M

9 (1

9%

)F

36

Ba

ch

elo

r D

eg

ree

M 24

(51%

)F

168

Ma

ste

rs D

eg

ree

M 10 (

21%

)F

82

Do

cto

rate

M

4 (8

%)

F

40

Tab

le 1

: A

ge

of

pri

ncip

als

Ag

e o

f p

art

icip

an

ts, n

= 4

7

Ag

e

20

-30

31-4

0

41-5

0

51-6

0

61+

Nu

mb

er

3 13 21 10 0

% 6.4

27.

7

44

.7

21.3 0

Fig

ure

2:

His

tog

ram

of

stre

ss

resp

on

ses

Str

ess

Lev

els

12

34

5

Number of Principals

01525 1020 5

n =

47

low

hig

h

Fig

ure

3:

His

tog

ram

of

sati

s-fa

ctio

n re

spo

nses

Sat

isfa

ctio

n L

evel

s

12

34

5

Number of Principals

01525 1020 5

low

hig

h

n =

47

Tab

le 3

: T

he t

wel

ve h

ighe

st r

anki

ng s

tres

sors

Fa

cto

r L

oa

din

gs

Su

m o

f a

ll

Sc

ore

s

40

%

22

%

27

%

13%

20

%

15%

23%

22

%

20

%

8% 16%

16%

29

%

44% 31%

58%

33% 41%

25%

29

%

27

%

40

%

29

%

24%

186

(79

%)

164

(70

%)

152

(65%

)

172

(73%

)

163

(69

%)

151

(64%

)

170

(72

%)

157

(67

%)

149

(63%

)

167

(71%

)

154

(66

%)

145

(62

%)

Pri

nc

ipa

ls

Sc

ori

ng

5P

rin

cip

als

S

co

rin

g 4

Str

es

s F

ac

tor

(ab

bre

via

ted

)

3.

De

ad

lin

es

for

rep

ort

s a

nd

oth

er

pa

pe

rwo

rk

1.

Wo

rklo

ad

to

o h

ea

vy

2.

Exc

es

siv

ely

hig

h s

elf

-ex

pe

cta

tio

ns

4.

Inte

rru

pte

d f

req

ue

ntl

y b

y te

lep

ho

ne

ca

lls

7.

Sc

ho

ol a

cti

vit

ies

ou

tsid

e o

f th

e n

orm

al w

ork

ing

ho

urs

5.

Co

mp

lyin

g w

ith

sta

te /

fed

era

l ru

les

an

d p

oli

cie

s

6.

Re

so

lvin

g p

are

nt

/ sc

ho

ol c

on

flic

ts

10.

De

cis

ion

s a

ffe

cti

ng

th

e li

ves

of

sta

ff /

stu

de

nts

etc

8.

Fe

eli

ng

pro

gre

ss

on

my

job

is

no

t w

ha

t is

sh

ou

ld b

e

9.

Me

eti

ng

s ta

ke

up

to

o m

uc

h t

ime

11.

Pre

ss

ure

fo

r b

ett

er

job

pe

rfo

rma

nc

e

12.

Pre

pa

rin

g a

nd

all

oc

ati

ng

bu

dg

et

res

ou

rce

s

(Po

ten

tial o

f 23

5 if

eve

ry p

rin

cip

al s

core

d th

e m

axi

mu

m r

atin

g)

Tab

le 5

: T

he t

en p

refe

rred

co

pin

g s

trat

egie

s

Ra

nk

31 2 4 75 6 108 9

Pre

ferr

ed

Co

pin

g S

tra

teg

y

Ap

pro

ach

pro

ble

ms

op

timis

tica

lly

Ma

inta

in a

se

nse

of h

um

ou

r

Pra

ctic

e g

oo

d h

um

an

rela

tion

s sk

ills

*

Wo

rk h

ard

er

(in

clu

din

g ev

en

ing

s a

nd

we

eke

nd

s

Se

t re

alis

tic g

oa

ls (

reco

gn

ise

job

limita

tion

s) *

Talk

with

fa

mily

me

mb

ers

or

clo

se f

rie

nd

s

Ma

inta

in r

eg

ula

r sl

ee

p h

ab

its

En

ga

ge

in le

ss a

ctiv

e n

on

-wo

rk o

r p

lay

act

iviti

es

En

ga

ge

in a

ctiv

itie

s th

at s

up

po

rt s

pir

itua

l gro

wth

Ma

inta

in g

oo

d h

ea

lth h

ab

its

Tab

le 4

: G

roup

ed s

tres

sors

od

ered

by

seve

rity

Ra

nk

31 2 4 75 6 108 9

Str

es

s G

rou

pin

g

Fin

an

cia

l

Tim

e (i

ncl

ud

es

wo

rklo

ad)

Org

an

isa

tion

Pe

rso

na

l In

ad

eq

ua

cy

Po

licy

Ma

rke

ting

an

d C

om

mu

nity

Su

pe

rvis

ion

Re

spo

nsi

bili

ty

Po

we

r, A

uto

no

my,

In

de

pe

nd

en

ce

Co

mm

un

ica

tion

an

d C

onfli

ct

AS

I Fa

cto

r N

um

be

r

27,

33

15, 1

8, 3

7, 3

8

21 24, 2

5, 2

8, 3

0, 3

2

3, 7

, 13

, 14

, 20

, 23

, 35

1,9,

12,3

4

2, 2

6

4, 1

0, 1

6, 2

9

5, 6

, 11,

22

, 36

8, 1

7, 1

9, 3

1

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

resp

ons

ibili

ties

such

as

con

duct

ing

Bib

le s

tudi

es,

p

rea

chin

g a

nd

org

an

isin

g st

ud

ent

s to

pre

sent

p

rog

ram

s a

nd

mu

sica

l ite

ms

at s

erv

ice

s w

as r

ais

ed.

Cop

ing

stra

tegi

es r

esul

tsT

he

Co

pin

g P

refe

ren

ce S

cale

(A

lliso

n, 1

997

) w

as

used

to e

xam

ine

this

asp

ect o

f th

e pr

inci

pals

’ re

actio

n to

str

ess

. Tab

le 5

dis

pla

ys t

he

ten

mo

st

pre

ferr

ed

cop

ing

stra

tegi

es

in t

he

curr

ent

stu

dy.

Pri

ncip

als

we

re a

lso

give

n th

e o

ptio

n of

indi

catin

g th

e ex

tent

to w

hic

h a

spe

cts

of t

he

ir C

hri

stia

n b

elie

fs

assi

sted

the

m in

man

agin

g st

ress

. Fiv

e as

pe

cts

we

re p

rovi

ded:

Chr

istia

n be

liefs

and

wo

rld

view

(1

92),

Pra

yer

(19

2), B

ible

rea

ding

(16

9), C

hris

tian

bo

oks

or

mus

ic (1

67)

and

Chu

rch

Life

(141

). T

he

bra

cket

ed

nu

me

rals

indi

cate

th

e su

m o

f sco

res

for

eac

h ‘a

spe

ct’ o

n th

e 1-

5 Li

kert

Sca

le. T

he

ma

xim

um

po

ssib

le s

core

(if

eve

ry p

rin

cipa

l had

sco

red

it at

th

e m

axi

mum

of 5

) w

as 2

20.

Th

ese

re

sults

indi

cate

th

at

for

the

ma

jori

ty o

f re

spo

nde

nts

thei

r C

hris

tian

faith

an

d p

ers

pe

ctiv

e, a

s w

ell

as t

he

ir p

raye

r lif

e w

ere

p

erc

eiv

ed

as v

ery

va

luab

le in

he

lpin

g th

em

co

pe

with

st

ress

. How

eve

r th

eir

chu

rch

life

was

pe

rce

ive

d as

no

t bei

ng o

f co

mpa

rabl

e be

nefit

an

d th

is m

ay b

e du

e to

exp

ect

atio

ns b

y th

eir

loca

l chu

rch

com

mun

ity.

Eig

ht o

f th

e pr

inci

pals

reg

iste

red

low

str

ess

sco

res.

Pri

nci

pa

ls te

nd

ed

to e

xpla

in t

he

se s

core

s in

term

s of

a c

ons

cio

us d

eci

sio

n n

ot to

let t

he

ir a

dm

itte

dly

str

ess

ful r

ole

ove

rwh

elm

th

eir

live

s; a

nd

was

link

ed

to t

he

ir C

hris

tian

faith

an

d w

orl

d vi

ew.

Dur

ing

the

inte

rvie

ws,

not

one

of t

he

prin

cipa

ls

(un

de

r p

rob

ing

by t

he

rese

arc

he

r) in

th

is g

rou

p

acco

rdin

g to

co

ncep

tual

sim

ilari

ty. T

hes

e, a

t a

late

r p

oin

t, m

ight

pro

vide

gui

danc

e fo

r pr

ofe

ssio

nal

deve

lopm

ent a

nd in

dica

te p

oss

ible

dir

ect

ions

for

syst

em

ic c

han

ge.

Th

e st

ress

or

gro

up

ing

s a

re

disp

laye

d in

ord

er o

f sev

eri

ty in

Tab

le 4

, an

d a

gai

n,

‘wo

rklo

ad

’ was

th

e m

ost

se

rio

us

issu

e.

Ad

diti

onal

str

esso

rs r

esul

tsA

nu

mb

er

of a

dd

itio

na

l str

ess

ors

we

re m

ent

ion

ed

an

d tw

o sc

ore

d h

igh

ly. F

irst

, re

spo

nsi

bili

ties

conn

ect

ed

with

th

e h

om

e, p

are

ntin

g (a

n ad

ditio

n to

th

e pr

inci

pal’s

rol

e, m

ainl

y re

po

rted

by

wo

me

n) w

ere

me

ntio

ne

d, a

nd

als

o tr

an

sfe

rs f

or

pro

mot

ion.

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con

d, t

he

issu

e of

ad

ditio

na

l chu

rch

pe

rce

ive

d th

at t

hey

we

re ‘p

laci

d by

nat

ure

’. In

ste

ad,

th

ey s

pok

e ab

out t

hei

r re

latio

nshi

p w

ith G

od

and

of

the

ir c

om

mitm

ent

in t

he

ir li

ves

to t

he

ir s

cho

ols

an

d th

eir

Lo

rd.

Sug

ge

stio

ns fo

r ad

ditio

nal s

upp

ort

incl

ude

d th

e fa

cilit

atio

n of

net

wor

ks b

etw

een

the

prin

cipa

ls fo

r in

form

atio

n sh

arin

g an

d su

ppor

t, a

nd a

Pri

ncip

als’

H

andb

oo

k to

pro

vid

e in

form

atio

n an

d g

uida

nce.

Str

ess

red

ucer

s an

d s

tres

s m

anag

ers

In t

he

lite

ratu

re a

dis

tinct

ion

was

mad

e b

etw

ee

n st

ress

re

du

cers

an

d st

ress

ma

na

ge

rs. T

he

dat

a in

th

e pr

esen

t stu

dy in

dica

ted

that

AS

A p

rinc

ipal

s p

rim

ari

ly u

tilis

ed

stre

ss m

an

ag

ers

rat

he

r th

an

stre

ss

redu

cers

(m

ark

ed

by a

n as

teri

sk in

Tab

le 5

). T

he

form

er

are

less

eff

ect

ive

an

d re

ly o

n a

dd

ress

ing

the

stre

ss r

ea

ctio

n ra

the

r th

an

ad

dre

ssin

g th

e st

ress

-ca

usin

g m

echa

nism

firs

t.

Link

s b

etw

een

dem

og

rap

hics

and

str

ess

cate

go

ries

Th

e w

ork

load

issu

e w

as g

ive

n th

e hi

gh

est

tota

l st

ress

rat

ing

by t

he

prin

cipa

ls in

thi

s st

udy,

and

a

hig

he

r p

erc

ent

ag

e of

wo

me

n sc

ore

d it

at t

he

hig

he

st le

vel (

56%

of w

om

en

as a

gai

nst 3

2% o

f m

en)

. Fur

the

r, n

on

e of

th

e w

om

en

sco

red

it at

le

vel 1

or

2, a

s di

d 6%

of t

he

me

n. I

n a

lmo

st e

very

ca

teg

ory

, wo

me

n fe

lt m

ore

str

ess

ed

tha

n th

eir

m

ale

co

unte

rpa

rts.

Fur

the

r, yo

ung,

inex

pe

rie

nce

d pr

inci

pals

of s

mal

ler

scho

ols

indi

cate

d a

hig

he

r d

eg

ree

of s

tre

ss t

han

thei

r co

lleag

ues

in a

lmo

st

eve

ry c

ate

go

ry.

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nclu

sio

ns a

nd r

eco

mm

end

atio

nsT

he

re a

re s

om

e cl

ea

r g

en

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l co

nclu

sio

ns t

hat c

an

be

draw

n fr

om

th

e fin

din

gs

of t

his

stu

dy.

Fir

st, w

hile

on

the

one

hand

pri

ncip

als

exp

eri

enc

ed

a hi

gh

leve

l of j

ob

satis

fact

ion,

an

eve

n

Th

eir

Ch

rist

ian

fait

h an

d

per

spec

tive

, as

wel

l as

thei

r p

raye

r lif

e w

ere

per

ceiv

ed a

s ve

ry v

alua

ble

in

hel

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g

them

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h st

ress

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ty e

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nce

d m

od

era

te o

r hi

gh

leve

ls

of s

tre

ss.

Se

con

d, ‘t

oo

he

avy

a w

ork

loa

d’ w

as id

ent

ifie

d as

th

e m

ost

sig

nific

ant w

ork

-re

late

d st

ress

fac

tor.

Add

ition

al s

tres

sors

incl

ude

d ho

me

and

pare

ntin

g re

spon

sibi

litie

s, p

artic

ular

ly fo

r w

omen

pri

ncip

als,

an

d a

lso

chur

ch d

utie

s.T

hird

, pri

ncip

als

liste

d ‘m

aint

aini

ng a

sen

se o

f hu

mo

ur’ a

nd

the

ir C

hris

tian

be

liefs

an

d p

ract

ice

s,

amo

ng

oth

ers

, as

effe

ctiv

e st

rate

gies

in m

anag

ing

stre

ss. I

t is

of in

tere

st t

hat

pri

ncip

als

prim

arily

ut

ilise

d st

ress

man

ag

ers

rat

he

r th

an s

tre

ss r

edu

cers

, an

asp

ect t

hat h

as im

plic

atio

ns fo

r pr

inci

pals

’ p

rofe

ssio

na

l dev

elo

pm

ent

.F

inal

ly, i

t is

imp

ort

ant t

o no

te t

hat

tw

o gr

oups

of

pri

nci

pa

ls w

ere

mo

st v

uln

era

ble

to w

ork

-re

late

d st

ress

: wo

men

pri

ncip

als

and

youn

g pr

inci

pals

.Tw

ent

y-e

ight

se

pa

rate

re

com

me

nd

atio

ns

we

re

mad

e as

a r

esu

lt of

th

e st

udy.

Th

ey in

clud

ed t

he

follo

win

g:

For

prin

cip

als

1.

Dev

elop

and

mai

ntai

n go

od

habi

ts o

f nut

ritio

n,

and

a ba

lanc

ed li

fest

yle,

incl

udin

g ex

erci

se.

2.

Dev

elo

p g

oo

d h

ab

its o

f act

ive

an

d n

on

-act

ive

leis

ure

activ

itie

s an

d re

cog

nise

th

at t

he

se a

re

legi

timat

e an

d ap

pro

pri

ate

activ

itie

s in

th

e m

anag

emen

t of s

tres

s.3

. B

eco

me

fam

ilia

r w

ith, u

se, a

nd

cont

rib

ute

to

rele

vant

edu

catio

n w

eb

site

s.

For

conf

eren

ce e

duc

atio

n d

irect

ors

4.

Mak

e re

gu

lar

visi

ts t

o sc

ho

ols

, sh

ow a

n in

tere

st a

nd g

ive

supp

ort.

Mak

e ph

one

calls

an

d pr

ay w

ith p

rinc

ipal

s re

gula

rly;

pro

vide

pa

stor

al c

are

for

all p

rinc

ipal

s an

d m

ento

rs fo

r be

ginn

ing

prin

cipa

ls.

5.

Sup

por

t new

pri

ncip

als

in b

uild

ing

up lo

cal

net

wo

rks,

to p

rovi

de

the

soci

al s

upp

ort

whi

ch

acts

as

a vi

tally

imp

ort

ant b

uffe

r ag

ains

t th

e n

eg

ativ

e ef

fect

s of

str

ess

in t

ime

s of

diffi

culty

.

For

the

natio

nal s

yste

m6.

R

edu

ce t

he

load

for

begi

nnin

g pr

inci

pals

by

10%

in t

he

ir fir

st y

ea

r.7.

Im

pro

ve p

repa

ratio

n of

adm

inis

trat

ors

(u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

prin

cipa

l’s r

ole,

like

ly

confli

cts,

an

d sk

ills

in c

om

mun

icat

ion,

co

nfli

ct

reso

lutio

n, m

edi

atio

n an

d co

nfro

ntat

ion)

.8

. P

rovi

de t

rain

ing

for

prin

cipa

ls in

un

ders

tand

ing

stre

ss,

stre

ss r

ed

uce

rs a

nd

stre

ss m

anag

ers.

9.

Pro

vid

e w

ork

sho

ps

on

asse

ssm

ent

p

roce

dure

s, C

hurc

h e

duca

tion

po

licie

s,

regu

latio

ns a

nd o

rgan

isat

iona

l cha

nge

and

colla

bo

rativ

e de

cisi

on

mak

ing.

For

Pac

ific

Sch

ools

Aus

tral

ia—

syst

ems

leve

l10

. Fac

ilita

te t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

of a

pa

rtn

ers

hip

bet

we

en

edu

cato

rs a

nd

the

past

ora

l min

istr

y to

pro

mot

e th

e va

lue

of t

he

Chu

rch’

s C

hris

tian

educ

atio

n sy

stem

; inc

ludi

ng:

a.

A s

tre

ng

the

nin

g of

re

latio

nsh

ips

bet

we

en

prin

cipa

ls a

nd p

asto

rs w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

und

ers

tan

din

g of

, an

d su

pp

ort

for,

eac

h ot

he

r’s r

ole

s.b.

M

ark

etin

g th

e lo

cal c

hurc

h sc

ho

ol.

c.

‘Ski

lling

’ and

sup

po

rtin

g ru

ral p

asto

rs in

th

eir

occ

asio

na

l ro

le o

f me

diat

or

bet

we

en

the

sch

oo

l an

d p

are

nts/

chu

rch

me

mb

ers

.d.

R

egu

lar,

publ

ic, a

rtic

ulat

ion

of t

he

valu

e of

th

e C

hurc

h’s

edu

catio

n sy

ste

m a

nd

affir

mat

ion

of it

s le

ade

rs.

It is

be

lieve

d th

at im

ple

me

ntin

g th

ese

re

com

me

nd

atio

ns

sho

uld

incr

ea

se t

he

like

liho

od

of p

rinc

ipa

ls ‘l

astin

g th

e di

stan

ce’,

redu

ce t

he

ir

wo

rk-r

ela

ted

stre

ss, a

nd

mak

e fo

r m

ore

eff

ect

ive

lead

ersh

ip in

AS

A s

cho

ols

part

icul

arly

and

per

hap

s in

th

e br

oade

r C

hris

tian

scho

ols

com

mun

ity

ge

ne

rally

. TE

AC

H

Ref

eren

ces

Alli

son

, D. (

1997

). C

op

ing

with

str

ess

in t

he

pri

nci

pa

lsh

ip. J

ou

rna

l o

f Ed

uca

tion

al A

dm

inis

tra

tion

, 35

(1),

39

–5

5.

Bro

wn

, M.,

Ra

lph

, S.,

& B

rem

be

r, I

. (2

00

2). C

ha

ng

e-l

inke

d w

ork

-re

late

d st

ress

in B

ritis

h te

ach

ers

. Res

ea

rch

in E

du

catio

n, 6

7,

May

, 1-1

2.

Bro

wn

, P. (

199

6). A

dm

inis

tra

tive

stre

ss a

nd

bu

rno

ut a

mo

ng

Sev

en

th-d

ay A

dve

ntis

t sch

oo

l ad

min

istr

ato

rs in

th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s. U

np

ub

lish

ed

Ed

D D

isse

rta

tion,

La

Sie

rra

Un

ive

rsity

. U

SA

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ha

pla

in, R

. (2

001

). S

tre

ss a

nd

job

satis

fact

ion

am

on

g p

rim

ary

h

ea

d te

ach

ers

. Ed

uca

tion

al M

an

ag

em

en

t an

d A

dm

inis

tra

tion

, 2

9(2

), 1

97-2

15.

Co

op

er,

C. &

Ke

lly, M

. (19

93)

. Occ

up

atio

na

l str

ess

in h

ea

d te

ach

ers

: A n

atio

na

l UK

stu

dy.

Bri

tish

Jou

rna

l of E

du

catio

na

l P

sych

olo

gy,

63

, 13

0-1

43

.G

me

lch

, W. &

To

relli

, J. (

199

4). T

he

ass

oci

atio

n o

f ro

le c

onfli

ct a

nd

am

big

uity

with

ad

min

istr

ato

r st

ress

an

d b

urn

ou

t. J

ou

rna

l of

Sch

oo

l Le

ad

ers

hip

, 4(1

), 3

41-3

56

.G

me

lch

, W. &

Sw

en

t, B

., (1

98

2). M

an

ag

em

en

t te

am

str

ess

ors

an

d th

eir

imp

act

on

ad

min

istr

ato

rs’ h

ea

lth. P

ap

er

pre

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ted

at t

he

Am

eri

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al R

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h A

sso

cia

tion.

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Go

ld, Y

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oth

, R. A

. (19

93)

. Te

ach

ers

ma

na

gin

g st

ress

an

d p

reve

ntin

g b

urn

ou

t: T

he

pro

fess

ion

al h

ea

lth s

olu

tion

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ash

ing

ton

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lme

r P

ress

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ree

n, R

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alc

olm

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en

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od

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all,

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he

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alth

of V

icto

ria

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rim

ary

sc

ho

ol p

rin

cip

als

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e In

tern

atio

na

l Jo

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al o

f Ed

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al

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nt,

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.L

an

e, S

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tre

ss t

ype

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d le

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ers

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sty

le in

th

e p

rin

cip

als

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pu

blis

he

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sert

atio

n. U

niv

ers

ity o

f O

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P. (

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t’s le

arn

to

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p a

t re

d lig

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. Pri

me

Fo

cus,

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ary

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.S

ad

ri, G

. (19

97).

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exa

min

atio

n o

f aca

de

mic

an

d o

ccu

pa

tion

al

stre

ss in

th

e U

SA

. Th

e In

tern

atio

na

l Jo

urn

al o

f Ed

uca

tion

al

Ma

na

ge

me

nt,

11(

1), 3

2-4

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Vic

tori

an

De

pa

rtm

en

t of E

du

catio

n. B

lue

pri

nt f

or

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ern

me

nt

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con

da

ry s

cho

ol’s

pa

sto

ral c

are

pro

gra

m. U

tilis

ing

a te

ach

er

actio

n re

sea

rch

app

roac

h, t

he

inqu

iry

focu

sed

on

thre

e m

ain

area

s: in

vest

igat

ing

stud

ents

’ pri

or

stud

y ha

bits

; th

e n

atu

re o

f exi

stin

g, in

effe

ctiv

e st

ud

y h

ab

its t

hat

im

pair

ed p

erfo

rman

ce; a

nd a

sce

rtai

ning

th

e im

pact

of

a s

tud

y sk

ills

inte

rve

ntio

n p

rog

ram

. Fin

din

gs

indi

cate

d th

at m

any

stu

de

nts

eith

er

we

re u

naw

are

of

, or

not

em

plo

yin

g, s

tudy

ski

lls. I

nef

fect

ive

time

an

d se

lf m

an

ag

em

ent

imp

air

ed

stu

de

nts’

stu

dy

pe

rfo

rman

ce, p

oss

ibly

link

ed

to a

‘cul

tura

l tra

ce’.

Pe

rce

ive

d im

pro

vem

ent

s in

stu

de

nts’

stu

dy

ha

bits

w

ere

re

po

rte

d, b

oth

by s

tud

ent

s an

d te

ach

ers

. Thr

ee

like

ly r

easo

ns w

ere

iden

tifie

d: T

he

imm

ine

nce

of

exam

s ac

ting

as a

cat

aly

st, t

he

new

ly le

arn

ed

stu

dy

skill

s, a

nd

en

cou

rag

em

ent

by

the

tea

che

r.

Intr

od

uctio

nS

tud

y sk

ills

pro

gra

ms

hav

e b

eco

me

a si

gn

ifica

nt

tool

in im

prov

ing

stud

ent

stu

dy h

abits

. Re

sea

rch

ers

ac

cept

th

at a

cad

em

ic a

chie

vem

ent

be

com

es

mo

re

diffi

cult

if ef

fect

ive

stu

dy

skill

s a

re n

ot le

arn

t an

d p

ract

ise

d (H

ulic

k, 1

98

9) a

nd

that

so

me

stu

de

nts,

if

left

to t

he

mse

lve

s, te

nd

to e

mp

loy

inef

fect

ive

stu

dy

hab

its (

Traw

ick,

19

95)

. Ins

trum

ent

ally

, eff

ect

ive

stu

dy

skill

s a

re n

ee

de

d a

s im

po

rta

nt le

arn

ing

too

ls

in p

repa

ring

stu

dent

s fo

r ex

amin

atio

ns –

esp

ecia

lly

tho

se t

hat h

ave

care

er

imp

licat

ions

for

the

indi

vidu

al.

Thi

s ha

s pa

rtic

ular

rel

evan

ce fo

r st

uden

ts in

d

eve

lop

ing

cou

ntri

es

of t

he

So

uth

Pac

ific,

wh

ere

th

e co

st o

f ‘sq

uand

erin

g’ o

nce

-onl

y ed

ucat

iona

l o

pp

ort

uniti

es

can

be

far-

reac

hin

g.S

tudy

ski

lls p

rog

ram

s (S

SP

) ar

e of

ten

‘sta

nd

alo

ne’

eff

ort

s. H

owev

er,

they

may

als

o b

e p

erc

eiv

ed

as p

art

of,

or

foun

datio

nal t

o, a

sch

oo

l’s p

roac

tive

past

ora

l ca

re p

rog

ram

tha

t is

com

mitt

ed

to m

eet

ing

the

pe

rso

na

l, so

cia

l an

d le

arn

ing

ne

ed

s of

stu

de

nts

(cf.

Be

st, e

t al.

199

6), a

nd

to d

eve

lop

me

nta

l an

d e

duca

tiona

l go

als

suc

h as

th

ose

pro

po

sed

by

UN

ES

CO

: Lea

rnin

g to

kn

ow, t

o d

o, to

live

tog

ethe

r a

nd

to b

e (D

elo

rs, 2

00

0). M

ore

ove

r, th

ere

is a

gr

owin

g re

cogn

itio

n by

edu

catio

n au

thor

ities

(cf

. L

NC

T G

lasg

ow. 2

007

), s

cho

ols

an

d co

lleg

es

(cf.

Dan

eba

nk, 2

007

; C.H

.A. C

olle

ge,

20

07; K

oo

nun

g S

eco

nd

ary

Co

lleg

e, 2

007

), m

ent

al h

ea

lth in

stitu

tes

(Vin

cent

and

Ha

zel,

200

5) a

nd a

cade

mic

s (H

orn

by, e

t al.

20

03)

tha

t pas

tora

l ca

re in

sch

oo

ls

inco

rpo

rate

s th

e in

telle

ctua

l ne

eds

of s

tud

ent

s;

wh

ich

incl

ud

es

the

lea

rnin

g of

eff

ect

ive

stu

dy

skill

s.

Thi

s vi

ewp

oin

t mai

ntai

ns:

Pa

sto

ral c

are

an

d a

cad

em

ic p

rog

ress

are

in

extr

ica

bly

lin

ked.

Aca

de

mic

ca

re in

volv

es

pro

mot

ing

we

ll-b

ein

g th

rou

gh

aca

de

mic

str

uct

ure

s a

nd

pro

cess

es

wh

ich

are

sym

pat

het

ic to

a

do

lesc

ent

ne

ed

s. I

t is

linke

d to

pa

sto

ral c

are

in it

s a

tte

ntio

n to

po

sitiv

e le

arn

ing

an

d d

eve

lop

me

nta

l o

utc

om

es

incl

ud

ing

kno

wle

dg

e o

f se

lf, s

elf

effic

acy

, h

ea

lthy

risk

ta

kin

g, g

oa

l set

ting

, ne

got

iatio

n,

refle

ctio

n a

nd

em

po

we

rme

nt (

McL

au

gh

lin, 2

001

, p1

).

Co

ntex

tB

etik

ama

Adv

ent

ist C

olle

ge

(BA

C)

is lo

cate

d on

th

e is

land

of G

uada

lcan

al o

n th

e o

utsk

irts

of H

oni

ara

, th

e ca

pita

l of t

he

So

lom

on

Isla

nds

. It i

s a

mul

ti-cu

ltura

l, b

oa

rdin

g se

con

da

ry s

cho

ol o

pe

rate

d by

th

e S

eve

nth

-day

Adv

ent

ist (

SD

A)

Chu

rch,

with

25

teac

hing

sta

ff, w

ho

se q

ualifi

catio

ns r

an

ge

fro

m

cert

ifica

te to

mas

ter’s

leve

l. T

he

re is

als

o 2

6 an

cilla

ry

staf

f. Whi

le n

umb

ers

may

va

ry s

om

ewh

at f

rom

ye

ar

to y

ea

r, st

ud

ent

enr

olm

ent

at t

he

time

of t

he

stu

dy

was

ove

r 4

00,

with

boy

s sl

ight

ly o

utnu

mb

eri

ng

gir

ls.

On

e ha

lf of

th

e st

ud

ent

bo

dy c

ame

fro

m a

vill

ag

e ba

ckg

roun

d, a

nd

abo

ut 2

0% b

elo

ng

ed

to a

ran

ge

of C

hris

tian

deno

min

atio

ns o

ther

th

an t

he

SD

A

faith

tra

ditio

n. A

bou

t 20%

of s

tude

nts

cam

e fr

om

Pre

par

ing

stu

den

ts f

rom

a d

iffer

ent

cultu

re fo

r ex

amin

atio

ns: A

pas

tora

l ca

re in

vest

men

t w

ith c

ost

s an

d

ben

efits

Pau

line

Po

tter

Sec

ond

ary

teac

her,

Kar

alun

di A

bo

rig

inal

Ed

ucat

ion

Cen

tre,

via

Mee

kath

arra

, Wes

tern

A

ustr

alia

*

“”

Stu

dy

skill

s p

rog

ram

s ar

e a

sig

nifi

cant

to

ol i

n im

pro

ving

st

ud

ent

stu

dy

hab

its

“”

Too

hea

vy

a w

ork

load

w

as

iden

tifie

d

as t

he m

ost

si

gn

ifica

nt

wo

rk-r

elat

ed

stre

ss f

acto

r

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| TE

AC

H |

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| T

EA

CH

|

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

Gua

dalc

anal

, 30%

fro

m t

he

larg

e ne

ighb

ouri

ng

isla

nd o

f Ma

laita

, and

th

e re

mai

nd

er

fro

m t

he

len

gth

an

d b

read

th o

f th

e is

lan

d na

tion.

Th

e st

ud

ent

gr

oups

inco

rpo

rate

th

e th

ree

dom

inan

t cul

ture

s –

Me

lane

sian

, Po

lyne

sian

and

Mic

rone

sian

.S

tud

ent

s’ a

ge

s ra

ng

ed

fro

m 1

2 to

21.

Fo

rm 6

(F

6) is

th

e fin

al y

ea

r o

f se

con

da

ry s

cho

olin

g; (

F7

has

sinc

e be

en a

dded

) cu

lmin

atin

g in

a P

acifi

c-w

ide

exam

inat

ion

whi

ch is

org

anis

ed

by t

he

So

uth

Pac

ific

Bo

ard

of E

duca

tiona

l Ass

ess

me

nt b

ase

d in

Su

va,

Fiji

. Eac

h ye

ar

the

re a

re s

om

e di

sap

po

intm

ent

s a

nd

unfu

lfille

d p

ote

ntia

l, w

ith e

asily

ob

serv

ed

po

or

stu

dy

habi

ts a

like

ly c

ause

. F6

stu

de

nts

are

tau

ght

so

me

ge

ne

ral s

tud

y sk

ills

in E

ng

lish,

bu

t th

is is

lim

ited;

th

ere

is n

o m

on

itori

ng,

an

d it

see

ms

that

th

e ex

erc

ise

has

min

imal

impa

ct o

n st

uden

t per

form

ance

. Thi

s sh

ou

ld b

e a

con

cern

fo

r m

any

teac

he

rs.

BA

C is

diff

ere

nt f

rom

oth

er

loca

l sch

oo

ls. I

t run

s a

farm

to g

row

foo

d fo

r th

e ki

tch

en

and

a ca

rvin

g sh

op

and

cop

pe

r w

ork

s to

se

ll a

rtef

acts

to to

uris

ts.

As

pa

rt o

f th

e sc

ho

ol’s

ph

iloso

phy

of s

elf-

suffi

cie

ncy

and

edu

catin

g th

e w

ho

le p

ers

on,

stu

den

ts (

bo

ard

ing)

a

re e

xpe

cte

d to

he

lp r

un t

he

sch

oo

l pro

gra

m b

y w

ork

ing

12 h

our

s p

er

we

ek

duri

ng

afte

rno

ons

. Thi

s is

th

e ‘w

ork

line’

pro

gra

m.

Pur

po

se a

nd s

igni

fican

ce o

f th

e st

udy

Th

e p

urp

ose

of t

he

stu

dy w

as to

teac

h F

6 st

ud

ent

s st

udy

ski

lls t

hat

wo

uld

he

lp t

he

m to

ove

rco

me

‘bad

’ (i

neff

ectiv

e) s

tudy

hab

its,

and

to e

nco

ura

ge

the

m to

ap

ply

new

ski

lls e

ffe

ctiv

ely

in t

he

ir s

tudy

. Th

e st

udy

a

lso

sou

ght

to e

xplo

re t

he

impa

ct o

f th

e S

SP

on

stu

den

t stu

dy h

abits

.T

he

act

ion

rese

arc

h w

as s

ign

ifica

nt b

eca

use

the

stu

dy s

kills

pro

gra

m w

as n

ot ju

st a

ime

d at

he

lpin

g cu

rre

nt s

tud

ent

s to

dev

elo

p ef

fect

ive

stu

dy h

ab

its

(incl

udi

ng

the

effic

ient

use

of t

ime

reso

urce

s); i

t co

uld

als

o le

ad

to t

he

stu

dy

skill

s p

rog

ram

be

ing

incl

uded

, in

the

futu

re, a

s pa

rt o

f th

e re

gula

r cu

rric

ulum

to a

ssis

t oth

er

stu

de

nts.

Th

e p

ote

ntia

l im

pact

of s

uch

a m

ove

sho

uld

not

be

und

er-

rate

d,

give

n th

e ve

ry li

mite

d av

aila

bilit

y of

loca

l ca

reer

op

enin

gs a

s w

ell

as h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion,

and

ove

rsea

s te

rtia

ry s

cho

lars

hip

s. T

he

stu

dy t

hus

met

bas

ic

crite

ria

for

sig

nifi

canc

e ‘in

term

s of

its

pot

ent

ial

for

pers

onal

pra

ctic

e, in

stitu

tiona

l influ

en

ce a

nd

(to

som

e ex

tent

) th

e w

ide

r b

ody

of e

duca

tiona

l kn

owle

dg

e’ (

McD

erm

ott,

20

02

, p 1

41).

Res

earc

h q

uest

ions

Th

e va

lue

of t

he

stu

dy s

kills

pro

gra

m w

as t

he

cent

ral f

ocu

s of

th

e te

ach

er

actio

n re

sea

rch.

Thr

ee

que

stio

ns w

ere

inve

stig

ate

d:W

hat

stu

dy s

kills

do

F6

stu

de

nts

alre

ady

1.

know

an

d p

ract

ise?

Wh

at ‘b

ad’ (

inef

fect

ive)

hab

its a

re im

pair

ing

2.

stu

de

nts’

pre

sent

stu

dy

pe

rfo

rma

nce

?

Wh

at im

pact

will

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of a

3

. st

ud

y sk

ills

pro

gra

m h

ave

on

stu

de

nts’

stu

dy

habi

ts a

nd p

ract

ice

s?

Defi

niti

ons

and

de

/lim

itat

ions

Fo

r th

e p

urp

ose

of t

his

stu

dy s

pe

cific

me

an

ing

s w

ere

giv

en

to s

ele

cte

d te

rms.

Stu

dy s

kills

we

re

defin

ed

as a

va

riet

y of

inte

rve

ntio

n st

rate

gie

s th

at

en

ab

le s

tud

ent

s to

util

ise

stu

dy t

ime

effe

ctiv

ely

; wh

ile

stu

dy h

abits

was

a lo

ose

ly u

sed

term

to in

clu

de

pre

-exi

stin

g b

eh

avio

ur

pat

tern

s th

at B

AC

stu

de

nts

exh

ibite

d d

uri

ng

the

ir st

ud

y tim

e. A

ctio

n re

sea

rch

was

re

ga

rde

d as

sys

tem

atic

inqu

iry

by te

ach

ers

in

th

e te

achi

ng

/lea

rnin

g e

nvir

onm

ent

to g

ath

er

info

rmat

ion

with

th

e g

oa

l of g

aini

ng u

nder

stan

ding

(t

hro

ug

h refle

ctiv

e p

ract

ice)

an

d b

rin

gin

g ab

out

p

osi

tive

chan

ges

in e

duc

atio

nal p

ract

ice

s an

d in

divi

dual

s’ li

ves

(se

e M

ills,

20

00,

p 6

).It

was

felt

that

th

e la

rge

num

be

r of

stu

de

nts

(53)

in t

he

two

F6

clas

ses

pla

ced

limita

tions

on

the

avai

lab

le t

ime

reso

urce

s. A

lso,

it w

as d

eci

de

d to

d

elim

it th

e le

ngth

of t

he s

tudy

ski

lls p

rog

ram

to

allo

w

for

ma

xim

um p

ract

ice

time

bef

ore

th

e sc

he

dule

d ex

amin

atio

ns. T

he

pro

gra

m w

as r

un w

ith o

nly

the

F6

‘art

s’ (

hum

aniti

es

sub

ject

s) c

lass

an

d m

oni

tori

ng

con

cent

rate

d o

n b

oa

rdin

g st

ud

ent

s b

eca

use

of e

ase

of

acc

ess

. Alth

ou

gh

mot

ivat

ion

was

re

ga

rde

d as

a

key

fact

or

in t

he

lite

ratu

re fo

r th

e su

cce

ss o

f stu

dy

skill

s p

rog

ram

s, it

was

co

nsid

ere

d to

be

too

bro

ad a

n a

rea

for

inve

stig

atio

n an

d b

eyo

nd

the

sco

pe

of t

his

stu

dy.

Rev

iew

of

the

rele

vant

lite

ratu

reC

urre

nt g

en

era

l lite

ratu

re (

cf. D

ane

bank

, 20

07;

Vin

cent

& H

aze

l, 2

00

5; C

arr

-Gre

gg,

20

04)

eff

ect

ive

ly

arg

ue

s th

at p

ast

ora

l ca

re/s

tud

ent

we

lfare

incl

ud

es

cari

ng fo

r st

uden

ts’ i

nte

llect

ual a

nd a

cade

mic

nee

ds.

Mo

re s

pe

cific

ally

, ea

rlie

r re

sea

rch

has

show

n th

at

stu

de

nts

may

not

dev

elo

p g

oo

d st

ud

y sk

ills

un

less

th

ey a

re h

elp

ed

(Tra

wic

k, 1

99

5), p

art

icul

arl

y e

rrat

ic

stu

de

nts

(Lev

ine,

19

88)

. If s

tudy

ski

lls a

re n

ot t

aug

ht,

sig

nifi

cant

diff

ere

nce

s d

eve

lop

bet

we

en

stu

de

nts

(Hay

ne

s, 1

99

0) a

nd

by te

rtia

ry le

vel i

t te

nds

to b

e o

nly

hig

h ac

hiev

ers

wh

o ha

ve le

arn

t how

to s

tudy

(O

ost

erh

uis-

Ge

ers

, 19

93)

. It i

s ev

ide

nt t

hat

tea

chin

g st

udy

skill

s ca

n im

prov

e st

uden

ts’ s

tudy

hab

its

(Mus

san

o, n

.d.).

Be

nefit

s of

go

od

stu

dy h

abits

m

ay in

clu

de:

Bet

ter

gra

de

s (T

ho

mas

, 19

93)

; few

er

aca

de

mic

pro

ble

ms

(Od

ell,

19

96)

; inc

reas

ed a

bilit

y to

han

dle

stre

ss (

Mus

san

o, n

.d.);

re

duce

d an

xiet

y an

d in

crea

sed

perc

eptio

n of

pe

rso

na

l ski

lls (

Hu

lick,

19

89)

; and

enh

ance

d se

lf-re

gul

atio

n (T

alb

ot, n

.d.).

Wh

en

sho

uld

stu

dy

skill

s b

e ta

ug

ht?

So

me

pro

po

ne

nts

(Th

om

as,

19

93)

ad

voca

te d

eve

lop

ing

the

m a

t eve

ry a

cad

em

ic le

vel.

How

eve

r, ot

he

rs

(Tab

be

rer,

198

4) s

ay s

eni

or

hig

h sc

ho

ol (

e.g.

F6)

is

a p

art

icu

larl

y a

pp

rop

riat

e tim

e b

eca

use

th

is is

wh

en

stu

de

nts

face

new

de

man

ds a

nd

have

to w

ork

with

gre

ate

r in

de

pe

nd

enc

e, b

ut te

nd

not

to u

se s

tudy

tim

e w

ell

unle

ss t

hey

are

tau

ght t

he

skill

s.It

was

ant

icip

ate

d th

at if

th

e lit

era

ture

pro

ved

to

be

a re

liab

le g

uid

e, F

6 st

udy

hab

its w

ere

like

ly to

b

e g

en

era

lly w

ea

k b

efo

re t

he

stu

dy s

kills

pro

gra

m

com

me

nce

d. C

on

seq

ue

ntly

th

e p

rog

ram

wo

uld

te

ach

stu

de

nts

skill

s w

hich

, if p

ract

ise

d, s

ho

uld

bri

ng

be

nefit

s. H

owev

er,

it ha

s b

ee

n p

oin

ted

out

tha

t go

od

stu

dy h

abits

do

not

gua

rant

ee

succ

ess

(B

igg

s, 1

978)

, an

d th

at g

ettin

g st

ud

ent

s to

pra

ctis

e th

em

can

be

chal

leng

ing

(Rau

ch a

nd F

illen

wor

th, 1

99

5). F

inal

ly,

mot

ivat

ion

was

ide

ntifi

ed

in t

he

lite

ratu

re a

s a

fact

or

in s

ucce

ssfu

l stu

dy s

kills

pro

gra

ms

(Tuc

kman

, 19

96)

. O

vera

ll th

e lit

era

ture

pro

vid

ed

info

rmat

ion

that

‘sh

ed

light

’ on

the

pro

ble

m, h

elp

ed

enl

arg

e th

e fr

ame

of

refe

renc

e fo

r th

e p

rese

nt s

tudy

, an

d as

sist

ed

in

colle

ctin

g ap

prop

riat

e da

ta.

Rat

iona

le f

or

the

met

hod

olo

gy

An

actio

n re

sea

rch

app

roac

h w

as t

ake

n in

thi

s st

udy

be

caus

e of

th

e p

erc

eiv

ed

‘fit’

bet

we

en

this

m

eth

od

olo

gy

and

past

oral

ca

re. S

om

e sc

ho

lars

se

e ac

tion

rese

arc

h as

a d

istin

ctly

ca

rin

g p

ract

ice:

Wh

ile a

ctio

n re

sea

rch

mig

ht b

eg

in w

ith t

he

com

mitm

ent

of t

he

ind

ivid

ua

l ‘I’,

th

is is

an

‘I’ w

ho

reco

gn

ise

s h

er

or

him

self

in r

ela

tion

to o

the

rs;

an

d th

is is

a r

eci

pro

cal c

om

mitm

ent

en

act

ed

colle

ctiv

ely

…. A

nd

we

care

en

ou

gh

to t

ake

th

e tr

ou

ble

to

do

som

eth

ing

ab

ou

t ou

r o

wn

pe

rso

na

l p

ract

ice

for

the

be

nefit

of e

ach

oth

er.

Su

ch

reco

gn

itio

n o

f pe

rso

na

l acc

ou

nta

bili

ty is

an

act

of

dev

otio

n, a

pra

yerf

ul a

ct o

f ca

re (

McN

iff, 1

99

9:51

).

Thi

s ‘p

art

ne

rshi

p’ b

etw

ee

n ac

tion

rese

arc

h an

d pa

sto

ral c

are

has

be

en

illus

trat

ed,

in t

he

U.K

., by

th

e ‘A

RT

E I

nte

rnat

iona

l Pro

ject

,’ su

pp

ort

ed

by t

he

Un

ive

rsity

of C

am

bri

dg

e a

nd

thre

e p

art

icip

atin

g se

con

dary

sch

oo

ls in

Eas

t An

glia

. Th

e o

ng

oin

g p

roje

ct h

as d

em

ons

trat

ed

how

act

ion

rese

arc

h in

te

ach

er

edu

catio

n (A

RT

E)

is u

tilis

ed

to e

xplo

re

pe

rso

nal a

nd

soci

al d

ime

nsio

ns o

f te

achi

ng

and

lea

rnin

g –

a di

rect

ion

follo

we

d in

th

e p

rese

nt S

SP

st

udy

in w

hich

par

ticip

ants

we

re c

om

mitt

ed to

st

ud

ent

s d

eve

lop

ing

ap

pro

pri

ate

stu

dy

skill

s.T

he

pre

sent

stu

dy w

as t

ypic

al i

n th

at it

follo

wed

ac

cept

ed

po

sitio

ns o

f act

ion

rese

arc

h by

(am

on

g ot

he

rs): fo

cusi

ng

on

pro

fess

ion

al a

nd

wo

rkp

lace

situ

atio

ns;

invo

lvin

g refle

ctio

n a

nd

actio

n;•

requ

irin

g (s

elf)

eva

luat

ion;

• in

corp

ora

ting

colla

bo

ratio

n w

ith c

olle

ague

s;•

en

de

avo

uri

ng

to b

rin

g a

bo

ut i

mp

rove

me

nt;

• a

dd

ress

ing

a re

al,

rele

vant

pro

ble

m;

• ha

ving

par

ticip

ants

gat

her

dat

a th

emse

lves

.• O

n th

e ot

he

r ha

nd,

th

e st

udy

was

aty

pic

al,

in

not

pre

scri

ptiv

ely

fol

low

ing

any

spec

ific

mo

de

l(s)

of

actio

n re

sea

rch

(an

d a

lso

in n

ot u

sin

g a

cust

om

ary

fr

ee

-flow

ing,

na

rrat

ive

ge

nre

in r

ep

ort

ing

the

rese

arc

h, in

pre

fere

nce

to a

mo

re s

truc

ture

d, s

tylis

ed

form

at).

Co

llect

ion

and

ana

lysi

s o

f d

ata

Mu

ltip

le c

om

ple

me

nta

ry d

ata

colle

ctio

n p

roce

dure

s w

ere

em

plo

yed

to o

btai

n va

rio

us

pe

rsp

ect

ive

s o

n th

e p

rob

lem

, an

d to

incr

eas

e th

e re

liab

ility

of t

he

findi

ng

s. T

able

1 o

utli

ne

s th

e se

qu

en

ce o

f dat

a co

llect

ion

pro

cedu

res.

In

man

y ca

ses

the

se w

ere

Tab

le 1

: S

equ

ence

of

dat

a co

llect

ion

pro

ced

ure

s

1.

Ge

ne

ral p

relim

ina

ry o

bse

rva

tion

s a

nd

refle

ctio

n o

n F

6 st

ud

y h

ab

its.

2.

Co

lleg

ial d

ialo

gu

e w

ith f

ello

w F

6 te

ach

ers

ab

ou

t F6

stu

dy

ha

bits

. (W

ha

t are

th

e p

erc

ep

tion

s a

nd

vie

ws

of c

olle

ag

ue

s?)

3.

Initi

al s

tud

en

t su

rvey

of p

rio

r kn

ow

led

ge

ab

ou

t stu

dy

skill

s. (

Stu

de

nts

we

re

req

uir

ed

to m

ake

a li

st o

f stu

dy

skill

s th

ey k

ne

w o

r u

sed

.)

4.

Stu

de

nt q

ue

stio

nn

air

e/s

elf-

eva

lua

tion:

40

item

s, s

tru

ctu

red

an

d o

pe

n-e

nd

ed

, u

sin

g a fiv

e-p

oin

t Lik

ert

sca

le a

nd

cove

rin

g fo

ur

ma

in a

rea

s:

ide

ntifi

catio

n o

f pe

rso

na

l eff

ect

ive

stu

dy

stra

teg

ies

‘ba

d’ (

ine

ffe

ctiv

e) h

ab

its t

ha

t sp

oil

on

e’s

stu

dy

pro

cra

stin

atio

n a

nd

faili

ng

to t

ry•

pe

rce

ive

d n

ee

ds

in s

tud

yin

g m

ore

eff

ect

ive

ly.

5.

Stu

de

nt b

rain

sto

rmin

g se

ssio

n re

ga

rdin

g si

x is

sue

s:

ba

rrie

rs t

o a

skin

g fo

r te

ach

er

he

lp•

affi

rma

tion

of s

tud

en

ts•

the

fun

ctio

n o

f sa

nct

ion

s•

‘wo

rklin

e’•

tea

che

rs m

on

itori

ng

stu

dy

pe

er

sup

po

rt g

rou

ps.

6.

Re

po

rt t

o th

e st

aff

(d

uri

ng

a re

gu

lar

sta

ff m

ee

ting)

on

stu

de

nt n

ee

ds

ari

sin

g fr

om

th

e q

ue

stio

nn

air

e a

nd

the

bra

inst

orm

ing

sess

ion

.

7.

Stu

de

nt S

tud

y S

kills

Pro

gra

m: C

on

stru

ctio

n, i

mp

lem

en

tatio

n a

nd

ap

plic

atio

n b

ase

d o

n re

vea

led

ne

ed

.

Th

is w

as

con

du

cte

d ov

er

seve

ral s

ess

ion

s a

nd

incl

ud

ed

a te

n-p

ag

e b

oo

kle

t.

Em

ph

ase

s w

ere

pla

ced

on:

time

– w

he

n?•

pla

ce –

wh

ere

?•

sub

ject

ma

tte

r –

wh

at?

/ p

rio

ritie

s•

stra

teg

ies

– h

ow

? h

ow

we

ll?•

go

al s

ett

ing

– w

hy?

Stu

de

nts

we

re e

nco

ura

ge

d to

ap

ply

th

e st

rate

gie

s in

th

eir

da

ily s

tud

y.

8.

Inte

rim

su

rvey

of s

tud

en

t pro

gre

ss. S

tud

en

ts w

ere

re

qu

ire

d to

re

spo

nd

to t

wo

mu

ltip

le c

ho

ice

qu

est

ion

s re

ga

rdin

g:

(a)

ob

serv

an

ce o

f tim

eta

ble

sch

ed

ule

s fo

r st

ud

y

(b)

self

eva

lua

tion

of c

urr

en

t stu

dy

pra

ctic

es.

9.

Mo

nito

rin

g o

f stu

de

nt s

tud

y p

ract

ice

s o

n a

n in

form

al b

asi

s by

te

ach

ers

.

10.

Fo

llow

-up

stu

de

nt q

ue

stio

nn

air

e S

tud

en

ts w

ere

ask

ed

to r

esp

on

d to

q

ue

stio

ns

ab

ou

t th

eir

stu

dy

ha

bits

in r

ela

tion

to:

be

fore

th

e p

rog

ram

at t

he

com

me

nce

me

nt o

f th

e p

rog

ram

aft

er

the

pro

gra

m a

nd

con

tinu

ing

nev

er

hav

ing

ad

op

ted

stu

dy

skill

s st

rate

gie

s.•

11.

Po

st-s

urv

ey o

f te

ach

ers

: A o

ne

-pa

ge

form

re

qu

est

ing

fee

db

ack

acc

ord

ing

to s

eve

n cr

iteri

a o

n a

4-p

oin

t Lik

ert

sca

le, a

nd

als

o in

vitin

g co

mm

en

ts in

an

op

en

-en

de

d se

ctio

n.

BA

C r

un

s a

farm

to

gro

w

foo

d f

or

the

kitc

hen

an

d

a ca

rvin

g

sho

p a

nd

co

pp

er

wo

rks

to s

ell

arte

fact

s to

to

uri

sts

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AC

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| T

EA

CH

|

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

not

pre

-det

erm

ine

d bu

t ‘g

rew

’ fro

m o

bse

rvat

ions

, d

iscu

ssio

n, e

arl

ier fin

ding

s, b

rain

stor

min

g, a

nd

refle

ctio

n. T

he

initi

al o

bse

rvat

ions

an

d refle

ctio

ns (

in

ph

ase

1)

occ

urre

d ov

er

a fiv

e-m

ont

h p

eri

od,

whi

le

the

rem

ain

ing

ph

ase

s (2

-11,

se

e Ta

ble

1)

too

k u

p th

ree

mo

nths

of i

nte

nsiv

e in

vest

igat

ion.

Twen

ty-n

ine

stud

ents

par

ticip

ate

d in

th

e st

udy

(N=

29)

; tw

ent

y gi

rls

and

nin

e b

oys,

with

sev

en

girl

s be

ing

non

-bo

ardi

ng s

tud

ent

s. C

olla

bo

rativ

e st

rate

gie

s in

volv

ed

the

teac

hin

g st

aff a

s a

wh

ole

, as

we

ll as

sp

ecific

gro

up

s of

teac

he

rs.

Th

e re

spo

nse

s fr

om

sur

veys

an

d qu

est

ionn

aire

s w

ere

ta

llied

and

tota

ls w

ere

co

nver

ted

to

pe

rce

nta

ge

s fo

r an

aly

sis

to r

eve

al p

atte

rns

or

tre

nds

. C

om

me

nts,

ob

serv

atio

ns

an

d su

gg

est

ion

s re

ceiv

ed

fro

m s

tud

ent

s an

d st

aff i

n re

spo

nse

to o

pe

n-e

nd

ed

qu

est

ion

s w

ere

re

ad,

cat

eg

ori

sed

acc

ord

ing

to

com

mo

n th

em

es,

su

mm

ari

sed

an

d refle

cte

d o

n.

Eth

ical

co

nsid

erat

ions

BA

C s

cho

ol a

dmin

istr

atio

n an

d st

aff w

ere

co

nsul

ted

abo

ut t

he

pur

po

se o

f th

e ac

tion

rese

arc

h, in

clu

din

g th

e re

aso

n th

e p

rog

ram

co

uld

not

be

exte

nd

ed

to t

he

Sci

enc

e cl

ass.

Thi

s w

as e

xpla

ine

d to

all

F6

stu

de

nts.

W

ith a

no

nym

ity fo

r al

l stu

de

nt r

esp

ons

es

assu

red,

an

d w

ith n

o ap

pare

nt s

ensi

tive

issu

es in

volv

ed,

ethi

cal c

rite

ria

for

the

stu

dy w

ere

met

.

Fin

din

gs

Pe

rso

nal o

bse

rvat

ion

and

refle

ctio

n ov

er

two

sch

oo

l te

rms

ide

ntifi

ed

a p

ote

ntia

l stu

de

nt n

ee

d, w

hile

te

ach

ing

colle

ag

ue

s sh

ow

ed

a g

en

era

l int

ere

st in

th

e ar

ea o

f stu

dy s

kills

follo

win

g a

staf

f mee

ting.

Th

e in

itia

l stu

den

t su

rvey

was

ve

ry r

eve

alin

g. It

sh

owe

d th

at 3

6% o

f stu

de

nts

we

re u

nab

le to

nam

e an

y st

udy

ski

lls, a

nd

a fu

rth

er

32%

co

uld

nam

e o

nly

on

e. T

hus

two

-thi

rds

of t

he

clas

s kn

ew a

lmo

st n

o st

ud

y sk

ills

wh

ile t

he

rem

ain

de

r n

am

ed

very

few

. T

his

hig

hlig

hte

d a

con

sid

era

ble

ne

ed

an

d co

nce

rne

d te

ach

ers

. At t

he

sam

e tim

e it

rais

ed

the

pot

ent

ially

se

nsiti

ve q

ue

stio

n of

wh

at s

tudy

ski

lls (

if an

y) t

he

se

stu

de

nts

ha

d le

arn

ed

du

rin

g ju

nio

r o

r m

idd

le h

igh

sch

oo

l cla

sse

s!T

he

stu

den

t qu

estio

nna

ire

/se

lf ev

alu

atio

n fin

din

gs

disc

lose

d m

uch

abou

t stu

dent

stu

dy h

abits

. Stu

dent

s fo

llow

ed r

elat

ive

ly fe

w ‘g

oo

d’ (

effe

ctiv

e) s

tudy

hab

its

on

a re

gu

lar

ba

sis.

On

the

po

sitiv

e si

de,

‘ta

kin

g n

ote

s a

nd fil

ing

the

m’ a

pp

ea

red

as o

ne

of t

he

stro

ng

er

habi

ts (

55%

). S

om

e ‘g

oo

d’ h

abits

th

e st

uden

ts d

id

follo

w (

e.g.

‘tak

ing

sho

rt b

reak

s’)

we

re o

pe

n to

ab

use,

suc

h as

tim

e w

astin

g. It

was

sur

pri

sin

g to

di

scov

er

that

stu

de

nts

‘usu

ally

’ or

‘alw

ays’

pra

yed

abou

t the

ir s

tudy

(5

9%);

per

hap

s a

‘pio

us h

ope’

in

light

of t

he

ir ot

he

r ac

tions

(o

r la

ck o

f). H

elp

ful h

abits

lik

e as

kin

g te

ach

ers

for

he

lp w

ere

follo

we

d by

ve

ry

few

stu

de

nts

(4%

). S

tud

ent

s w

ere

muc

h m

ore

like

ly

to s

ee

k h

elp

fro

m t

he

ir p

ee

rs (

44%

), w

hich

po

inte

d to

po

ssib

le a

ltern

ativ

e b

ase

s fo

r o

rga

nis

ing

exis

ting

stu

dy g

roup

s. F

urth

erm

ore

, re

spo

nse

s w

hy s

tud

ent

s m

ight

no

t ask

teac

he

rs fo

r h

elp

with

th

eir

stu

die

s in

dica

ted

that

gir

ls w

ere

tw

o o

r th

ree

time

s le

ss li

kely

to

ap

pro

ach

teac

he

rs fo

r h

elp

tha

n b

oys.

Th

e m

ain

reas

ons

give

n by

gir

ls w

ere

shy

ne

ss, f

ea

r, o

r la

ckin

g co

urag

e o

r sk

ills

to a

sk ‘p

rop

erl

y.’ I

t is

reas

ona

ble

to c

onc

lud

e th

at t

he

se r

esp

ons

es

see

m to

po

int t

o d

ee

ply

em

be

dd

ed

cultu

ral i

ssu

es

reg

ard

ing

the

role

of

wo

me

n in

So

lom

on

Isla

nds

so

ciet

y.S

eve

ral ‘

go

od

’ ha

bits

we

re c

ons

pic

uo

us

by t

he

ir

abse

nce.

Th

e F

6 cl

ass

was

alm

ost

una

war

e of

sel

f-m

otiv

atio

nal s

trat

egi

es (

81%

), a

nd t

he

maj

ority

had

n

eith

er

a lis

t of s

tudy

pri

ori

ties

(61%

), n

or

an e

ffe

ctiv

e st

ud

y tim

etab

le (

70%

).T

he

data

indi

cate

d th

at ‘w

astin

g tim

e in

stu

dy

peri

ods

’ (4

5%)

and

stay

ing

up la

te (

44%

) ra

nke

d hi

gh

on

the

‘bad

’ hab

its li

st.

Pro

cras

tinat

ion

was

als

o a

sig

nifi

cant

pro

ble

m (

79%

), w

ith p

erc

eiv

ed

cau

ses

com

mon

ly c

ent

erin

g on

inef

fect

ive

self-

man

agem

ent

and

lack

of s

elf-

confid

enc

e, t

wo

are

as t

hat

stu

dy

skill

s ar

e cl

aim

ed

to a

ddr

ess

.O

f th

e va

rio

us o

ptio

ns o

f ass

ista

nce

offe

red,

m

any

stu

de

nts

wan

ted

all

of t

he

m, w

ith ‘t

eac

he

rs

giv

ing

extr

a st

ud

y h

elp

’ (9

3%),

‘te

ach

ers

mo

nito

rin

g st

ud

ent s

tudy

’ (78

%),

an

d ‘a

stu

dy s

kills

pro

gra

m’

(74%

) b

ein

g th

e m

ost

po

pul

ar

cho

ice

s. T

he

term

‘p

ee

r su

pp

ort

gro

up’ (

on

e of

th

e o

ptio

ns)

was

not

u

nd

ers

too

d. T

his

is ir

on

ic, g

ive

n th

e S

olo

mo

n Is

land

s’ s

tro

ng c

om

mun

al c

ultu

re. T

his

aven

ue o

f as

sist

ance

was

not

pur

sue

d fu

rth

er.

Th

e st

ud

ent b

rain

sto

rmin

g se

ssio

n yi

eld

ed

som

e us

eful

idea

s ab

out s

tude

nt-t

eac

her

rela

tions

in t

he

cont

ext o

f ext

ra h

elp

, with

em

pha

sis

on

teac

he

rs

mak

ing

the

mse

lve

s m

ore

ava

ilab

le fo

r h

elp

an

d st

ud

ent

s ta

kin

g g

reat

er

resp

on

sib

ility

fo

r th

eir

actio

ns.

A r

epo

rt to

the

staf

f on

the fin

din

gs

of t

he

stu

de

nt

surv

ey, q

uest

ionn

aire

, and

bra

inst

orm

ing

mad

e st

aff

awa

re o

f how

th

ey c

oul

d h

elp

, but

th

ey d

id n

ot a

gre

e to

stu

de

nts

havi

ng

extr

a st

udy

tim

e. T

hey

insi

ste

d th

at s

tud

ent

s ef

fect

ive

ly u

tilis

e ex

istin

g, a

vaila

ble

tim

e re

sour

ces;

teac

he

rs fi

rst w

ante

d to

se

e so

me

imp

rove

me

nt in

stu

dy h

abits

. A r

equ

est

to r

e-i

nsta

te

‘cla

ss d

evot

ion

al p

eri

ods

’ int

o th

e tim

etab

le w

as

gra

nte

d a

nd

this

he

lpe

d st

ren

gth

en

stu

de

nt-t

eac

he

r b

on

ds a

nd

als

o a

pp

ea

red

to in

cre

ase

stu

de

nt

mot

ivat

ion.

Th

e st

udy

ski

lls p

rog

ram

was

we

ll re

ceiv

ed

and

very

we

ll at

tend

ed. I

t was

co

nduc

ted

over

se

vera

l ses

sio

ns in

out

-of-

clas

s tim

e. P

art

icip

ants

ap

pre

ciat

ed

the

ten

-pa

ge

bo

okl

et w

hich

de

alt

with

th

e ef

fect

ive

pla

nnin

g an

d m

ana

ge

me

nt/u

tilis

atio

n of

:tim

e;•

the

stu

dy e

nvir

onm

ent

(p

hysi

cal a

nd

em

otio

na

l);g

oa

ls a

nd

task

s;•

stra

tegi

es

to le

arn

sub

ject

co

nte

nt

• (u

nd

ers

tan

din

g, r

eco

rdin

g, r

evie

win

g a

nd

me

mo

risi

ng)

.A

n in

teri

m s

urv

ey o

f stu

de

nts’

pro

gre

ss, h

owev

er,

show

ed o

nly

limite

d im

prov

emen

t, in

itial

ly. A

maj

ority

(6

8%)

of t

he

clas

s di

d n

ot p

ers

ist i

n m

oni

tori

ng

the

ir

stu

dy t

ime

and

28%

had

not

eve

n st

art

ed,

whi

le

the

de

sire

to e

ng

ag

e in

pe

rso

nal m

oni

tori

ng

was

m

aint

ain

ed

by o

nly

on

e st

ud

ent

. How

eve

r 6

0%

clai

me

d th

at t

he

ir s

tudy

hab

its h

ad im

pro

ved,

but

o

nly

‘a li

ttle

’. T

he

rem

aini

ng

stu

de

nts

adm

itte

d to

no

imp

rove

me

nt. H

owev

er,

this

ad

mis

sio

n st

irre

d th

em

in

to a

ctio

n.A

s tim

e pa

sse

d, m

on

itori

ng o

f stu

den

t stu

dy

prac

tices

sh

owe

d th

at s

tud

ent

s’ s

tudy

hab

its

imp

rove

d n

otic

eab

ly; s

tud

ent

s w

ere

qui

ete

r, th

ey

incr

ea

sin

gly

so

ug

ht s

olit

ud

e fo

r th

eir

stu

dy,

an

d w

aste

d fa

r le

ss t

ime,

pre

sent

ing

quite

a c

ont

rast

to

the

Sci

enc

e cl

ass

(wh

o w

ere

not

pa

rt o

f th

e st

udy

).

It w

as in

tere

stin

g to

not

e th

at w

hile

th

e S

cien

ce

clas

s m

em

be

rs w

ere

giv

en

a co

py o

f th

e st

udy

ski

lls

pro

gra

m fo

r th

eir

not

ice

bo

ard

an

d w

ere

off

ere

d th

eir

own

pe

rso

nal c

op

ies

if th

ey a

ske

d fo

r th

em

, th

ey

de

clin

ed

the

cha

llen

ge.

Ins

tead

, th

ey w

ere

ob

serv

ed

fre

que

ntly

was

ting

time

and

mak

ing

a lo

t of n

ois

e.O

n refle

ctio

n, t

he

re w

ere

thr

ee

like

ly r

ea

son

s fo

r th

e o

bse

rve

d im

pro

vem

ent

s: T

he

ne

arn

ess

of t

he

appr

oach

ing

exam

s, t

he

new

ly le

arn

ed

stu

dy s

kills

, a

nd

en

cou

rag

em

ent

fro

m t

he

teac

he

r.T

he

follo

w-u

p qu

estio

nna

ire

was

adm

inis

tere

d ju

st b

efo

re t

he

exam

s. S

tud

ent

re

spo

nse

s, s

upp

ort

ed

by te

ach

er

ob

serv

atio

ns, s

how

ed

that

whi

lst s

om

e ‘b

ad’ h

abits

pe

rsis

ted

(e.g

. pro

cras

tinat

ion,

an

d la

te n

ight

s), m

any

of t

he

m d

ecr

eas

ed

or

ceas

ed.

A

lso,

man

y n

ew id

eas

/te

chni

que

s w

ere

tri

ed

and

adop

ted,

not

ably

: Fo

llow

ing

prio

ritie

s, s

ettin

g g

oa

ls, a

nd

divi

din

g up

big

tas

ks. T

he

onl

y p

rog

ram

su

gg

est

ion

shu

nn

ed

was

ask

ing

teac

he

rs f

or

he

lp

(a c

ultu

ral p

rob

lem

), w

he

reas

dev

otio

nal p

eri

ods

a

nd

pra

yer,

not

e-t

aki

ng,

rea

ding

and

mem

ori

sing

sk

ills

we

re d

ee

me

d p

art

icu

larl

y h

elp

ful.

On

a 10

-p

oin

t sca

le, m

ost

stu

de

nts

felt

the

ir s

tudy

hab

its

had

imp

rove

d 3

-5 p

oin

ts, w

ith s

ix s

tud

ent

s fe

elin

g th

ey h

ad im

pro

ved

10 p

oin

ts! T

his

was

pro

bab

ly

an o

vers

tate

men

t, b

ut it

ce

rtai

nly

indi

cate

d a

con

sid

era

ble

imp

rove

me

nt in

co

nfid

ence

and

co

ping

sk

ills.

Re

aso

ns

giv

en

by s

tud

ent

s fo

r im

pro

vem

ent

s ce

ntre

d o

n in

sig

hts

gai

ne

d fr

om

th

e st

udy

ski

lls

pro

gra

m. T

he

tiny

min

ori

ty, w

ho

imp

rove

d lit

tle,

adm

itted

a la

ck o

f int

ere

st in

ach

ieve

men

t.A

s pa

rt o

f th

e p

ost

-su

rvey

of t

each

ers,

five

te

ach

ers

(w

ho

we

re r

esp

on

sib

le f

or

tea

chin

g si

x H

uman

itie

s su

bje

cts)

we

re s

urve

yed

abo

ut F

6 st

udy

hab

its. A

ll of

th

e te

ach

ers

not

ice

d so

me

imp

rove

me

nt, t

he

on

ly e

xce

ptio

n be

ing

in M

aths

, a

reg

ula

r ‘b

ane’

of m

any

Hum

aniti

es

stu

de

nts.

Th

ere

m

ay b

e a

logi

cal e

xpla

natio

n fo

r th

is, h

owev

er.

Fo

r e

ntry

to te

rtia

ry e

duca

tion,

th

e re

sult

in o

ne

sub

ject

(th

e lo

we

st)

is n

ot c

oun

ted.

With

Hum

aniti

es

stu

de

nts

ofte

n st

rug

glin

g w

ith M

aths

, it i

s us

ually

th

e su

bje

ct in

whi

ch t

hey

‘eco

no

mis

e’ o

n ef

fort

.In

co

mp

ari

ng

tea

che

r a

nd

stu

de

nt p

erc

ept

ion

s it

was

not

ewo

rthy

tha

t te

ach

ers

’ pe

rce

ptio

ns

of im

pro

vem

ent

we

re lo

we

r th

an

stu

de

nts’

ow

n e

stim

ate

s.

Co

nclu

sio

n an

d r

eco

mm

end

atio

nsT

he

stu

dy d

ea

lt w

ith t

hre

e qu

est

ions

. Th

ese

focu

sed

on in

vest

igat

ing

stud

ents

’ pri

or

stud

y ha

bits

, th

e na

ture

of e

xist

ing

inef

fect

ive

stud

y ha

bits

th

at

impa

ired

per

form

ance

, and

asc

ert

aini

ng t

he

impa

ct

of a

stu

dy

skill

s in

terv

ent

ion

pro

gra

m.

Th

e va

rio

us d

ata

whi

ch w

ere

co

llect

ed

cle

arl

y sh

owe

d th

at t

he

maj

ori

ty o

f stu

de

nts

(alth

ou

gh

in

the

ir fi

na

l ye

ar

of s

eco

nd

ary

sch

oo

ling)

se

em

ed

unaw

are

of, a

nd p

ract

ised

few

, stu

dy s

kills

. Thi

s h

igh

light

ed

a m

an

ifest

defic

ienc

y an

d th

e n

ee

d fo

r st

ud

ent

s to

acq

uir

e ef

fect

ive

lea

rnin

g to

ols

ea

rlie

r o

n in

th

eir

se

con

dary

sch

oo

ling

vis

a vi

s th

eir

fina

l ye

ar.

It al

so r

aise

d th

e qu

est

ion

of a

wh

ole

-sc

ho

ol a

pp

roac

h to

lea

rnin

g, t

he

ne

ed

for

cle

ar

com

mun

icat

ion

bet

we

en

teac

he

rs o

f jun

ior

clas

ses

and

seni

or

clas

ses,

an

d th

e se

ttin

g of

co

mm

on

go

als

.In

effe

ctiv

e tim

e a

nd

self-

ma

na

ge

me

nt b

y st

uden

ts w

ere

rev

eal

ed a

s be

ing

impa

irm

ents

to

stu

dy p

erf

orm

ance

. A c

ase

coul

d b

e a

rgu

ed

that

th

ese

tw

o im

pair

me

nts

have

a c

ultu

ral t

race

. Thi

s sh

oul

d n

ot b

e su

rpri

sin

g as

edu

catio

n a

lway

s ta

kes

plac

e in

a c

ultu

ral c

ont

ext (

the

fam

ily, c

lass

roo

m,

scho

ol,

and

the

wid

er c

om

mun

ity)

and

teac

hers

with

a

We

ste

rn b

ackg

roun

d sh

oul

d n

ot u

nd

ere

stim

ate

the

stre

ng

th o

f tra

ditio

nal S

olo

mo

n Is

lan

ds c

ultu

re,

in w

hich

usi

ng a

vaila

ble

time

reso

urce

s fo

r so

cia

l-co

mm

unity

pur

po

ses

com

pet

es

with

, or

in m

any

in

stan

ces

has

prio

rity

ove

r in

divi

dual

aca

dem

ic

(stu

dy)

cons

ider

atio

ns.

Fur

the

rmo

re, s

om

e d

ata

indi

cate

d th

at c

ultu

ral

fact

ors

ap

pe

are

d to

wo

rk a

gai

nst f

em

ale

stu

de

nts.

In

a pa

tria

rcha

l so

ciet

y, c

ultu

ral c

orr

ect

ne

ss d

oe

s n

ot

enco

urag

e a

youn

ger

pe

rso

n as

king

an

old

er p

erso

n a

que

stio

n, p

artic

ular

ly in

a le

arni

ng/s

cho

ol c

ont

ext,

w

he

re t

he flo

w o

f que

stio

ns is

usu

ally

exp

ecte

d to

b

e in

th

e o

pp

osi

te d

ire

ctio

n. T

he

situ

atio

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ve r

ise

to a

new

cy

cle

of te

ach

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actio

n re

sea

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to e

xplo

re a

nd

un

de

rsta

nd

the

com

ple

xitie

s of

stu

de

nts’

lea

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in t

he

cont

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f tw

o p

owe

rful

cul

ture

s co

llidi

ng a

nd

com

petin

g in

sch

oo

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sce

rtai

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th

e im

pact

of t

he

stud

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oul

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e co

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de

d th

at, i

nitia

lly, i

t w

as li

mite

d, b

ut in

crea

sed

with

th

e im

min

ence

of

fina

l exa

min

atio

ns, a

nd

as t

he

valu

e of

th

e p

rog

ram

be

cam

e m

ore

obv

ious

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o, s

tud

ent

s w

ere

not

ave

rse

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raw

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on

spir

itua

l re

sour

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ple

me

nt t

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ir h

um

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effo

rts.

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e sp

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com

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nd

atio

n re

sulti

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fro

m

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stu

dy w

as t

hat

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e st

udy

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oul

d be

com

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inte

gral

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pas

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re

pro

gra

m a

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oul

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e p

rese

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d at

th

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inn

ing

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acad

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ea

r. It

was

fur

the

r re

com

me

nd

ed

that

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imila

r p

rog

ram

be

dev

elo

pe

d fo

r F

4 (a

n e

ntry

leve

l fo

r m

any

stu

de

nts

wh

o co

me

to

BA

C)

wh

en

app

rop

riat

e sk

ills

and

self-

disc

iplin

e a

re

req

uir

ed.

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ally

, in

retr

ospe

ct, t

he

pro

gra

m id

entifi

ed

and

sup

plie

d a

ne

ed

and

de

live

red

som

e of

th

e b

en

efit

s o

utlin

ed

in t

he

lite

ratu

re. H

owev

er,

the

re

we

re a

lso

cost

s. T

he

ada

ge:

No

pain

; no

ga

in,

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly s

umm

ed

up t

he

SS

P (

for

bot

h st

ud

ent

s an

d te

ache

rs)

in te

rms

of t

he

con

sid

era

ble

eff

ort

an

d tim

e re

sour

ces

spe

nt. T

o re

ap t

he

be

nefit

s of

th

e S

SP

ca

lled

for

pat

ien

ce, p

ers

iste

nce

, se

lf-di

scip

line,

an

d a

will

ingn

ess

to c

hang

e pr

iori

ties.

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as e

vide

nt

that

th

e p

rog

ram

had

a s

ignific

ant i

mpa

ct o

n so

me

indi

vidu

als

, as

evid

enc

ed

by t

he

enc

our

agi

ng

com

me

nt o

f on

e m

ale

bo

ard

ing

stu

de

nt w

ho

had

a ch

eq

ue

red

sch

oo

l ca

ree

r: ‘T

he

pro

gra

m w

as a

ch

ance

of a

life

time

for

me,

be

caus

e it

has

cre

ate

d a

corn

ers

ton

e fo

r m

y fu

ture

lea

rnin

g’.

End

note

* A

t th

e tim

e o

f co

nd

uct

ing

this

act

ion

rese

arc

h, t

he

wri

ter

tau

gh

t G

eo

gra

phy

an

d S

oci

al S

cie

nce

at B

etik

am

a C

olle

ge,

Ho

nia

ra, i

n th

e S

olo

mo

n Is

lan

ds.

Ref

eren

ces

Be

st, R

., L

an

g, P

., L

od

ge,

C.,

& W

atk

ins,

C. (

199

6). P

ast

ora

l ca

re

an

d P

SE

: Pri

nci

ple

s a

nd

po

ssib

ilitie

s. I

n R

. Be

st e

t al.

(Ed

s.),

P

ast

ora

l ca

re a

nd

pe

rso

na

l-so

cia

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uca

tion.

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nd

on:

Ca

sse

ll.B

igg

s, J

. (19

78).

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div

idu

al a

nd

gro

up

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fere

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dy

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cess

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tish

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rna

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du

catio

na

l Psy

cho

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e A

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ion

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art

ne

rsh

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ee

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ree

sch

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a U

niv

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ity. P

ap

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l Re

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n U

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chn

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es.

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dy

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he

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PE

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de

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ion

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n co

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ity s

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ts. N

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70.

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e re

lativ

e e

ffe

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ess

of i

nce

ntiv

e m

otiv

atio

n a

nd

pre

scri

be

d le

arn

ing

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teg

y in

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rovi

ng

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ge

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de

nts

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urs

e p

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nta

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tion

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ince

nt,

K. &

Ha

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05)

. Wh

ere

to

fro

m h

ere

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du

catio

n C

on

ne

ct. 1

(1),

15

.

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stra

ctIn

th

is s

tud

y, 3

37 p

re-s

erv

ice

tea

ch

ers

en

roll

ed

in

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ch

no

log

y Te

ac

he

r E

du

ca

tio

n P

rog

ram

s (T

TE

P),

in

eig

ht

tert

iary

in

sti

tuti

on

s a

cro

ss

Au

str

ali

a, r

es

po

nd

ed

to

a q

ue

sti

on

na

ire

se

ek

ing

in

form

ati

on

ab

ou

t th

os

e fa

cto

rs t

ha

t in

flu

en

ce

d

the

ir d

ec

isio

n t

o b

ec

om

e te

ac

he

rs o

f Te

ch

nic

al

an

d A

pp

lie

d S

tud

ies

(TA

S).

Th

e s

tud

y fo

un

d:

a m

ajo

rity

of

the

res

po

nd

en

ts w

ere

ma

le (

71%

);

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st

ca

me

fro

m u

rba

n a

rea

s (6

1%);

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st

ove

r h

alf

(51

%)

en

tere

d t

he

co

urs

e fr

om

th

e w

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e a

nd

ju

st

ove

r a

thir

d o

f th

e re

sp

on

de

nts

e

nte

red

th

e c

ou

rse

dir

ec

t fr

om

sc

ho

ol.

Of

the

172

res

po

nd

en

ts w

ho

ca

me

fro

m t

he

wo

rk

forc

e, a

to

tal o

f 9

3 (8

6 m

ale

) h

ad

pri

or

tra

de

exp

eri

en

ce

. Fa

cto

r a

na

lys

is o

f a

ttit

ud

ina

l ite

ms

se

t a

ga

ins

t a

fou

r-p

oin

t L

ike

rt s

ca

le p

rod

uc

ed

th

ree

fac

tors

re

late

d t

o t

he

ir d

ec

isio

n t

o b

ec

om

e TA

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ea

ch

ers

. Th

es

e in

clu

de

d e

nc

ou

rag

em

en

t fr

om

me

mb

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of

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co

mm

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ity,

th

e in

flu

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of

exp

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te

ch

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t sc

ho

ol,

an

d a

d

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ire

to t

ea

ch

. A t

hre

e s

tag

e re

gre

ss

ion

mo

de

l w

as

cre

ate

d w

ith

th

e sc

ale

‘D

es

ire

to T

ea

ch

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the

ult

ima

te d

ep

en

de

nt

vari

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le. F

ac

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st

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g ‘

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nc

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es

in t

ec

hn

olo

gy

at

sch

oo

l. T

he

au

tho

rs p

rop

os

e a

nu

mb

er

of

str

ate

gie

s fo

r p

rom

oti

ng

te

ch

no

log

y te

ac

hin

g

an

d i

nc

rea

sin

g t

he

TT

EP

stu

de

nt

inta

ke, b

as

ed

o

n t

he

ir fi

nd

ing

s.

RE

VIE

W O

F T

HE

LIT

ER

AT

UR

ET

he n

atur

e o

f th

e p

rob

lem

Th

ere

has

be

en

a g

loba

l sh

ort

ag

e of

teac

he

rs in

th

e fie

ld o

f te

chn

olo

gy

edu

catio

n in

re

cent

ye

ars

(R

itz,

199

9). I

n th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s of

Am

eri

ca (

US

A),

fo

r ex

ampl

e, t

her

e ha

ve b

een

diffi

culti

es

in m

aint

aini

ng

the

sup

ply

of t

ech

no

log

y te

ach

ers

to s

cho

ols

thro

ug

ho

ut t

he

past

de

cad

e an

d a

half

(Nda

hi &

Ritz

, 2

00

3; W

est

on,

19

97).

Acc

ord

ing

to W

ickl

ein

(2

00

4),

teac

he

rs r

anke

d ‘in

suffi

cien

t num

ber

s of

ade

quat

ely

qual

ifie

d te

chn

olo

gy

edu

catio

n te

ach

ers

’ as

the

mo

st

criti

cal p

rob

lem

fac

ed

by te

chn

olo

gy

ed

uca

tion

in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

Fur

the

rmo

re, t

hey

co

nsid

ere

d th

e di

fficu

ltie

s in

re

crui

ting

stu

de

nt te

ach

ers

into

Te

chn

olo

gy

Teac

he

r E

duca

tion

Pro

gra

ms

(TT

EP

) as

th

e m

ost

cri

tica

l cur

rent

issu

e in

tech

no

log

y e

duca

tion.

In

a re

view

of t

eac

he

r la

bo

ur m

ark

et

cond

itio

ns in

Can

ada,

Pre

ss, G

alw

ay a

nd B

arn

es

(20

02)

not

ed

that

th

e su

pp

ly o

f te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs

fell

sho

rt o

f th

e d

em

and.

Te

chn

olo

gy

edu

catio

n fa

ced

sim

ilar

pro

ble

ms

in t

he

Un

ited

Kin

gd

om

, wh

ere

re

po

rte

d re

cru

itme

nt fi

gur

es

for

initi

al t

ech

no

log

y te

ach

er

edu

catio

n sh

owe

d a

sho

rtfa

ll of

41%

in

teac

he

r nu

mb

ers

ove

r th

e 19

99

/20

00

pe

rio

d (B

anks

, 2

00

0).

In A

ustr

alia

, diffi

culti

es

with

th

e su

pply

of

suffi

cie

nt n

um

be

rs o

f te

ach

ers

qu

alifi

ed

to te

ach

in

the

Tech

nica

l an

d A

pp

lied

Stu

die

s (T

AS

) su

bje

ct

are

as h

ave

be

en

exp

eri

enc

ed

by a

ll st

ate

s ov

er

the

past

de

cad

e an

d a

ha

lf (A

ustr

alia

n E

duca

tion

Uni

on,

20

01; B

aird

20

01; C

orn

ius-

Ran

dall,

20

04;

N

atio

nal T

eac

he

r S

upp

ly a

nd

De

man

d W

ork

ing

Pa

rty,

19

98;

Nat

iona

l Te

ach

er

Sup

ply

an

d D

em

and

Wo

rkin

g P

art

y, 2

00

3; T

eac

he

r S

up

ply

an

d D

em

an

d R

efe

ren

ce G

rou

p, 2

00

6; T

ea

che

r S

up

ply

an

d D

em

and

Wo

rkin

g P

art

y, 2

00

6) a

nd

the

requ

est

for

Gov

ern

me

nt a

ctio

n ha

s b

eco

me

incr

easi

ngly

urg

ent

(Aus

tra

lian

Edu

catio

n U

nio

n –

Vic

tori

a, 2

007

). B

oth

the

Aus

tra

lian

Edu

catio

n U

nio

n (2

001

) an

d N

atio

nal

Teac

he

r S

upp

ly a

nd

De

man

d W

ork

ing

Pa

rty

(20

03)

ag

ree

that

sta

ffin

g d

ifficu

lties

invo

lvin

g te

chno

logy

te

ach

ers

exi

st in

bot

h ru

ral a

nd

met

rop

olit

an s

cho

ols

ac

ross

Aus

tra

lia.

Th

e ca

use

s of

th

e p

rob

lem

ap

pe

ar

to b

e th

ree

-fo

ld. F

irst

ly, t

he

num

be

rs o

f pre

-se

rvic

e te

ach

ers

ch

oo

sin

g to

ent

er

TT

EP

(N

atio

nal T

eac

he

r S

upp

ly

and

De

man

d W

ork

ing

Pa

rty,

19

98)

be

gan

to d

ecl

ine

Fact

ors

tha

t in

fluen

ce t

he d

esire

to

b

eco

me

teac

hers

of

Tech

nolo

gy:

An

Aus

tral

ian

stud

yR

on

ald

Gre

enD

esig

n an

d T

echn

olo

gy

teac

her,

St.

Jo

sep

h’s

Co

lleg

e, K

athe

rine

, NT

Ced

ric

Gre

ive

Sen

ior

lect

urer

, Fac

ulty

of

Ed

ucat

ion,

Avo

ndal

e C

olle

ge,

NS

W

“Dif

ficu

ltie

s w

ith

the

sup

ply

of

suffi

cien

t n

um

ber

s o

f te

ach

ers

in

TAS

su

bje

ct

area

s h

ave

bee

n ex

per

ien

ced

b

y al

l sta

tes

ove

r th

e p

ast

dec

ade

and

a

hal

f

To r

eap

th

e b

enefi

ts

calle

d f

or

pat

ienc

e,

per

sist

ence

, se

lf-d

isci

plin

e,

and

a

will

ing

nes

ss

to c

han

ge

pri

ori

ties

034

| TE

AC

H |

i1i1

| T

EA

CH

|

Fig

ure

1:

The

fo

ur-s

tag

e m

od

el o

f in

fluen

ce li

nkin

g b

ackg

roun

d f

acto

rs t

o b

ehav

iour

Ba

ckg

rou

nd

F

ac

tors

Be

lie

fs +

F

ee

lin

gs

Inte

nti

on

sB

eh

av

iou

r

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

som

e tw

o d

eca

de

s ag

o. S

eco

ndl

y, in

a r

eac

tion

to

the fin

anci

al s

ituat

ion

crea

ted

by fa

lling

num

bers

, te

rtia

ry in

stitu

tions

eith

er

cut T

TE

P, o

r re

stru

ctur

ed

in o

rde

r to

mo

dify

th

e T

TE

P a

ltern

ativ

es

they

off

ere

d (F

ritz

, 19

98;

Gib

son

& B

arl

ow, 2

00

0; W

illia

ms,

19

96)

. Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

this

se

con

d si

tuat

ion

is t

hat

ed

ucat

iona

l ins

titut

ions

off

eri

ng

TAS

co

urse

s ar

e n

ot e

ven

ly d

istr

ibu

ted

aro

un

d A

ust

ralia

(M

cGe

e,

199

9). T

he

maj

ori

ty o

f th

ese

inst

itutio

ns a

re lo

cate

d in

New

So

uth

Wa

les

and,

as

of y

ea

r e

nd

20

00,

th

e N

ort

he

rn T

err

itory

did

not

hav

e a

TT

EP

of i

ts o

wn

(Pa

rlia

me

nt o

f Aus

tra

lia: S

ena

te C

om

mitt

ee,

19

98)

. T

he

thir

d re

aso

n fo

r cr

itica

l sh

ort

ag

es

of te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs a

cro

ss t

he

Aus

tra

lian

stat

es

rela

tes

to t

he

ag

es

of s

erv

ing

teac

he

rs. F

or

exam

ple,

alm

ost

a h

alf

of V

icto

ria’

s te

chn

olo

gy

tea

che

rs a

re a

ge

d 5

0 ye

ars

o

r o

lde

r (T

eac

he

r S

up

ply

an

d D

em

an

d R

efe

ren

ce

Gro

up,

20

06)

an

d th

ese

tea

che

rs a

re b

eg

inn

ing

to

retir

e in

ap

pre

cia

ble

nu

mb

ers

. Whi

le t

he

re a

pp

ea

r to

be

mo

de

st in

cre

ase

s in

th

e n

um

be

rs e

nte

rin

g p

re-s

erv

ice

TT

EP

ove

r th

e p

ast

five

ye

ars

(N

atio

nal

Teac

he

r S

up

ply

an

d D

em

an

d W

ork

ing

Pa

rty,

20

03;

Te

ach

er

Su

pp

ly a

nd

De

ma

nd

Ref

ere

nce

Gro

up,

2

00

6), t

he

se m

ay o

nly

be

suffi

cie

nt to

ho

ld t

he

exis

ting

situ

atio

n.G

ove

rnm

ent

re

spo

nse

s to

thi

s n

ee

d h

ave

been

dir

ecte

d at

incr

easi

ng t

he

inflo

w o

f te

ach

ers

an

d m

aint

aini

ng t

he

num

bers

of e

xist

ing

teac

hers

(C

om

mitt

ee

for

the

Rev

iew

of T

eac

hin

g an

d Te

ach

er

Edu

catio

n, 2

00

3a)

. Th

e F

ed

era

l Gov

ern

me

nt

has

mov

ed

to m

inim

ize

the

Hig

he

r E

duca

tion

Co

ntri

butio

n S

chem

e (H

EC

S)

burd

en o

n pr

e-s

ervi

ce

tech

no

log

y te

ach

ers

an

d m

oni

tore

d th

e e

ntry

-lev

el

rem

une

ratio

n a

nd

on

go

ing

pay

sca

les

for

teac

he

rs

(Co

mm

itte

e fo

r th

e R

evie

w o

f Te

achi

ng

and

Teac

he

r E

duca

tion,

20

03

b). I

n ad

ditio

n, t

he

mai

n re

po

rt

of t

he

Co

mm

itte

e fo

r th

e R

evie

w o

f Te

achi

ng

and

Teac

he

r E

duca

tion

(20

03

b) d

iscu

sse

d w

ays

to

pro

lon

g th

e te

ach

ing

life

of e

xist

ing

tech

no

log

y te

ach

ers

by

mak

ing

the

ir w

ork

ing

env

iro

nme

nt

prof

essi

onal

ly r

ewa

rdin

g. F

inal

ly, a

tte

mpt

s ha

ve

be

en

ma

de

to d

eve

lop

tert

iary

pro

gra

ms

that

en

ab

le

tech

nica

lly s

kille

d p

ers

ons

to r

etra

in fo

r ca

ree

rs in

te

achi

ng (

Han

cock

, 20

01).

A n

umbe

r of

inst

itutio

ns

have

intr

odu

ced

deliv

ery

met

ho

ds m

ore

sui

ted

to

mat

ure

clie

nts

with

exi

stin

g te

chni

cal s

kills

. Cha

rle

s S

turt

Un

ive

rsity

, fo

r ex

am

ple

, ha

s d

eve

lop

ed

an

Acc

ele

rate

d Te

ach

er

Edu

catio

n P

rog

ram

in o

rde

r to

sup

ply

TA

S te

ach

ers

for

rura

l are

as (

Co

rniu

s-R

an

da

ll, 2

00

4) a

nd

Avo

nd

ale

Co

lleg

e h

as

sig

ne

d a

me

mo

ran

dum

of a

gre

em

ent

with

New

cast

le

Un

ive

rsity

to e

na

ble

stu

de

nts

to e

arn

aca

de

mic

cr

edi

t by

taki

ng

sub

ject

s o

n th

e N

ewca

stle

cam

pus

. H

owev

er,

the

gra

duat

es

of t

he

se n

ew p

athw

ays

have

ye

t to

mak

e a

rea

l im

pact

in t

he

clas

sro

om

.T

he

re is

on

e as

pe

ct, h

owev

er,

that

all

of t

he

rep

ort

s ci

ted

abov

e ap

pe

ar

to h

ave

ove

rlo

oke

d, i.

e.

they

hav

e n

ot s

eri

ous

ly e

xam

ine

d th

ose

fac

tors

tha

t,

with

in t

he

Aus

tral

ian

sett

ing,

influ

en

ce a

n in

divi

du

al

de

sire

to b

eco

me

a te

ach

er

in t

he

TAS

are

a. I

f mo

re

pe

op

le a

re to

be

en

cou

rag

ed

to b

eco

me

teac

he

rs o

f te

chn

olo

gy,

th

en

the

se f

acto

rs n

ee

d to

be

ide

ntifi

ed.

Fact

ors

tha

t in

fluen

ce a

des

ire

to b

eco

me

a te

chno

log

y te

ache

rIn

th

e U

SA

, Wri

ght a

nd C

uste

r (1

99

8) a

dapt

ed

an

inst

rum

ent fi

rst u

sed

by D

evie

r (1

98

6) to

exa

min

e th

ose

fac

tors

tha

t infl

ue

nce

d p

re-s

erv

ice

tea

che

rs

to c

ho

ose

tech

no

log

y te

achi

ng

as t

he

ir ca

ree

r. T

he

stu

dy d

istin

gui

she

d b

etw

ee

n th

ose

fac

tors

tha

t re

spo

nd

ent

s in

dica

ted

we

re m

ost

influ

ent

ial i

n th

eir

ch

oic

e, a

nd

tho

se f

acto

rs m

ost

co

mm

onl

y re

po

rte

d in

th

e st

udy.

Th

e th

ree

fact

ors

re

po

rte

d by

th

e re

spo

nd

ent

s in

th

e U

SA

stu

dy a

s be

ing

mo

st influ

ent

ial i

n th

eir

d

eci

sio

n w

ere

en

cou

rag

em

ent

fro

m:

seco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l in

du

stri

al a

rts/

tech

no

log

y •

edu

catio

n (I

A/T

E)

teac

he

rs;

oth

er

com

mun

ity p

ers

onn

el;

• a

colle

ge

/un

ive

rsity

pro

fess

or.

• In o

rde

r of

ra

nk, t

ho

se f

acto

rs m

ost

co

mm

on

ly

not

ed

by t

he

resp

on

de

nts

in t

he

stud

y in

clud

ed:

pe

rso

na

l int

ere

sts

or

ho

bb

ies;

• ta

kin

g a

hig

h sc

ho

ol I

A/T

E c

our

se;

• a

dm

irat

ion

of a

hig

h sc

ho

ol I

A/T

E te

ach

er;

• ex

tra

-cur

ricu

lar

IA/T

E a

ctiv

itie

s;•

en

cou

rag

em

ent

by

a h

igh

sch

oo

l IA

/TE

teac

he

r.

Dev

elo

pin

g a

mo

del

of

influ

ence

Fac

tors

tha

t influ

en

ce c

are

er

de

cisi

on

s (s

uch

as

the

de

cisi

on

to b

eco

me

a te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r)

revo

lve

arou

nd m

otiv

atio

n, p

lann

ing

and

cons

iste

nt

be

hav

iour

. ‘A

ttitu

de’

is a

co

nstr

uct t

hat

has

be

en

dev

elo

pe

d to

exp

lain

co

nsi

ste

ncy

in h

uma

n b

eh

avio

ur (

Mye

rs, 2

007

). A

ttitu

de

is b

elie

ved

to

invo

lve

two

com

po

ne

nts:

be

liefs

ab

out

th

e o

bje

ct o

f th

e at

titu

de,

an

d fe

elin

gs

tow

ard

th

e o

bje

ct o

f th

e at

titu

de

(We

ste

n, B

urto

n &

Kow

als

ki, 2

00

6). I

t has

b

ee

n ar

gu

ed

that

indi

vidu

als

can

ho

ld a

ttitu

de

s lo

ng

befo

re t

hey

hav

e th

e op

po

rtun

ity to

indu

lge

in t

he

rela

ted

beha

viou

r (F

ishb

ein

and

Ajz

en,

197

5 an

d la

ter

Ajz

en,

19

88;

20

00)

. Th

ese

aut

ho

rs p

rop

ose

th

at a

n ‘in

tent

ion’

to b

eha

ve c

an b

e a

me

diat

ing

vari

able

bet

we

en

the

attit

ud

e an

d th

e b

eh

avio

ur.

Th

ey a

lso

arg

ue

that

att

itud

e d

oe

s n

ot a

rise

in a

va

cuum

. Th

e b

elie

fs a

nd

fee

ling

s th

at c

ryst

alli

ze in

to

the

attit

ud

e a

re s

hap

ed

by b

ackg

roun

d fa

cto

rs t

hat

in

clud

e so

cial

inte

ract

ions

, age

and

mat

urat

ion

and

prio

r ex

peri

ence

. Thi

s le

ads

to a

cau

sal r

elat

ions

hip

in w

hich

th

e ba

ckg

roun

d fa

cto

rs s

hap

e a

coh

esi

ve

set o

f be

liefs

an

d fe

elin

gs

whi

ch in

turn

cre

ate

s an

in

tent

ion

to a

ct t

hat s

ets

in m

otio

n b

eha

vio

urs

that

le

ad to

th

e ul

timat

e g

oa

l (se

e F

igur

e 1)

. Thi

s m

od

el

“Att

itu

de

do

es n

ot

aris

e in

a

vacu

um

; th

e b

elie

fs a

nd

fe

elin

gs

that

cr

ysta

llize

in

to t

he

atti

tud

e ar

e sh

aped

by

bac

kgro

un

d

fact

ors

will

pro

vid

e a

stru

ctur

e th

at c

an b

e e

mp

loye

d in

an

exa

min

atio

n of

ca

ree

r ch

oic

es.

RE

SE

AR

CH

Que

stio

ns a

nd s

igni

fican

ce o

f th

e st

udy

Th

e p

rese

nt s

tud

y e

mp

loye

d th

e a

bov

e co

nce

pts

to

exam

ine

tho

se f

acto

rs t

hat i

nflu

en

ced

pre

-se

rvic

e te

ach

ers

to c

ho

ose

to b

eco

me

TAS

teac

he

rs in

A

ustr

alia

n sc

ho

ols

. Th

e st

udy

dev

elo

pe

d an

d te

ste

d a

caus

al m

ode

l of i

nflu

en

ce t

hat

ide

ntifi

ed

an

d w

eig

hte

d th

ose

fac

tors

re

late

d to

a ‘d

esi

re to

be

com

e a

teac

he

r of

tech

no

log

y’. S

pe

cific

ally

, th

e fo

llow

ing

rese

arc

h qu

est

ions

gui

de

d th

e co

llect

ion

of d

ata

in

this

stu

dy:

Wh

at a

re t

he

basi

c d

em

og

rap

hic

1.

char

acte

rist

ics

of t

he

Aus

tra

lian

po

pula

tion

of

pre

-se

rvic

e te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs?

Wh

at f

acto

rs influ

enc

e in

divi

dua

ls to

se

lect

, 2

. an

d e

nro

l in

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

edu

catio

n p

rog

ram

s?T

he

se q

ue

stio

ns a

re s

ignific

ant,

sin

ce t

he

data

ga

ther

ed c

ont

ribu

te to

an

educ

atio

nal k

now

ledg

e ba

se c

onc

ern

ing

the

clie

nts

serv

ed

by T

AS

teac

he

r e

duca

tion.

Fur

the

r, by

pro

vidi

ng

such

a k

now

led

ge

base

, th

e st

udy

aim

ed

to d

eve

lop

insi

ght

s ab

out

th

e b

ackg

rou

nd

of p

ote

ntia

l un

de

rgra

du

ate

s a

nd

he

nce

su

gg

est

dir

ect

ion

s fo

r th

e m

ark

etin

g of

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

edu

catio

n. A

t a t

ime

of te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r sh

ort

ag

e, t

he

stu

dy a

pp

ea

rs b

oth

time

ly a

nd

rele

vant

.

Met

hod

olo

gy

Dat

a w

ere

co

llect

ed

by a

qu

est

ionn

aire

tha

t was

fo

rwa

rde

d to

eig

ht te

rtia

ry in

stitu

tions

for

dist

rib

utio

n to

tech

no

log

y e

duca

tion

stu

de

nts.

All

data

we

re

retu

rne

d by

mai

l. T

he

que

stio

nnai

re w

as b

ase

d on

an

inst

rum

ent e

mpl

oye

d by

Wri

ght a

nd C

uste

r (1

99

8) in

th

e U

SA

. How

eve

r, ite

ms

we

re r

ewo

rde

d to

mak

e th

em

sui

tab

le to

th

e A

ustr

alia

n se

ttin

g an

d so

me

addi

tiona

l ite

ms

we

re in

clu

de

d. S

ect

ion

1 of

th

e qu

est

ionn

aire

co

nsis

ted

of 2

8 at

titu

dina

l ite

ms

set a

gai

nst a

four

-po

int L

ike

rt s

cale

. Th

ese

ite

ms

pro

be

d th

e so

cia

l influ

enc

es

that

co

ntri

but

ed

to

an in

divi

dua

l’s d

eci

sio

n to

be

com

e a

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er.

Se

ctio

n 2

of t

he

que

stio

nnai

re s

ou

ght

d

em

og

rap

hic

info

rmat

ion

fro

m t

he

resp

on

de

nts.

Th

e S

PS

S s

tatis

tica

l pac

kag

e w

as u

sed;

em

plo

yin

g cr

oss

-tab

ulat

ions

with

chi

-squ

are

(us

ing

a o

ne

-tai

led

test

of s

ignific

ance

), fa

ctor

ana

lysi

s, c

orr

elat

ion,

an

alys

is o

f va

rian

ce a

nd fi

nally

mul

tiple

line

ar

reg

ress

ion

ana

lysi

s to

test

th

e m

od

el o

f influ

en

ce

(Co

ake

s &

Ste

ed,

20

01).

It w

as a

ssum

ed

that

th

e ca

usa

l mo

de

l to

be

em

plo

yed

in t

his

stu

dy (

see

Fig

ure

1)

was

un

idir

ect

ion

al,

an

d th

e va

ria

ble

s in

clu

de

d w

ere

cum

ulat

ive.

As

such

, th

e m

od

el

com

plie

d w

ith P

edh

azu

r’s (1

98

2) c

rite

ria

for

the

use

of m

ultip

le li

ne

ar

reg

ress

ion

ana

lysi

s to

we

ight

th

e va

rio

us

de

pe

nd

en

cie

s of

th

e p

ost

ula

ted

mo

de

l.T

he

stu

dy w

as a

pp

rove

d by

th

e A

von

dale

Co

lleg

e H

uman

Re

sea

rch

Eth

ics

Co

mm

itte

e. E

ight

tert

iary

in

stitu

tions

(st

retc

hing

fro

m P

ert

h to

Bri

sban

e)

offe

rin

g u

nd

erg

rad

uat

e d

eg

ree

pro

gra

ms

in

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

edu

catio

n a

gre

ed

to p

art

icip

ate

in t

he

stu

dy. T

he

ir T

TE

P e

nro

lme

nts,

at t

he

time

of

the

stu

dy,

num

be

red

83

3 st

ud

ent

s.

FIN

DIN

GS

Res

po

nse

rate

In to

tal,

824

qu

est

ionn

aire

s w

ere

dis

trib

ute

d an

d of

th

ese

36

5 w

ere

co

mp

lete

d a

nd

retu

rne

d, g

ivin

g a

44%

ret

urn

rate

. A s

ma

ll nu

mb

er,

28 r

esp

ons

es,

w

as e

xclu

de

d b

eca

use

cri

tica

l de

mo

gra

ph

ic d

ata

we

re m

issi

ng.

Th

e re

ma

inin

g 3

37 r

esp

on

de

nts

rep

rese

nte

d ju

st o

ver

on

e th

ird

of t

he

83

3 p

re-

serv

ice

teac

hers

enr

olle

d in

th

e pa

rtic

ipat

ing

un

ive

rsiti

es.

Th

e sa

mp

le c

on

stitu

ted

an

ap

pre

cia

ble

p

rop

ort

ion

of t

he

tota

l po

pul

atio

n of

pre

-se

rvic

e te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs a

cro

ss A

ustr

alia

an

d th

us

coul

d b

e re

ga

rde

d as

be

ing

a re

pre

sent

ativ

e sa

mp

le

of t

ho

se p

repa

rin

g to

be

seco

nda

ry s

cho

ol T

AS

te

ach

ers

.

The

res

po

nden

tsO

f th

e 3

37 r

esp

on

de

nts,

24

0 w

ere

ma

le a

nd

97

we

re fe

ma

le. T

he

ir ag

es

ran

ge

d fr

om

17

to 5

3 ye

ars

(s

ee

Tab

le 1

). M

ore

th

an h

alf

we

re a

ge

d 25

ye

ars

o

r yo

ung

er

and

old

er

resp

on

de

nts

ten

de

d to

be

ma

le r

ath

er

tha

n fe

ma

le. R

esp

on

de

nts

in t

he fir

st

yea

r of

th

eir

cour

se to

tale

d 12

9; 1

00

we

re in

th

e se

con

d ye

ar,

61 in

th

e th

ird

yea

r an

d 4

6 w

ere

in

the

ir fi

nal y

ea

r of

stu

dy. I

n ad

ditio

n, 1

33

resp

on

de

nts

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po

nd-

ents

re

pre

sent

ed

just

ove

r o

ne

thir

d

of

the

833

pre

-ser

vice

te

ach

ers

enro

lled

in

th

e p

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cip

atin

g

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iver

siti

es

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|

Tab

le 2

: A

ge,

gen

der

, and

rur

al/u

rban

ori

gin

of

resp

ond

ents

Ru

ral

Urb

an

Ag

e

Tota

l

20

yea

rs o

r le

ss

21-2

5

26

-30

31-3

5

36

-40

ove

r 4

5

41-4

5

105

28

135

69

MF

FM

3718

374

3

146

20

39

100

312

182

421

100

14

22

18

141

3

Ru

ral T

ota

lsU

rba

n T

ota

ls

133

20

4

55

80

20

59

1015

20

25

105

39

1511

8

Tab

le 1

: R

esp

ond

ents

gro

uped

acc

ord

ing

to

ag

e, g

end

er a

nd y

ear

of

cour

se

Ye

ar

1G

en

de

r To

tals

Ag

e

Ge

nd

er

Tota

ls

Ye

ar

Tota

ls

20

yea

rs o

r le

ss

21-2

5

26

-30

31-3

5

36

-40

ove

r 4

5

41-4

5

98

30

39

313

47

96

702

72

40

129

Ye

ar

4

46

Ye

ar

3

61

Ye

ar

2

100

33

6*

MF

FF

FF

MM

MM

412

319

121

192

512

22

5

164

510

65

1514

915

111

11

01

61

46

101

13

01

154

1015

70

10

01

41

24

41

01

00

02

40

91

30

03

Ag

e To

tals

33

6*

135

79

25

44

*

15 1226

50

85

* O

ne

fem

ale

re

spo

nd

en

t in

the

31-3

5 a

ge

gro

up

did

no

t in

dic

ate

a y

ea

r o

f co

urs

e.

Fig

ure

2b

: R

ural

/ u

rban

ori

gin

of

resp

on

den

tsFig

ure

2a:

Ag

e-g

end

er f

req

uenc

ies

of

resp

on

den

ts

80

Count

Ag

e G

rou

ps

60 40 20

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21-2

526

-30

31-3

536

-40

41-4

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450

80

Count

Ag

e G

rou

ps

60 40 20

<20

21-2

526

-30

31-3

536

-40

41-4

5>

450

Mal

es

Fem

ales

Ru

ral

Urb

an

Tab

le 3

: S

eco

ndar

y sc

hoo

l exi

t fr

eque

ncie

s o

f re

spo

nden

ts

Sc

ho

ol E

xit

Ag

e

Tota

l

20

yea

rs o

r le

ss

21-2

5

26

-30

31-3

5

36

-40

ove

r 4

5

41-4

5

48

Yr

10 o

r E

arl

ier

0 3 8 9 9 811

27

3

Co

mp

lete

d Y

r 12

134

71 13 32 5 414

Tota

l

33

7

135

79

25

45 15 1226

16

Ye

ar

11

1 5 4 4 1 01

Tab

le 4

: E

xper

ienc

e o

f re

spo

nden

ts p

rio

r to

enr

olli

ng in

Tec

hno

log

y te

ache

r ed

ucat

ion

pro

gra

ms

Dir

ec

t fr

om

S

ec

on

da

ry

Sc

ho

ol

Oth

er

Sc

ho

ol E

xit

Ge

nd

er

Tota

ls

Ye

ar

Tota

ls

Ex

ite

d a

t o

r B

efo

re Y

ea

r 10

Exc

ite

d a

tY

ea

r 11

Co

mp

lete

dY

ea

r 12

66

514

45

914

28

114

42

125

Fro

m t

he

Wo

rkfo

rce

172

Oth

er

Un

ive

rsit

y C

ou

rse

s

18

Th

rou

gh

TA

FE

193

MF

FF

FF

MM

MM

Tota

l

33

7

0 0 66

0 0 59

0 1 4

0 0 4

2 2 24

0 0 1

2 1 11

0 0 14

44

12 88

0 0 2

48

16 27

3

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

indi

cate

d th

at t

hey

cam

e fr

om

rur

al b

ackg

roun

ds

and

204

cam

e fr

om u

rban

set

tings

(Ta

ble

2).

Ma

les

we

re m

ore

like

ly to

co

me

fro

m r

ura

l are

as

than

we

re fe

ma

les

(c2

= 6

·6; p

≤ 0

·05)

an

d o

lde

r m

ale

re

spo

nd

ent

s w

ere

mo

re li

kely

to

com

e fr

om

ru

ral a

reas

th

an w

ere

th

eir

youn

ge

r co

unte

rpa

rts

(c2

= 1

7·0;

p ≤

0·0

5). G

ive

n th

at 7

0% o

f Aus

tra

lia’s

p

opu

latio

n liv

es

in u

rban

re

gion

s (A

ustr

alia

n B

urea

u of

Sta

tistic

s, 2

00

0), m

ale

s co

min

g fr

om

rur

al r

eg

ion

s w

ere

ove

r-re

pre

sent

ed

in t

he

stu

dy.

A c

lose

r ex

amin

atio

n of

Tab

le 2

rev

ea

ls a

pat

tern

in

fre

quen

cies

and

age

s th

at in

dica

tes

two

‘wav

es’

of

ent

ry in

to te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

(se

e F

igu

res

2a

and

2b).

Th

e fir

st w

ave

com

pri

sed

tho

se w

ho

ent

ere

d te

chn

olo

gy

teac

hin

g co

urse

s di

rect

ly f

rom

, o

r so

on

afte

r, th

eir

hig

h sc

ho

ol y

ea

rs a

nd

wh

o co

uld

be

reg

ard

ed

as

com

me

nci

ng

the

ir fi

rst c

are

er.

Th

e in

cre

ase

in t

he

nu

mb

er

of s

tud

ent

s at

aro

un

d a

ge

30

indi

cate

s th

e o

nset

of t

he

seco

nd

and

sma

ller

wav

e.

Thi

s w

ave

mig

ht r

ep

rese

nt t

ho

se w

ho

we

re m

akin

g a

care

er

chan

ge.

In to

tal,

four

in e

very

five

re

spo

nd

ent

s co

mp

lete

d

the

ir fin

al y

ea

r o

f se

con

da

ry s

cho

ol b

efo

re e

nte

rin

g a

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

ed

uca

tion

pro

gra

m (

Tab

le

3). H

owev

er,

the

pe

rce

nta

ge

s of

th

ose

wh

o di

d n

ot c

om

ple

te t

he

ir fi

na

l ye

ar

of s

eco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l ro

se w

ithin

eac

h su

cce

ssiv

e a

ge

gro

up, u

ntil

by 4

5 ye

ars

or

ove

r, ap

pro

xim

ate

ly t

wo

thir

ds o

f th

ose

un

de

rtak

ing

the

TT

EP

did

not

co

mp

lete

Ye

ar

12.

A to

tal o

f 125

re

spo

nd

ent

s (6

6 m

ale

s an

d 5

9 fe

ma

les)

ent

ere

d th

eir

stu

dy

pro

gra

ms

dir

ect

ly

fro

m s

eco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l (Ta

ble

4).

Tab

les

5 a

nd

6 in

dica

te t

hat

wo

me

n w

ere

mo

re li

kely

tha

n m

en:

to

be

youn

ge

r (c

2 =

26·

6; p

≤ 0

·05)

; to

hav

e co

mp

lete

d ye

ar

twe

lve

(c2

= 3

8·2;

p ≤

0·0

5); t

o h

ave

ent

ere

d th

e co

urse

dir

ectly

fro

m s

cho

ol (

c2 =

32·

7; p

≤ 0

·05)

an

d to

hav

e b

eco

me

inte

rest

ed

in te

chn

olo

gy

teac

hin

g w

hile

at s

cho

ol (

c2 =

22·

4; p

≤ 0

·05)

. On

the

oth

er

han

d, m

en

we

re m

ore

like

ly to

hav

e b

ee

n in

th

e w

ork

forc

e (c

2 =

26·

77;

p ≤

0·0

5) a

nd

to h

ave

had

ex

pe

rie

nce

in a

tech

nica

l tra

de

(c2

= 2

8·3

9; p

≤ 0

·05)

.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

atti

tud

inal

sca

les

Dat

a el

icite

d by

th

e tw

enty

-eig

ht a

ttitu

dina

l ite

ms

”“A

t a

time

of

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

sho

rtag

e,

the

stu

dy

app

ears

b

oth

tim

ely

and

rel

evan

t

038

| TE

AC

H |

i1i1

| T

EA

CH

|

Tab

le 5

: R

esp

ond

ents

’ sch

oo

l exi

t ag

ains

t tr

ade

bac

kgro

und

/exp

erie

nce

Tra

de

Ba

ckg

rou

nd

No

Pri

or

Tra

de

Ex

pe

rie

nc

e

24

4

M 154

93

M 86

F 90

F 7

Tota

l

33

7

Pri

or

Tra

de

Ex

pe

rie

nc

e

Sc

ho

ol E

xit

Tota

l

Ge

nd

er

Tota

l

132

478

95

27

3

78

01

16

1531

11

48

Ex

it a

t o

r B

efo

re Y

ea

r 10

Ex

it a

t Y

ea

r 11

Co

mp

lete

d Y

ea

r 12

Tab

le 6

: R

esp

ond

ents

’ rep

ort

ed p

lace

of

init

ial i

nter

est

in T

echn

olo

gy

teac

her

educ

atio

n

Lo

ca

tio

n /

En

vir

on

me

nt

Tota

l

Sc

ho

ol

TA

FE

Un

ive

rsit

yW

ork

forc

e

126

23

27

161

95

22

1810

5

Ge

nd

er

Tota

l

Ma

les

Fe

ma

les

66

55

21

33

7

24

0

97

Tab

le 7

: It

em lo

adin

gs

on

each

fac

tor

as a

res

ult

of

fact

or

anal

ysis

wit

h va

rim

ax

rota

tio

n

Fa

cto

r L

oa

din

gs

Sc

ale

s +

Ite

ms

“Co

mm

un

ity

Infl

ue

nc

e”

(A

lph

a =

0.7

7)

“Sc

ho

ol I

nfl

ue

nc

e”

(A

lph

a =

0.7

6)

“De

sir

e to

Te

ac

h”

(A

lph

a =

0.7

4)

13

En

cou

rag

ed

by o

the

r u

niv

ers

ity p

ers

on

ne

l

17

En

cou

rag

ed

by o

the

r co

mm

un

ity p

ers

on

ne

l

16

En

cou

rag

ed

by a

co

mm

un

ity p

rofe

ssio

na

l

12

En

cou

rag

ed

by a

un

ive

rsity

Te

chn

olo

gy

ed

uca

tion

lect

ure

r

18

En

cou

rag

ed

by a

ch

urc

h le

ad

er

15

En

cou

rag

ed

by u

niv

ers

ity s

tud

en

ts

19

En

cou

rag

ed

by a

yo

uth

lea

de

r

17

En

cou

rag

ed

by p

are

nts

17

En

cou

rag

ed

by a

hig

h sc

ho

ol T

ech

no

log

y te

ach

er

17

Ad

mir

ed

a h

igh

sch

oo

l Te

chn

olo

gy

tea

che

r a

s a

role

mo

de

l

17

En

joye

d se

con

da

ry s

cho

ol T

ech

no

log

y co

urs

es

17

Lik

e w

ork

ing

with

hig

h sc

ho

ol s

tud

en

ts

17

En

cou

rag

ed

by h

igh

sch

oo

l cla

ssm

ate

s

17

Lik

e te

ach

ing

oth

ers

sp

eci

al s

kills

17

En

joy

cre

atin

g / a

ssis

ting

oth

ers

to

cre

ate

17

Wa

nte

d to

be

a te

ach

er

32

1

0.7

0

0.6

6

0.6

6

0.6

4

0.5

9

0.5

9

0.2

00

.54

0.8

0

0.7

7

0.6

7

0.6

7

0.2

3

0.6

10

.26

0.7

9

0.7

6

0.7

0

0.6

8

0.2

1

Fa

cto

r L

oa

din

gs

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

we

re s

ubje

cte

d to

exp

lora

tory

fac

tor

an

aly

sis.

An

eig

env

alu

e-f

act

or

plo

t (sc

ree

gra

ph)

ind

icat

ed

the

pre

sen

ce o

f th

ree

fact

ors

. In

ord

er

to o

btai

n in

de

pe

nd

ent

sca

les,

pri

nci

pa

l co

mp

on

ent

fac

tor

ana

lysi

s w

ith v

ari

ma

x ro

tatio

n w

as e

mp

loye

d (K

line,

19

94;

Lo

eh

lim, 1

99

8). I

tem

s w

ith n

eg

ativ

e lo

ad

ing

s w

ere

re

cod

ed

and

the

inte

nt o

f eac

h as

soci

ate

d st

ate

me

nt w

as r

eve

rse

d. T

he

ind

ep

en

de

nce

of t

he

sca

les

was

str

en

gth

en

ed

by r

em

ovin

g ite

ms

with

lo

adin

g va

lue

s of

less

tha

n 0

·35

(Ew

ert

& S

ibth

orp

, 2

00

0), a

nd

als

o by

re

mov

ing

item

s th

at lo

ade

d o

nto

two

or

mo

re f

acto

rs w

ith lo

adi

ng

diff

ere

nce

s of

less

th

at 0

·20

(se

e K

erl

ing

er,

1973

). I

tem

re

mov

al w

as

carr

ied

out

indi

vidu

ally

an

d th

e va

lue

s of

co

effic

ient

a

lph

a fo

r e

ach

sca

le w

ere

mo

nito

red

to e

nsu

re t

hat

the

rem

ova

l pro

cess

did

not

und

uly

redu

ce f

acto

r re

liab

ilitie

s.In

itia

lly, t

he

thre

e fa

cto

rs a

cco

unte

d fo

r 37

% o

f th

e va

rian

ce t

hat

wo

uld

hav

e b

ee

n o

btai

ne

d if

all

28 it

em

s w

ere

tre

ate

d as

indi

vidu

al f

acto

rs. A

fte

r p

runi

ng,

th

e va

rian

ce a

sso

ciat

ed

with

th

e th

ree

fact

ors

ro

se to

50%

of t

he

tota

l va

rian

ce. T

he fin

al

item

loa

din

gs

on

ea

ch o

f th

e th

ree

fact

ors

can

be

see

n in

Tab

le 7

. Th

e fir

st f

acto

r in

clu

de

d e

ight

ite

ms

that

co

llect

ive

ly c

onv

eye

d co

mm

unity

sup

po

rt fo

r a

resp

on

de

nt’s

de

cisi

on

to e

nro

l in

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

educ

atio

n. T

his

fact

or w

as la

bele

d ‘C

omm

unity

Influ

ence

’ and

had

a c

oeffic

ient

alp

ha o

f 0·7

7. T

he

seco

nd

fact

or

incl

ud

ed fiv

e ite

ms

that

co

llect

ive

ly

conv

eye

d th

e influ

enc

e up

on

a re

spo

nd

ent

’s d

eci

sio

n to

enr

ol i

n te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

em

anat

ing

fro

m t

he

ir ex

pe

rie

nce

at s

cho

ol.

Thi

s fa

cto

r w

as

lab

ele

d ‘S

cho

ol I

nflu

ence

’ and

had

a c

oeffic

ient

a

lpha

of 0

·76

. Th

e th

ird

and fin

al f

acto

r co

mp

rise

d fo

ur it

em

s th

at d

esc

rib

ed

the

resp

on

de

nt’s

inte

rest

in

be

com

ing

a te

ach

er.

Thi

s fa

cto

r w

as la

be

led

‘De

sire

to

Te

ach’

an

d h

ad a

re

liab

ility

of 0

·74.

Sin

ce e

ach

of

the

coeffic

ient

alp

has

exc

ee

de

d 0

·7 t

hey

co

uld

be

de

em

ed

suffi

cie

ntly

re

liab

le f

or

the

pu

rpo

ses

of t

his

st

udy

(se

e N

unna

lly, 1

978;

p24

5).

Th

e sc

ore

s of

th

e re

spo

nd

ent

s o

n e

ach

of t

he

thre

e sc

ale

s w

ere

obt

ain

ed

by a

vera

gin

g th

eir

d

ecl

are

d L

ike

rt w

eig

htin

gs

acr

oss

th

e ite

ms

with

in

eac

h sc

ale

. Thi

s m

ean

t tha

t th

e sc

ale

sco

re fo

r e

ach

resp

on

de

nt la

y w

ithin

th

e b

oun

ds o

f th

e Li

kert

w

eig

htin

gs a

nd t

hus

the

desc

ript

ors

of t

he

Like

rt

sca

le w

ere

em

plo

yed

to in

terp

ret t

he

sca

le s

core

s fo

r th

e re

spo

nd

ent

s (s

ee

Fig

ure

s 3

a to

3c)

. In

ge

ne

ral,

the

resp

on

de

nts

pe

rce

ive

d ‘C

om

mun

ity I

nflu

en

ce’

as h

avin

g m

inim

al im

pact

up

on

the

ir d

eci

sio

n to

b

eco

me

a te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r. H

owev

er,

the

sca

le

sco

res

we

re s

tro

ng

ly s

kew

ed,

me

anin

g th

at a

sm

all

nu

mb

er

of r

esp

on

de

nts

pe

rce

ive

d ‘C

om

mu

nity

Influ

ence

’ as

play

ing

an im

po

rtan

t par

t in

thei

r d

eci

sio

ns.

Thi

s si

tuat

ion

was

ve

ry d

iffe

rent

for

the

me

asur

es

obt

ain

ed

by t

he

‘Sch

oo

l Influ

en

ce’ s

cale

. He

re t

he

me

dian

(2·

4) la

y ve

ry c

lose

to t

he

cent

er

of t

he

Like

rt

ran

ge

with

so

me

sco

res

reac

hin

g to

on

e o

r th

e ot

he

r ex

tre

mity

. Thi

s m

ean

s th

at r

esp

on

de

nts

pe

rce

ive

d th

e ef

fect

s of

‘Sch

oo

l Influ

ence

’ in

vary

ing

way

s.

Fo

r so

me

it w

as influ

ent

ial,

but a

n ap

pro

xim

ate

ly

equ

al n

umb

er

view

ed

the

influ

en

ce o

f sch

oo

l as

of li

ttle

eff

ect

on

the

ir d

eci

sio

n to

be

com

e a

TAS

te

ach

er.

Th

e na

ture

of t

he

sco

res

on

this

sca

le a

re

bet

ter

und

ers

too

d w

he

n th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e va

riab

les

‘Ag

e G

roup

’ an

d ‘S

cho

ol I

nflu

en

ce’

is e

xam

ine

d. F

igur

e 4

pre

sent

s th

e re

sults

of a

n an

alys

is o

f va

rian

ce in

volv

ing

the

se t

wo

vari

able

s an

d in

dica

tes

that

me

asur

es

of ‘S

cho

ol I

nflu

en

ce’

stea

dily

dec

line

with

incr

easi

ng

ag

e. T

his

is to

be

exp

ect

ed

as t

he

me

mo

rie

s an

d th

e im

pact

of s

cho

ol

fad

e an

d n

ew e

xpe

rie

nce

s b

eco

me

mo

re p

rom

ine

nt.

Th

e fin

al s

cale

, ‘D

esir

e to

Te

ach’

ret

urn

ed

a m

edi

an o

f 3·3

indi

catin

g th

at a

maj

ori

ty o

f re

spo

nd

ent

s w

ere

un

de

rta

kin

g Te

chn

olo

gy

Tea

che

r E

duca

tion

be

caus

e th

ey w

ante

d to

be

com

e a

teac

he

r of

tech

no

log

y. H

owev

er

the

me

asur

es

elic

ited

by t

he

sca

le w

ere

ne

gat

ive

ly s

kew

ed

indi

catin

g th

at s

om

e re

spo

nd

ent

s (li

kely

to b

e o

nly

a fe

w)

may

hav

e b

ee

n un

de

rtak

ing

the

cour

se fo

r re

ason

s ot

her

than

th

e de

sire

to

teac

h.

Rel

atio

nshi

ps

ind

icat

ed b

y co

rrel

atio

ns:

Co

nsis

tenc

y w

ithin

the

dat

aT

he

corr

ela

tion

tab

le (

Tab

le 8

) in

clu

de

s a

sele

ctio

n of

co

rre

latio

ns w

ho

se m

ag

nitu

de

exce

eds

0·2

0. T

his

repr

esen

ts o

nly

4% c

om

mon

va

rian

ce a

nd h

ence

, a

ltho

ug

h co

rre

latio

ns

with

sm

alle

r m

ag

nitu

de

exce

ed

the

0·0

5 le

vel o

f sig

nific

ance

, th

ey d

o n

ot im

ply

any

m

eani

ngfu

l rel

atio

nshi

ps.

Th

e co

rre

latio

ns s

how

n in

th

e ta

ble

pro

vid

e ev

ide

nce

of a

ce

rtai

n le

vel o

f co

he

sio

n w

ithin

th

e da

ta, i

.e. t

he

data

‘han

g to

get

he

r’

and

are

cons

iste

nt w

ith in

form

ed e

xpec

tatio

ns.

Fo

r ex

amp

le, o

lde

r re

spo

nd

ent

s te

nd

ed:

to b

e m

ale

(r

= -

0·2

5); t

o ha

ve g

row

n up

in w

ork

ing

clas

s h

om

es

(co

rre

latio

ns b

etw

ee

n a

ge

-gro

up a

nd

pare

nts’

ra

nke

d em

plo

ymen

t are

re

spec

tive

ly r

= -

0·3

4 an

d r

= -

0·2

1); t

o ha

ve le

ft s

cho

ol b

efo

re y

ea

r 12

(r =

-0

·54)

; to

have

be

en

in t

he

wo

rk fo

rce

imm

edi

ate

ly p

rio

r to

enr

olm

ent

(r

= 0

·63)

; to

have

ha

d tr

ade

exp

eri

enc

e (r

= 0

·49)

; to

be

retr

aini

ng

for

pur

po

ses

of jo

b se

curi

ty (

r =

0·5

3); t

o h

ave

be

com

e in

tere

ste

d in

tech

no

log

y te

achi

ng

in t

he

wo

rk p

lace

(r

= 0

·54)

; and

to h

ave

been

min

imal

ly influ

en

ced

in t

he

ir d

eci

sio

n to

tak

e up

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

edu

catio

n by

th

eir

exp

eri

enc

e at

sch

oo

l (r

= -

0·4

9).

On

the

oth

er

han

d, w

om

en

enro

lled

in te

chno

logy

te

ach

er

edu

catio

n te

nd

ed:

to b

e yo

ung

er

(r =

-0

·25)

; to

hav

e b

eco

me

inte

rest

ed

in te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r ed

ucat

ion

in s

cho

ol o

r in

ano

ther

pla

ce o

f edu

catio

n (r

= -

0·2

1); t

o ha

ve b

ee

n st

udy

ing

imm

edi

ate

ly p

rio

r to

enr

olm

ent

(r

= -

0·3

2); t

o ha

ve n

o ex

pe

rie

nce

in

a tr

ade

(r =

0·3

0) a

nd

to h

ave

indi

cate

d th

at t

he

ir

exp

eri

enc

e at

sch

oo

l influ

en

ced

the

ir d

eci

sio

n to

e

nte

r te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

(r =

0·2

4).

Th

ose

cla

imin

g to

be

retr

ain

ing

for

job

secu

rity

ten

de

d: to

be

ma

le (

r =

-0

·20)

; to

be

old

er

(r =

0·5

3); t

o h

ave

left

sch

oo

l bef

ore

co

mp

letin

g ye

ar

12 (

r =

-0

·40)

; to

be

retr

aini

ng

for

an in

cre

ase

“”

Res

po

nd-

ents

p

erce

ived

th

e ef

fect

s o

f ‘S

cho

ol

influ

ence

’ in

vary

ing

way

s

040

| TE

AC

H |

i1i1

| T

EA

CH

|

Fig

ure

4:

Eff

ect

of

age

upo

n “S

cho

ol

Influ

ence

F =

19.

54;

p <

0.0

5

Ag

e G

rou

ps

2.6

2.8

2.2

2.4

1.8

2.0

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21-2

526

-30

31-3

536

-40

41-4

5>

451.

4

1.6

x =

2.6

x =

2.6

x =

2.0

x =

1.9

x =

1.8

x =

1.7

x =

1.5

Fig

ure

3a:

Box

plo

t fo

r m

easu

res

on

the

‘Co

mm

unit

y In

fluen

ce’ s

cale

Min

ima

l In

flu

en

ce

23

41

Ma

xim

al I

nfl

ue

nc

eM

axi

mu

m 3

.8M

inim

um

1.0

Me

dia

n 1.

4

Fig

ure

3b

: B

ox p

lot

for

mea

sure

s o

n th

e ‘S

cho

ol I

nflue

nce’

sc

ale

Min

ima

l In

flu

en

ce

23

41

Ma

xim

al I

nfl

ue

nc

eM

axi

mu

m 4

.0M

inim

um

1.0

Me

dia

n 2

.4

Fig

ure

3c:

Box

plo

t fo

r m

easu

res

on

the

‘Des

ire

to T

each

’ sc

ale

Min

ima

l In

flu

en

ce

23

41

Ma

xim

al I

nfl

ue

nc

eM

axi

mu

m 4

.0M

inim

um

1.3

Me

dia

n 3

.3

Res

earc

h &

Sch

ola

rshi

pR

esea

rch

& S

cho

lars

hip

in t

he

like

liho

od

of e

mp

loym

ent

(r

= 0

·35)

; to

have

b

ee

n e

nco

ura

ge

d by

pe

rso

nn

el i

n in

dust

ry (

0.37

);

to h

ave

be

com

e in

tere

ste

d in

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

edu

catio

n in

th

e w

ork

pla

ce (

r =

0·3

4); t

o h

ave

com

e di

rect

ly f

rom

th

e w

ork

forc

e in

to te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

(r =

0·5

0); t

o ha

ve t

rad

e ex

pe

rie

nce

(r =

0·5

2); t

o ha

ve b

ee

n m

inim

ally

influ

en

ced

in t

he

ir

de

cisi

on

to e

nte

r te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

by t

he

ir ex

pe

rie

nce

at s

cho

ol (

r =

-0

·27)

an

d to

ha

ve b

een

influ

enc

ed

in t

he

ir d

eci

sio

n to

enr

ol i

n te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

cour

ses

by m

em

be

rs

of t

he

ir co

mm

unity

(r

= 0

·20)

.F

ina

lly, t

he

de

sire

to b

eco

me

a te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r w

as influ

en

ced:

by

inte

rest

s a

nd

ho

bb

ies

bef

ore

enr

olm

ent

(r

= 0

·27)

; by

exp

eri

enc

es

at s

cho

ol

(r =

0·2

0) a

nd

by p

ers

ons

with

in t

he

resp

on

de

nt’s

co

mm

unity

(0

·24)

.

Det

erm

inin

g t

he d

epen

den

cies

of

the

mo

del

o

f in

fluen

ceT

he

path

mo

de

l to

be

test

ed

is s

how

n in

Fig

ure

5.

It in

clu

de

s a

listin

g of

th

e va

riab

les

ent

ere

d in

to t

he

resp

ect

ive

reg

ress

ion

pro

cess

es.

Th

e va

ria

ble

s lis

ted

in t

his

mo

de

l inc

lud

e a

sin

gle

ulti

mat

e d

ep

en

de

nt v

ari

able

, ‘D

esi

re to

Te

ach’

, fo

ur m

edi

atin

g va

ria

ble

s, ‘I

ncr

ea

sed

Lik

elih

oo

d of

Em

plo

yme

nt’,

‘Inte

rest

s a

nd

Ho

bb

ies’

, ‘S

cho

ol I

nflu

en

ce’ a

nd

‘Co

mm

unity

Influ

en

ce’ a

nd fiv

e ba

ckg

roun

d va

riab

les,

incl

udin

g ‘R

ural

/Urb

an B

ackg

roun

d’,

‘Ge

nd

er’,

‘Ag

e-G

roup

’ an

d ‘P

are

nta

l Em

plo

yme

nt’.

All

vari

ab

les

we

re e

nte

red

into

th

e re

gre

ssio

n p

roce

ss a

s z-

sco

res.

Thi

s e

nsur

ed

that

th

e re

gre

ssio

n e

qu

atio

ns

ha

d ze

ro c

on

stan

ts, t

hu

s a

llow

ing

the

bet

a co

effic

ient

s to

dire

ctly

indi

cate

th

e p

rop

ort

ions

of v

ari

an

ce w

ithin

th

e d

ep

en

de

nt

vari

able

th

at w

ere

co

ntri

but

ed

by t

he

resp

ect

ive

inde

pend

ent v

ari

able

s (s

ee K

erl

ing

er,

1979

; Lo

eh

lin,

199

8; P

edh

azu

r, 19

82)

. Sin

ce ‘D

esi

re to

Te

ach’

was

th

e ul

timat

e d

ep

en

de

nt v

ari

able

in t

he

path

mo

del,

it w

as m

ade

the fir

st d

ep

en

de

nt v

ari

ab

le in

th

e m

ulti

ple

lin

ea

r re

gre

ssio

n p

roce

ss. A

ll ot

he

r va

ria

ble

s w

ere

e

nte

red

as

ind

ep

en

de

nt v

ari

able

s an

d th

e ba

ckw

ard

st

epw

ise

met

ho

d e

mp

loye

d. T

his

met

ho

d re

mov

ed

tho

se v

ari

able

s w

hich

did

not

me

et t

he

0·0

5 le

vel o

f si

gn

ifica

nce

and

whi

ch t

he

refo

re c

ont

ribu

ted

leas

t to

th

e va

rian

ce o

f th

e d

ep

en

de

nt v

ari

able

(Lo

eh

lin,

199

8; C

oak

es

& S

tee

d, 2

001

). E

ach

on

e of

th

e fo

ur

me

diat

ing

vari

able

s w

as t

he

n su

cce

ssiv

ely

mad

e th

e in

depe

nden

t va

riab

le fo

r th

e ba

ckw

ard

ste

pwis

e p

roce

ss in

wh

ich

the

bac

kgro

un

d va

ria

ble

s w

ere

th

e in

de

pe

nd

ent

va

ria

ble

s.T

he

resu

lts o

f th

ese

re

gre

ssio

n p

roce

sse

s ar

e fo

und

in T

able

9 a

nd

hav

e b

ee

n se

t out

in t

he

path

dia

gra

m

in F

igur

e 5

. Onl

y 15

% o

f th

e va

rian

ce o

f ‘D

esi

re to

Te

ach’

is e

xpla

ine

d by

va

ria

ble

s w

ithin

th

e m

od

el,

leav

ing

85%

of i

ts v

ari

ance

to b

e re

late

d to

fact

ors

exte

rna

l to

the

mo

de

l.

Th

ese

re

sults

su

gg

est

tha

t th

e un

de

rgra

duat

e st

uden

ts e

nrol

led

in te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

in A

ustr

alia

are

a d

ive

rse

gro

up. F

ort

y p

erc

ent

of

th

em

co

me

fro

m r

ura

l are

as a

nd

this

gro

up is

di

spro

po

rtio

nate

ly m

ale

. Alm

ost

a t

hird

are

ove

r th

e a

ge

of 3

0 ye

ars

an

d th

ere

fore

can

be

cons

ide

red

to b

e m

akin

g ca

ree

r ch

ang

es.

Mo

re t

han

a q

uart

er

have

tra

de b

ackg

roun

ds, w

hile

just

ove

r a

third

a

re e

nte

rin

g te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r e

duca

tion

dire

ctly

fr

om

sch

oo

l. T

his

of c

our

se is

a g

en

era

l pic

ture

an

d di

ffe

ring

bo

die

s of

pre

-se

rvic

e te

chn

olo

gy te

ache

rs

will

exh

ibit

diff

eri

ng

de

mo

gra

ph

ic c

hara

cte

rist

ics

fro

m u

niv

ers

ity to

un

ive

rsity

. Th

is d

ive

rsity

am

on

g p

re-s

erv

ice

tech

no

log

y te

ach

ers

su

gg

est

s a

vari

ety

of s

tud

ent

ne

eds

an

d th

us im

plie

s a

ne

ed

for

spe

cia

l p

lann

ing

be

hin

d, a

nd

vari

ety

with

in, c

urri

culu

m

offe

rin

gs.

It s

ug

ge

sts

that

th

ere

sh

oul

d b

e a

vari

ety

of a

pp

rop

riat

e te

ach

ing

an

d le

arn

ing

stra

teg

ies

as

we

ll as

flex

ible

del

ive

ry a

nd a

sse

ssm

ent p

roce

dure

s.Tw

o fa

cto

rs r

ela

ted

to a

de

sire

to

be

com

e a

tech

no

log

y te

ach

er

are:

ho

bb

ies

and

pur

suits

of

spe

cial

inte

rest

, and

th

e influ

enc

es

of s

cho

ol.

Thi

s la

tter

fact

or

incl

uded

item

s re

pre

sent

ing

the

pre

sen

ce o

f ‘ad

mir

ed

teac

he

rs’,

an

d th

e ‘e

nco

ura

ge

me

nt b

y te

ach

ers

’ fo

r st

ud

ent

s ev

en

to

da

re e

nte

rta

in t

he

ide

a of

be

com

ing

a TA

S te

ach

er.

Thi

s ha

s re

al i

mp

licat

ions

for

the

way

inn

ovat

ive

and

cari

ng

teac

he

rs c

an u

se t

he

curr

icul

um a

nd

the

clas

sro

om

env

iro

nme

nt to

sh

ape

the

care

er

pro

spe

cts

of t

he

ir s

tud

ent

s. A

dis

cip

line

d, s

afe,

an

d p

lea

sant

env

iro

nm

ent

in w

hic

h a

tea

che

r fo

rge

s a

rela

tions

hip

of t

rust

an

d re

spe

ct, a

nd

wh

ere

a

stu

de

nt c

an p

ursu

e p

roje

cts

of s

pe

cia

l int

ere

st t

hat

en

ga

ge

the

min

d an

d d

eve

lop

app

rop

riat

e sk

ills,

ca

n b

oth

fue

l an

d p

rolo

ng

the

de

sire

on

the

part

of a

st

ud

ent

to e

mul

ate

the

teac

he

r’s r

ole

.T

he

data

su

gg

est

th

ere

are

thr

ee

dist

inct

gro

ups

with

in t

he

po

pul

atio

n of

pre

-se

rvic

e te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs. T

he fir

st g

roup

is r

etra

inin

g fo

r a

care

er

chan

ge

into

tech

no

log

y te

achi

ng.

Thi

s g

roup

is

com

pri

sed,

pre

do

min

antly

, of o

lde

r m

ale

s w

ith t

rad

e ex

pe

rie

nce

and

wh

o a

lso

hav

e a

ten

de

ncy

to b

e fr

om

a

rura

l ba

ckg

rou

nd.

Th

ey h

ave

cho

sen

to e

nte

r T

TE

P

for

rea

son

s re

late

d to

incr

ea

sed

job

secu

rity

an

d b

eca

use

th

ey h

ave

a d

esi

re to

be

com

e te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs. T

he

seco

nd

gro

up is

co

mp

ose

d of

yo

ung

fem

ale

s fr

om

urb

an

bac

kgro

un

ds

wh

o te

nd

to e

njo

y in

tere

sts

and

ho

bb

ies

that

are

link

ed

to te

chn

olo

gy.

T

hey

hav

e e

nte

red

TT

EP

dir

ect

fro

m s

cho

ol a

nd

have

bee

n influ

en

ced

by t

he

ir s

cho

ol e

xpe

rie

nce

s to

be

com

e te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs. T

he

thir

d an

d fin

al

gro

up a

re m

ale

s ag

ed

in t

he

ir tw

ent

ies

wh

o w

ere

lik

ely

to h

ave

be

en

influ

enc

ed

(ge

ne

rally

, but

not

sp

ecific

ally

) to

be

com

e te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

rs b

y in

tere

sts

in h

obb

ies

and

by t

he

influ

en

ce o

f th

eir

ex

pe

rie

nce

s w

ith T

AS

at s

cho

ol.

Th

ese

find

ings

hav

e im

plic

atio

ns fo

r m

arke

ting

Imp

licat

ions

of

the

mo

del

Th

e fin

al p

ath

dia

gra

m is

sh

own

in F

igur

e 6

. ‘In

tere

st

and

Ho

bb

ies

bef

ore

Enr

olm

ent

’ is

the

stro

ng

est

influ

enc

e o

n a

‘De

sire

to T

eac

h’ te

chn

olo

gy

sub

ject

s (b

= 0

·27)

. ‘S

cho

ol I

nflu

enc

e’ a

nd

‘Co

mm

unity

Influ

en

ce’ c

ont

rib

ute

to

a le

sse

r d

eg

ree

(b =

0·1

7 an

d b

= 0

·17

resp

ectiv

ely

). T

he

vari

able

‘Co

mm

unity

Influ

ence

’ is

unsu

ppor

ted

by a

ny o

f th

e ba

ckgr

ound

va

riab

les.

In

oth

er

wo

rds,

sup

po

rt fo

r th

e d

eci

sio

n by

me

mb

ers

of t

he

com

mun

ity is

ind

ep

en

de

nt o

f th

e ur

ban

/rur

al b

ackg

roun

d, s

ex, a

ge

or

soci

o-e

con

om

ic

stat

us o

f th

e re

spo

nd

ent

. Th

e m

od

el s

ug

ge

sts

that

‘S

cho

ol I

nflu

en

ce’ i

s st

ron

ge

r if

the

resp

on

de

nt is

yo

ung

er

(b =

-0

·47)

, ge

ne

rally

fem

ale

(b

= 0

·13)

an

d ge

nera

lly f

rom

an

urba

n se

ttin

g (b

= -

0·1

0).

To a

less

er

exte

nt, ‘

Inte

rest

an

d H

ob

bie

s b

efo

re

Enr

olm

ent

’ was

re

late

d to

be

ing

fem

ale

(b

= 0

·11)

a

nd

hav

ing

fath

ers

with

hig

he

r so

cio

-eco

no

mic

st

atus

(b

= 0

·18)

. Thi

s la

tte

r fa

cto

r m

ay w

ell

be

linke

d to

dis

po

sab

le in

com

e th

at c

an a

llow

chi

ldre

n, a

nd

part

icul

arly

dau

ghte

rs, t

o in

dulg

e in

mea

ning

ful

ho

bb

ies

of a

tech

nica

l nat

ure.

Whi

le t

he

influ

en

ce

of s

cho

ol e

xpe

rie

nce

s (b

= 0

·27)

is c

ons

ide

rab

ly

stro

ng

er

in y

oun

ge

r re

spo

nd

ent

s, o

lde

r re

spo

nd

ent

s g

en

era

lly s

how

a g

reat

er

de

sire

to b

eco

me

a te

chn

olo

gy

teac

he

r (b

= 0

·18)

.T

he

re is

a m

ino

r in

terp

lay

bet

we

en

‘Ge

nd

er’,

‘U

rban

/Rur

al O

rigi

n’ a

nd ‘A

ge-G

roup

’. F

irst

ly, t

her

e w

ere

tw

o an

d a

half

time

s as

man

y m

ale

s in

th

e sa

mp

le a

s fe

ma

les,

an

d w

hile

th

e m

ale

s sp

an

ne

d th

e ag

e-r

ang

e, fe

ma

les

ten

de

d to

be

youn

ge

r, an

d in

co

mpa

riso

n to

th

eir

ma

le c

oun

terp

art

s, a

pp

ea

red

to b

e fr

om

urb

an s

ettin

gs.

Sin

ce t

he

youn

ge

r re

spo

nd

ent

s w

ere

mo

re s

tro

ng

ly influ

en

ced

by t

he

ir

sch

oo

l exp

eri

en

ce, f

em

ale

re

spo

nd

ent

s fr

om

urb

an

sett

ing

s a

pp

ea

red

to p

red

om

inat

e a

mo

ng

tho

se w

ho

rela

ted

the

ir ch

oic

e of

tech

no

log

y te

achi

ng

to t

he

ir sc

ho

ol e

xpe

rie

nce

.C

ons

picu

ous

by it

s ab

senc

e fr

om t

he

mo

del,

is t

he

vari

ab

le, ‘

Ret

rain

ing

for

Job

Se

curi

ty’.

Th

is

vari

ab

le s

how

s m

od

era

tely

str

on

g co

rre

latio

ns w

ith

an a

rray

of o

the

r va

riab

les

and

yet i

t is

not

link

ed

to ‘D

esi

re to

Te

ach’

. Th

e im

plic

atio

n is

tha

t whi

le

the

ne

ed

to r

etra

in is

imp

ort

ant,

it is

not

a d

istin

ct

mot

ivat

ing

fact

or

rela

ted

to e

ntry

into

th

e p

rofe

ssio

n of

tech

no

log

y te

achi

ng.

Dis

cuss

ion,

Co

nclu

sio

ns a

nd

Rec

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ivar

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co

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atio

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sele

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n o

f va

riab

les

emp

loye

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stu

dy

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tere

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ore

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rage

men

t by

indu

stry

per

sonn

el

v E

mpl

oym

ent o

f mot

her

viii

Age

xi

Pla

ce p

rior t

o en

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ent (

scho

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1)

xiii

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ire to

bec

ome

a Te

chno

logy

teac

her

iii

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ing

for j

ob s

ecur

ity

vi

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t of f

athe

r

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f exi

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m s

choo

l

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xv

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mun

ity in

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ce

iv

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d lik

elih

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mpl

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mal

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i i

ii ii

iii

iii

iv iv

v v

vi

vi

vii

vii

vii

i

vii

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xii

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city

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f th

e te

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bje

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tro

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sch

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ntin

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g th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt o

f th

e sk

ills

of

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ho

bb

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an

d p

ast

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es.

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ale

s, m

ess

ag

es

sho

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libe

rate

ly t

arg

et t

he

youn

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ut m

atur

e an

d •

fre

e m

ale

ima

ge;

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chn

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chn

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at,

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spe

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e ad

vent

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e co

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ue

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me

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f te

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bje

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th

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intr

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ph

asi

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n co

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g th

e d

eve

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me

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th

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ho

bb

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past

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es.

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tho

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com

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po

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trat

eg

y:

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re s

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ary

stu

de

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wo

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acte

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te

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the

po

ol o

f stu

de

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taki

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tech

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y su

bje

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or

seco

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ry s

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cre

ase

d. F

or

this

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, stu

de

nts

mus

t se

e a

linka

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we

en

sch

oo

l sub

ject

off

eri

ng

s a

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ge

ne

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viab

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are

er

opt

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the

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the

nu

mb

er

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ary

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oo

l stu

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sid

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the

TAS

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ptio

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plify

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tech

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se

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uni

te t

he

ir

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log

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achi

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se

cure

, re

wa

rdin

g an

d ap

pro

pri

ate

care

er

opt

ion.

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rha

ps

safe

ty s

ho

uld

not

be

the

onl

y co

nce

pt fe

atur

ed

on

po

ste

rs in

tech

no

log

y cl

assr

oo

ms.

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de

nts,

op

enl

y,

sho

uld

be

mad

e aw

are

of t

he

po

ssib

ility

th

at t

hey

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o, c

ou

ld b

eco

me

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rs o

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chn

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se

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ee

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ach

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d te

ach

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ed

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tion

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teri

m r

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ort

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rs o

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en

ce,

tech

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log

y a

nd

ma

the

ma

tics.

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po

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o th

e F

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iste

r o

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stra

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ture

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chn

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ath

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ain

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ll, R

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ech

no

log

y te

ach

er

ed

uca

tion:

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ltern

ativ

e p

ath

way

s e

sta

blis

he

d in

re

spo

nse

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es

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em

an

d in

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ier,

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198

6). T

he

be

st a

nd

the

bri

gh

test

to

tea

ch t

ech

no

log

y.

Jou

rna

l of E

psi

lon

Pi T

au

, 13

(2),

28

-31.

Ew

ert

, A. &

Sib

tho

rp, J

. (2

00

0). M

ulti

vari

ate

an

aly

sis

in e

xpe

rie

ntia

l e

du

catio

n: e

xplo

rin

g th

e p

oss

ibili

ties.

Th

e Jo

urn

al o

f E

xpe

rie

ntia

l Ed

uca

tion

, 23

(2),

10

8 –

117.

Fis

hb

ein

, D. &

Ajz

en

, I. (

1975

). B

elie

f, a

ttitu

de

, in

ten

tion

an

d b

eh

avio

ur:

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intr

od

uct

ion

to t

he

ory

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ad

ing:

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dd

iso

n-W

esl

ey P

ub

lish

ing

Co

mp

any

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ritz

, A. (

199

8). S

cho

olin

g in

sci

en

ce a

nd

tech

no

log

y: I

s it

a ca

se o

f n

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lect

? F

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ar.

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00

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son

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rlo

w, J

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00

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te

chn

olo

gy

tea

che

r e

du

catio

n:

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tim

e fo

r o

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ism

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14

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m

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nco

ck, R

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risi

s h

its t

ea

chin

g o

f te

ch s

tud

ies.

Su

nd

ay

Ma

il, M

arc

h 11

, p15

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line,

P. (

199

4). A

n e

asy

gu

ide

to f

act

or

an

aly

sis.

Lo

nd

on:

R

ou

tled

ge.

Ke

rlin

ge

r, F

. (19

79)

. Be

hav

iou

ral r

ese

arc

h: A

co

nce

ptu

al a

pp

roa

ch.

Se

con

d E

diti

on

. Ne

w Y

ork

: Ho

lt R

ine

ha

rt a

nd

Win

sto

n.

Lo

eh

lin, J

. (19

98)

. La

ten

t va

ria

ble

mo

de

ls: A

n in

tro

du

ctio

n to

fa

cto

r,

pa

th a

nd

stru

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ral a

na

lysi

s. N

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rsey

: La

wre

nce

Erl

ba

um

A

sso

cia

tes,

Pu

blis

he

rs.

McG

ee,

K. (

199

9). H

ot c

are

er

op

po

rtu

niti

es:

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uca

tion

. S

ydn

ey

Mo

rnin

g H

era

ld, A

ug

ust

18

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trie

ved

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gu

st 2

3, 2

00

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om

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rs, D

. (2

007

). P

sych

olo

gy.

Ne

w Y

ork

: Wo

rth

Pu

blis

he

rs.

Na

tion

al T

ea

che

r S

up

ply

an

d D

em

an

d W

ork

ing

Pa

rty.

(19

98)

. S

cho

ol t

ea

che

r d

em

an

d a

nd

sup

ply

: Pri

ma

ry a

nd

seco

nd

ary

. A

re

po

rt p

rep

are

d fo

r th

e M

inis

teri

al C

ou

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l on

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uca

tion

, E

mp

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en

t, T

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ing

an

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na

l Te

ach

er

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pp

ly a

nd

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ma

nd

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rkin

g P

art

y. (

20

03)

. D

em

an

d a

nd

sup

ply

of p

rim

ary

an

d se

con

da

ry s

cho

ol

tea

che

rs in

Au

stra

lia. A

re

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are

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r th

e M

inis

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al

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cil o

n E

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n, E

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ah

i, H

., &

Ritz

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20

03)

. Te

chn

olo

gy

ed

uca

tion

tea

che

r d

em

an

d, 2

00

3-2

00

5. T

he

Tech

no

log

y Te

ach

er,

62

(7),

27

– 31

.N

un

na

lly, J

. (19

78).

Psy

cho

me

tric

th

eo

ry. N

ew

Yo

rk: M

cGra

w-H

ill

Bo

ok

Co

mp

any

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arl

iam

en

t of A

ust

ralia

: Se

na

te C

om

mitt

ee.

(19

98)

. A c

lass

act

: In

qu

iry

into

th

e st

atu

s o

f te

ach

ing

. Ch

ap

ter

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ug

ust

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om

: htt

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ed

ha

zur,

E. (

198

2). M

ulti

ple

re

gre

ssio

ns

in b

eh

avio

ura

l res

ea

rch:

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xpla

na

tion

an

d p

red

ictio

n. N

ew

Yo

rk: H

olt,

Rin

eh

art

an

d W

inst

on

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ress

, H.,

Ga

lway

, G.,

& B

arn

es,

E. (

20

02)

. Te

ach

er

lab

or

ma

rke

t co

nd

itio

ns

in C

an

ad

a: B

ala

nci

ng

de

ma

nd

an

d su

pp

ly.

Sch

oo

l B

usi

nes

s A

ffa

irs,

68

(10)

, 28

-32

.R

itz, J

. (19

99)

. Ad

dre

ssin

g th

e sh

ort

ag

e o

f te

chn

olo

gy

ed

uca

tion

tea

chin

g p

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ssio

na

ls is

eve

ryb

od

y’s

bu

sin

ess

. Th

e Te

chn

olo

gy

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che

r, 5

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ach

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pp

ly a

nd

De

ma

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nce

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pp

ly a

nd

de

ma

nd

rep

ort

. A r

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ort

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pa

red

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ly a

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cem

en

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ste

rn

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e M

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ter

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an

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ing

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rnm

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rom

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ply

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lan

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f.W

est

en

, D.,

Bu

rto

n, L

., &

Ko

wa

lski

, R. (

20

06)

. Psy

cho

log

y.

Au

stra

lian

an

d N

ew

Ze

ala

nd

ed

itio

n. S

ydn

ey: J

oh

n W

iley

&

So

ns

Au

stra

lia L

td.

We

sto

n, S

. (19

97).

Te

ach

er

sho

rta

ge:

Su

pp

ly a

nd

de

ma

nd

. Th

e Te

chn

olo

gy

Tea

che

r, 5

7(1

), 6

-9.

Wic

kle

in, R

. (2

00

4). C

ritic

al i

ssu

es

an

d p

rob

lem

s in

te

chn

olo

gy

ed

uca

tion

. Th

e Te

chn

olo

gy

Tea

che

r, 6

4(4

), 6

-9.

Will

iam

s, P

. (19

96)

. Su

rvey

of u

nd

erg

rad

ua

te s

eco

nd

ary

te

chn

olo

gy

tea

che

r e

du

catio

n p

rog

ram

s in

Au

stra

lia.

Au

stra

lian

Jou

rna

l fo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Dev

elo

pm

en

t in

Tech

no

log

y a

nd

Des

ign

Ed

uca

tion

, 4(1

), 1

1-15

.W

rig

ht,

M. (

199

2). F

act

ors

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith s

tud

en

ts’ s

ele

ctio

n o

f te

chn

olo

gy

tea

che

r e

du

catio

n a

s a

ma

jor.

Un

pu

blis

he

d p

ap

er

pre

sen

ted

at t

he

me

etin

g o

f th

e 7

9th

Mis

siss

ipp

i Va

lley

Ind

ust

ria

l Te

ach

er

Ed

uca

tion

Co

nfe

ren

ce, C

hic

ag

o, U

SA

.W

rig

ht,

M. &

Cu

ste

r, R

. (19

98)

. Why

th

ey w

an

t to

tea

ch: F

act

ors

influ

en

cin

g st

ud

en

ts t

o b

eco

me

tech

no

log

y e

du

catio

n te

ach

ers

. Jo

urn

al o

f Te

chn

olo

gy

Ed

uca

tion

10(1

), 5

8-7

0.

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stra

ctT

he

art

icle

re

spo

nds

to a

cha

llen

ge

to fo

cus

the

valu

es

of C

hris

tiani

ty to

wa

rd m

akin

g 21

st c

ent

ury

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tra

lia a

‘go

od

soci

ety’

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e au

tho

r ch

art

s th

e di

rect

ions

for

a pr

oje

cte

d th

ree

-par

t ser

ies,

fra

med

by

th

e ty

po

log

y of

th

eo

log

ian

H. R

icha

rd N

ieb

uhr

that

exa

min

es t

he

hist

oric

nat

ure

and

curr

ent

pot

ent

ial o

f Chr

istia

nity

in A

ustr

alia

.

Co

ntex

tT

he

effic

ient

cam

paig

ns b

y S

eve

nth

-day

Adv

ent

ists

(h

ere

inaf

ter

ab

bre

viat

ed

to A

dve

ntis

ts)

to influ

en

ce

Aus

tra

lia’s

co

nstit

utio

n an

d th

e re

ligio

us s

tanc

es

of

the

emer

ging

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mm

onw

eal

th a

re b

ette

r kn

own

sinc

e hi

sto

rian

Ric

hard

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wro

te U

nto

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d an

d C

aesa

r. E

ly c

laim

ed:

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r a

chur

ch t

hat

so

rig

oro

usl

y a

nd

with

suc

h d

ete

rmin

atio

n b

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ved

in t

he

sepa

ratio

n of

C

hurc

h an

d S

tate

, th

e A

dve

ntis

ts p

laye

d p

olit

ics

very

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ell’

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10 J

uly

20

07, i

n th

e e

leve

nth

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al

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do

ch L

ect

ure

at A

von

dale

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lleg

e, D

r S

tua

rt

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gin

cha

llen

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d co

nte

mp

ora

ry A

dve

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ts to

in

vest

th

ou

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d ef

fort

co

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rab

le to

th

at o

f th

eir

fo

rebe

ars

into

sha

ping

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tra

lia a

s a

‘go

od

soci

ety’

2.

Th

e le

ctu

re (

de

live

red

at t

he

Ad

vent

ists

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nci

pa

l te

rtia

ry in

stitu

tion

that

, am

on

g ot

he

r vo

catio

ns a

nd

pro

fess

ion

s, e

qu

ips

tea

che

rs f

or

sch

oo

ls in

Au

stra

lia

and

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Zea

land

) sh

ould

ale

rt C

hris

tian

educ

ato

rs

and

oth

ers

to b

oth

pe

rce

ive

d n

ee

ds a

nd

pro

mis

ing

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po

rtun

itie

s.P

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in is

a c

are

ful o

bse

rve

r of

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vent

ism

, e

spe

cia

lly s

ince

19

85

wh

en

he

atte

nd

ed

an

imp

ort

ant

Adv

ent

ist H

isto

ry S

ymp

osi

um a

t Mo

nas

h U

niv

ers

ity.3

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n e

sse

nce,

ask

ing

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ent

ists

to c

ons

ide

r w

het

he

r th

eir

his

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c e

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n th

e se

para

tion

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hurc

h an

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ate

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ses

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m t

o u

nd

erv

alu

e th

e ro

les

of m

od

ern

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sep

hs

an

d D

an

iels

in g

ove

rnm

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an

d to

mis

s o

pp

ort

uniti

es

to le

ave

n so

ciet

y.A

dve

ntis

ts a

re fo

r C

hris

tian

valu

es.

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ey a

re

ag

ains

t co

erc

ion

in t

he

po

litic

al a

rena

in r

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renc

e to

mat

ters

of f

aith

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hig

h a

re t

he

stak

es

in t

he

cont

est

bet

we

en

go

od

and

evil

that

eve

ry in

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ive

for

goo

d m

ust b

e in

telli

gent

ly e

mbr

aced

. Chr

istia

ns

are

ent

rust

ed

with

th

e re

spo

nsib

ility

to b

ea

r G

oo

d N

ews

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very

nat

ion,

tri

be,

lan

gu

ag

e a

nd

pe

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le’

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at C

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tra

lia. T

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refo

re, t

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chur

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mus

t ask

itse

lf, a

new

, if a

t pre

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ect

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ly

dem

ons

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care

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out

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istia

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lue

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oci

al j

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man

we

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ticle

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me

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esp

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abo

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anc

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tings

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task

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tra

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soci

ety’

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th

ere

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man

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ustr

alia

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at p

rese

ntly

th

ere

is a

‘kin

g tid

e’

of C

hris

tian

opp

ort

unity

in t

his

natio

n. T

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st

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l Fo

rum

on

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th o

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s pa

rtic

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ts a

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otiv

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iggi

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urg

ent

ap

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o n

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iss

the

op

po

rtun

ity to

tak

e th

e p

rese

nt t

ide

‘at t

he flo

od

’. H

is

Mur

do

ch L

ect

ure

is, t

he

refo

re, a

he

alth

y ch

alle

ng

e to

exa

min

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gai

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e hi

sto

ric

rela

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bet

we

en

the

relig

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hris

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d hu

man

cul

ture

, to

unde

rsta

nd t

he

spe

cific

exp

eri

en

ce o

f re

ligio

n in

A

ustr

alia

, an

d to

re

ad a

s th

ou

gh

for

the fir

st t

ime

all

that

th

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crip

ture

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y ab

out

th

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spo

nsib

ilitie

s of

th

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wh

o g

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rn a

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tho

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are

gov

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we

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ect

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us b

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r fo

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ask

of ‘b

ein

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ustr

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set

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duri

ng

era

s of

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ex

pans

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impe

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, it w

as in

evita

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ustr

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refle

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relig

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ph

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les

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o w

ere

tr

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tipo

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the

colo

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rap

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d ch

ara

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rist

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influ

ence

d its

rel

igio

us e

thos

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e al

ien

natu

re o

f th

e A

ustr

alia

n en

viro

nmen

t, f

rom

th

e vi

ewp

oin

t of t

he

ea

rlie

st E

urop

ean

inha

bita

nts,

in

clu

de

d fa

r m

ore

th

an

the

stra

ng

en

ess

of i

ts e

xist

ing

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orig

inal

cul

ture

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e un

fam

iliar

asp

ect o

f its

flo

ra, f

auna

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ate

and

seas

ons

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str

ikin

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w

as p

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exc

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sum

me

r h

eat

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ug

ht a

nd

bush

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e qu

alit

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its

soil

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oft

en

po

or

and,

co

mb

ine

d w

ith c

limat

ic f

acto

rs, u

nsui

ted

to s

om

e of

th

e b

est

-lov

ed

pla

nts

of t

he

Bri

tish

Isle

s. T

he

imp

act o

f th

ese

ge

og

rap

hic

al c

hara

cte

rist

ics

was

ex

ace

rbat

ed

by t

he

en

orm

ou

s p

rob

lem

of d

ista

nce

fr

om

oth

er

cent

res

of W

est

ern

civ

ilisa

tion,

th

e se

para

ten

ess

of i

ts v

ari

ous

co

loni

es,

th

e is

ola

tion

of

inla

nd

sett

lem

ent

s, a

nd

the

lon

elin

ess

of m

any

of i

ts

indi

vidu

al f

amili

es.

Cov

ere

d by

rad

ica

lly u

nfam

iliar

ve

get

atio

n ba

the

d in

a m

yste

rio

us li

ght

, th

e n

ew

coun

try

too

k a

cent

ury

to d

eve

lop

its ‘fi

rst t

ruly

A

ustr

alia

n sc

hool

of p

aint

ing’

7 . M

any

oth

er

asp

ect

s of

co

loni

al l

ife w

oul

d re

quir

e a

sim

ilar

time

pe

rio

d fo

r th

e um

bili

cal c

ord

s of

de

pe

nd

enc

e to

be

cut a

nd

for

nat

ion

al i

nd

ep

en

de

nce

to b

eco

me

evid

ent

. Du

rin

g its

fir

st c

ent

ury,

Aus

tral

ia’s

whi

te in

habi

tant

s vi

ewed

it

as a

fat

al s

ho

re o

r a

pro

mis

ed

lan

d, a

nd

som

etim

es,

am

biv

ale

ntly

, as

bot

h, s

imul

tane

ous

ly. T

her

efo

re, t

he

colo

nia

l pe

rio

d w

itne

sse

d at

be

st a

str

ug

gle

bet

we

en

com

pet

ing

loya

ltie

s. T

he

nurt

ure

of t

he

Chr

istia

n re

ligio

n w

as s

eld

om

a p

ara

mo

unt c

on

sid

era

tion

am

on

gst

th

e g

en

era

l po

pu

latio

n.T

he

last

de

cad

e of

th

e co

loni

al p

eri

od

and

the

foun

din

g ye

ars

of t

he

Co

mm

onw

ea

lth o

f Aus

tra

lia

are

imp

ort

ant a

s a

refe

renc

e e

ra fo

r P

iggi

n’s

Mur

do

ch L

ect

ure.

Els

ewh

ere

I e

num

era

te t

he

maj

or

char

acte

rist

ics

of A

ustr

alia

n co

lon

ial C

hri

stia

nity

, ci

ting

evid

enc

e th

at t

his

part

icul

ar

tran

spla

ntin

g of

re

ligio

n m

ay b

e re

ga

rde

d a

s a

rem

ark

ab

le s

ucc

ess

.8 W

e sh

all n

ow fo

cus

on t

he

conc

epts

of C

hris

tiani

ty

and

cultu

re t

hat

Eur

op

ean

Au

stra

lians

we

re li

kely

to

bri

ng

with

th

em

as

inci

de

nta

l or

cho

sen

‘ba

gg

ag

e’ a

s th

ey c

ame

to t

he

lan

d of

th

e S

out

he

rn C

ross

.

The

‘do

uble

wre

stle

’ of

Chr

istia

nity

Chr

istia

nity

in c

olo

nial

Aus

tra

lia m

irro

red

the

relig

iou

s et

ho

s of

th

e N

ort

he

rn H

em

isp

he

re;

spe

cific

ally

it w

as f

rag

me

nte

d by

a m

ajo

r cl

eav

ag

e b

etw

ee

n R

om

an

Cat

ho

lics

an

d P

rote

stan

ts, w

ho

com

mon

ly e

vinc

ed a

co

mpe

titiv

e ra

ther

tha

n a

coo

pe

rativ

e at

titu

de

tow

ard

eac

h ot

he

r. In

ad

ditio

n,

ther

e w

ere

imp

ort

ant d

ivis

ions

with

in s

uch

maj

or

deno

min

atio

ns a

s th

e A

nglic

ans,

Pre

sbyt

eri

ans,

M

eth

odi

sts

an

d B

apt

ists

. Cat

he

rin

e L

. Alb

an

ese

id

ent

ifie

s in

Chr

istia

nity

a ‘c

oun

terp

oin

t bet

we

en

ma

nyn

ess

an

d o

ne

ne

ss’.

In n

inet

ee

nth

-ce

ntu

ry

Au

stra

lia t

he

em

ph

asi

s fa

vou

red

de

no

min

atio

na

lism

ra

ther

tha

n co

mm

onal

ity. T

hus

the

chur

ches

sp

ent m

uch

time

est

ablis

hing

and

mai

ntai

ning

th

e b

oun

da

rie

s of

re

ligio

us

acce

ptab

ility

, saf

egua

rdin

g th

eir

ide

ntity

, sp

eci

fyin

g th

e n

atu

re o

f th

eir

mis

sio

n,

reca

lling

th

e m

eani

ng o

f th

eir

he

rita

ge

an

d cl

ari

fyin

g th

eir

de

no

min

atio

nal r

ela

tions

with

so

ciet

y an

d g

ove

rnm

ent

. How

eve

r, th

e ad

he

rent

s of

a g

ive

n d

en

om

inat

ion

fre

qu

ent

ly s

ha

red

a cl

ust

er

of id

ea

s th

at m

otiv

ate

d o

r co

nstr

ain

ed

the

ir re

latio

ns w

ith

soci

ety

and

all

de

no

min

atio

ns r

ela

ted

in id

ent

ifia

ble

w

ays

with

his

tori

c C

hris

tiani

ty.

It is

of d

eci

de

d va

lue,

th

ere

fore

, to

ob

serv

e an

alys

es o

f typ

ica

l way

s in

whi

ch, s

ince

th

e fo

undi

ng

of t

he

ir re

ligio

n, C

hri

stia

ns

have

rel

ate

d to

so

ciet

y.

Thi

s ta

sk h

as e

ng

ag

ed

ma

ny m

inds

fro

m a

wid

e va

riet

y of

dis

cipl

ine

s. F

or

inst

ance

, H. R

icha

rd

Nie

buhr

dev

ote

d m

uch

of h

is c

are

er

to w

hat

he

calle

d th

e ‘c

onf

use

d’,

‘ma

ny-s

ide

d d

eb

ate

ab

ou

t th

e re

latio

ns o

f Chr

istia

nity

and

civ

ilisa

tion’

. He

cam

e to

be

lieve

th

at t

he

eve

r-re

curr

ing

que

stio

n of

how

to

live

the

Chr

istia

n lif

e w

ithin

a g

ive

n cu

lture

ca

lls fo

r ‘a

n infin

ite d

ialo

gu

e …

in t

he

Ch

rist

ian

con

scie

nce

an

d th

e C

hris

tian

com

mun

ity’.

Nie

buhr

’s le

ctur

es

pu

blis

he

d a

s C

hri

st a

nd C

ultu

re h

ave

evo

ked

do

cto

ral d

isse

rtat

ions

, bo

oks

an

d a

rtic

les

duri

ng

the

past

six

dec

ades

, ind

icat

ing

the

subs

tant

ial n

atur

e of

hi

s cl

aim

ab

out

‘typ

ica

l pa

rtia

l ans

we

rs t

hat r

ecu

r so

of

ten

in d

iffe

rent

era

s an

d so

ciet

ies

that

th

ey s

ee

m

to b

e le

ss t

he

pro

duct

of h

isto

rica

l co

ndi

tioni

ng

than

of

th

e n

atu

re o

f th

e p

rob

lem

itse

lf an

d th

e m

eani

ng o

f its

term

s’.9

‘Chr

ist

and

cul

ture

’: F

ive

typ

ical

op

tions

Th

e re

latio

nshi

p b

etw

ee

n C

hris

tiani

ty a

nd

cultu

re

is, i

n N

ieb

uh

r’s te

rms,

‘th

e e

nd

uri

ng

pro

ble

m’

that

may

be

bet

ter

und

ers

too

d in

term

s of

five

co

nst

ruct

s. T

hre

e of

th

e ty

pic

al a

nsw

ers

be

lon

g to

‘th

at m

edi

an t

ype

in w

hich

bot

h C

hris

t an

d cu

lture

are

dis

tingu

ishe

d an

d affir

me

d’,

wh

ere

as

the

oth

er

two

are

po

lar

op

po

site

s, e

mp

has

isin

g

eith

er ‘t

he o

ppo

sitio

n b

etw

ee

n C

hris

t and

cul

ture

’ o

r ‘a

fun

dam

ent

al a

gre

em

ent

bet

we

en

Chr

ist a

nd

cultu

re’.

We

sha

ll, a

t thi

s p

oin

t, s

umm

ari

se N

ieb

uhr’s

ty

po

logi

es a

nd li

st s

ome

of t

he

mai

n ex

amp

les

that

h

e ci

tes,

ack

now

led

gin

g th

at it

is im

po

ssib

le to

do

so

with

out

em

plo

yin

g m

uch

of h

is la

ngua

ge in

th

e ne

xt

five

para

grap

hs.

The

firs

t o

pti

on

Nie

buh

r cl

aim

s th

at h

isto

ry is

we

ll su

pp

lied

with

ex

amp

les

of a

nti-

cultu

ral,

no

n-c

onf

orm

ing,

rad

ica

l, ex

clus

ive

Chr

istia

nity

. Cle

me

nt o

f Ro

me

and

Tert

ullia

n a

re fi

rst c

ent

ury

exam

ple

s. L

ate

r o

ne

s in

clud

e so

me

earl

y m

ona

stic

s, P

rote

stan

t se

cts,

Le

o To

lsto

y an

d m

any

oth

ers

. Me

nno

nite

s an

d Je

hov

ah’s

Witn

ess

es

are

two

of t

he

mo

re v

isib

le

exa

mp

les

of t

he

twe

ntie

th c

ent

ury

. Su

ch g

rou

ps

em

ph

asi

se p

ort

ion

s of

th

e G

osp

el o

f Mat

thew

, th

e F

irst

Ep

istle

of J

ohn

an

d th

e R

eve

latio

n of

St

John

. Th

ey s

tre

ss a

lon

g se

rie

s of

co

ntra

sts:

Chr

ist

and

Cae

sar,

chur

ch a

nd

stat

e, d

ivin

e re

vela

tion

and

hum

an r

eas

on,

lig

ht a

nd

dark

ne

ss, G

od

’s w

ill

vers

us m

an’s

will

, th

e ch

ildre

n of

Go

d an

d o

utsi

de

soci

ety,

spi

ritu

al a

nd m

ate

rial

, ete

rnal

and

tem

por

al,

Chr

istia

n an

d se

cula

r, G

od

’s w

ork

in C

hris

t ve

rsus

hu

man

wo

rk in

cul

ture

, an

d so

ul-r

eg

en

era

tion

ove

r a

gai

nst s

oci

al r

efo

rm. F

or

such

be

lieve

rs, h

isto

ry is

th

e st

ory

of a

ris

ing

chur

ch o

r C

hris

tian

cultu

re a

nd

a dy

ing

pag

an c

ivili

satio

n. T

he

ir r

elig

ion

pre

sent

s an

in

sepa

rabl

e re

latio

n be

twe

en

the

thre

e th

em

es

of

love

: Go

d’s

love

fo

r hu

ma

n b

ein

gs,

th

eir

love

fo

r G

od

and

the

ir lo

ve fo

r e

ach

oth

er.

He

nce,

th

e b

elie

ver’s

lo

yalty

is d

ire

cte

d e

ntir

ely

to t

he

new

ord

er,

the

new

so

ciet

y an

d its

Lor

d, w

ithou

t co

ncer

n fo

r tr

ansi

tory

cu

lture

. Nie

buhr

de

scri

be

s an

d ill

ustr

ate

s th

is s

tanc

e co

ge

ntly

in h

is c

hapt

er e

ntitl

ed

‘Chr

ist a

gain

st

cultu

re’.

The

sec

ond

op

tio

nA

n o

pp

osi

te a

nsw

er

is g

ive

n by

th

e ‘o

ne

-bo

rn’

an

d ‘h

ea

lthy-

min

de

d’ h

arm

on

ise

rs o

f Ch

rist

an

d cu

lture

. Cul

tura

l Pro

test

antis

m a

cco

mm

oda

tes

Chr

ist t

o cu

lture

whi

le s

ele

ctin

g fr

om

cul

ture

wh

at

conf

orm

s m

ost r

eadi

ly to

Chr

ist.

Suc

h C

hris

tians

in

terp

ret t

he

New

Te

stam

ent

as

rele

vant

to t

he

the

re-a

nd

-th

en

and

to t

he

he

re-a

nd

-now

, in

that

it

ag

ree

s w

ith t

he

inte

rest

s a

nd

ne

eds

of t

he

time.

Ju

dais

ers

, Na

zare

ne

s an

d E

bio

nite

s so

ug

ht to

m

aint

ain

loya

lty to

Je

sus

Chr

ist w

ithou

t aba

ndon

ing

any

imp

ort

ant p

art o

f cur

rent

Jew

ish

trad

itio

n, o

r gi

vin

g up

th

e sp

eci

al m

ess

iani

c h

op

es

of I

srae

l. T

he

Chr

istia

n G

no

stic

s al

so e

xem

plifi

ed

this

st

ance

, as

did

Lac

tant

ius

and

oth

ers

wh

o so

ug

ht

to a

ma

lga

mat

e H

elle

nis

tic c

ultu

re a

nd

Ch

rist

ian

ity

in t

he

time

of C

ons

tant

ine.

Pet

er

Abe

lard

red

uce

d th

e fa

ith to

wh

at c

onf

orm

ed

to t

he

be

st in

his

cu

lture

; Jo

hn L

ock

e st

ress

ed

the

reas

ona

blen

ess

of C

hris

tiani

ty. G

ottf

rie

d Le

ibni

tz a

nd

Imm

anu

el

Kan

t opt

ed

for

relig

ion

with

in t

he

limits

of r

eas

on;

T

ho

ma

s Je

ffe

rso

n, F

rie

dri

ch S

chle

ierm

ach

er,

Alb

rech

t Rits

chl a

nd

Wa

lter

Rau

sch

enb

usch

als

o st

oo

d w

ithin

th

is s

tre

am

. Th

e h

arm

on

ise

rs s

ee

k to

re

conc

ile t

he

go

spe

l with

th

e sc

ienc

e an

d p

hilo

sop

hy

of t

he

ir t

ime;

th

ey m

ake

Chr

istia

nity

a r

elig

ious

an

d p

hilo

sop

hic

sys

tem

, em

ph

asi

sing

Je

sus

as s

piri

tual

sa

vio

ur r

ath

er

than

Lo

rd o

f life

, an

d th

e ch

urch

as

an

asso

ciat

ion

of t

he

enl

ight

en

ed.

Th

ey o

ffe

r, ra

the

r th

an t

he

exac

ting

de

man

ds o

f ce

rtai

n b

iblic

al

pass

ages

, kin

dly

and

libe

ral g

uid

an

ce f

or

go

od

pe

op

le w

ho

wan

t to

do

rig

ht. T

his

answ

er

assu

me

s th

at t

he

tens

ion

that

exi

sts

bet

we

en

chur

ch a

nd

wo

rld

is d

ue

to t

he

chur

ch’s

mis

und

ers

tan

din

g of

C

hri

st. T

he

rad

ica

l Ch

rist

ian

cha

rge

s th

is g

rou

p w

ith

redu

cin

g th

e ki

ng

do

m o

f Chr

ist t

o a

fello

wsh

ip o

f hu

man

be

ings

. Yet

th

e ‘C

hris

t of C

ultu

re’ p

osi

tion,

to

use

Nie

buh

r’s t

hird

cha

pte

r tit

le, c

laim

s th

at it

is

reco

mm

en

din

g C

hri

stia

nity

to a

n u

nb

elie

vin

g so

ciet

y an

d p

rese

ntin

g re

aso

n as

th

e ‘h

ighw

ay’ t

o G

od

and

salv

atio

n.

The

thi

rd o

ptio

nA

cco

rdin

g to

Nie

buhr

, th

e gr

eat m

ajor

ity o

f Chr

istia

ns

have

‘ref

use

d to

tak

e e

ithe

r th

e p

osi

tion

of t

he

anti-

cultu

ral r

adic

als

or

that

of t

he

acco

mm

oda

tors

of

Chr

ist a

nd

cultu

re’.

Th

e m

ajo

rity

mov

em

ent

in

Chr

istia

nity

incl

udes

thr

ee p

rinc

ipal

str

ands

: sy

nth

esi

sts,

du

alis

ts a

nd

conv

ers

ion

ists

. Th

e sy

nth

esi

sts

ado

pt a

‘bot

h-a

nd

’ rat

he

r th

an a

n ‘e

ithe

r-o

r’ s

tanc

e, a

tte

mpt

ing

to c

om

bin

e ap

pre

ciat

ion

of

cultu

re w

ith lo

yalty

to C

hris

t, w

hile

at t

he

sam

e tim

e p

laci

ng

Chr

ist a

bov

e cu

lture

. Pas

sag

es

in t

he

Go

spe

l of

Mat

thew

an

d th

e E

pis

tle o

f Pau

l th

e A

po

stle

to

the

Ro

ma

ns

are

cru

cia

l to

this

an

swe

r w

hic

h w

as

art

icul

ate

d by

th

e ap

olo

gist

s of

th

e se

con

d ce

ntur

y an

d m

any

oth

ers

, suc

h as

Jus

tin M

art

yr, C

lem

ent

of

Ale

xan

dria

, Th

om

as A

quin

as, J

ose

ph

But

ler,

and

Po

pe L

eo

XII

I. T

he

synt

hesi

st’s

und

erst

andi

ng

of C

hris

t se

para

tes

him

fro

m t

he

cultu

ral b

elie

ver,

wh

ere

as h

is a

pp

reci

atio

n of

cul

ture

s di

stan

ces

him

fro

m t

he

radi

cal C

hri

stia

n. H

e b

elie

ves

that

C

hri

st is

fa

r a

bov

e cu

lture

; in

de

ed,

th

ere

is a

gu

lf b

etw

ee

n th

em

, eve

n th

ou

gh

cultu

re m

ay b

e a

pre

limin

ary

tra

inin

g fo

r th

e w

ork

of t

he

Lord

. Suc

h a

be

lieve

r co

mb

ine

s, w

itho

ut c

onf

usin

g, p

hilo

sop

hy

and

the

olo

gy,

sta

te a

nd

chur

ch, c

ivic

an

d C

hris

tian

virt

ue

s, n

atur

al a

nd

divi

ne

law

s. T

his

‘Chr

ist

abov

e cu

lture

’ syn

the

sis

is n

ot e

asily

att

aine

d o

r m

aint

ain

ed,

be

ing

sub

ject

to o

bvio

us te

nsio

ns.

The

fo

urth

op

tio

nA

not

he

r ‘C

hris

tian

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he

cent

re’,

the

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list,

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nsi

on

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we

en

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at is

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Go

d an

d m

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rig

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ne

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f

Th

e ev

er-

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rrin

g

qu

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on

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o li

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Ch

rist

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hin

a

giv

en c

ult

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ca

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or

an in

finit

e d

ialo

gu

e in

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hri

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hist

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rath

an

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bef

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r fin

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ma

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xam

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th

is s

tan

ce:

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l th

e A

po

stle

in t

he fir

st c

ent

ury,

Ma

rcio

n in

th

e se

con

d ce

ntur

y, A

ug

ustin

e of

Hip

po,

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rtin

Lut

he

r, R

og

er

Will

iam

s, S

ore

n K

ierk

eg

aa

rd, E

rnst

Tro

elts

ch,

Re

inh

old

Nie

buhr

an

d ot

he

rs. Y

et t

he

com

ple

xity

of

‘th

e e

ndu

rin

g p

rob

lem

’ is

such

th

at s

om

e of

th

ese

indi

vidu

als

co

mb

ine

mo

re t

han

on

e o

ptio

n.

He

nce

, fo

r A

ug

ust

ine

the

conv

ers

ion

ist n

ote

is m

ore

ch

arac

teri

stic

tha

n th

e du

alis

t sta

nce;

Tro

elts

ch

do

es

not

alw

ays

ho

ld a

ten

sio

n b

etw

ee

n C

hri

st a

nd

cultu

re. T

he

dual

ist fix

es

his

ga

ze o

n th

e d

ept

hs a

nd

he

ight

s of

wic

ked

ne

ss a

nd

go

od

ne

ss a

s re

vea

led

in t

he

cros

s of

Chr

ist.

His

th

eori

sing

be

gins

with

th

e m

irac

le o

f Go

d’s

gra

ce, w

hic

h fo

rgiv

es

me

n w

itho

ut

me

rit o

n th

eir

part

. He

be

lieve

s g

race

is in

Go

d, s

in is

in

man

, an

d m

an is

in s

in. H

e affir

ms

that

bef

ore

th

e h

olin

ess

of G

od

the

re a

re n

o si

gn

ifica

nt d

iffe

renc

es,

ra

the

r, ev

ery

thin

g th

at is

cre

atur

ely

is d

ep

rave

d. F

or

the

dua

list,

th

ere

fore

, all

cultu

re is

inje

cte

d w

ith t

hat

go

dle

ssn

ess

whi

ch is

th

e e

sse

nce

of s

in. H

e kn

ows

he

be

lon

gs

to a

cu

lture

an

d ca

nn

ot e

scap

e fr

om

it,

yet

he

be

lieve

s G

od

sust

ains

him

in it

an

d by

it.

He

nce,

ado

ptin

g th

e ‘C

hris

t and

cul

ture

in p

arad

ox’

stan

ce, t

he

tru

e du

alis

t liv

es

in t

he

tens

ion

bet

we

en

wra

th a

nd

me

rcy.

The

fift

h o

pti

on

Nie

buhr

’s la

st a

nsw

er is

th

at g

ive

n by

th

e co

nve

rsio

nis

ts w

ho fin

d th

eir

chi

ef b

iblic

al f

ou

nd

atio

n in

th

e G

osp

el o

f Jo

hn. T

his

stan

ce m

ay b

e ill

ustr

ate

d by

th

e Le

tte

r of

Dio

gn

etus

wri

tte

n la

te in

th

e se

con

d ce

ntur

y; A

ug

ustin

e’s

City

of G

od

; Jo

hn C

alvi

n’s

de

sire

for

the

pe

rme

atio

n of

all

life

by t

he

Go

spe

l, w

ith t

he

stat

e as

Go

d’s

min

iste

r. T

he

re is

als

o Jo

hn

We

sley

’s e

mp

has

is u

po

n C

hris

t as

the

tran

sfo

rme

r of

life

an

d F.

D. M

auri

ce’s

not

ion

that

Chr

ist i

s Lo

rd o

f ma

nki

nd

wh

eth

er

me

n b

elie

ve t

his

or

not

. O

f th

ese

and

othe

rs, J

ona

than

Ed

wa

rds

is ‘t

he

mo

st c

on

sist

ent

co

nve

rsio

nis

t’. T

he

conv

ers

ion

ist

ap

pro

ach

em

ph

asi

ses

Ch

rist

as

red

ee

me

r an

d ta

kes

a p

osi

tive

and

ho

pef

ul a

ttitu

de

tow

ard

cul

ture

. It

mak

es

cre

atio

n a

maj

or

the

me,

de

cla

rin

g th

at m

an

live

s in

a c

reat

ed

ord

er.

It fu

rth

er

de

cla

res

that

th

e fa

ll h

as w

arp

ed,

tw

iste

d, a

nd

mis

dire

cte

d m

an’s

go

od

nat

ure

. He

nce

it s

tre

sse

s th

e re

de

mpt

ive

wo

rk o

f G

od

in t

he

inca

rnat

ion

of t

he

So

n; a

ffirm

s th

at G

od

in C

hris

t has

ent

ere

d a

hum

an c

ultu

re t

hat

has

nev

er

be

en

with

out

his

ord

eri

ng

actio

n a

nd

be

lieve

s th

at

hist

ory

is a

dra

mat

ic in

tera

ctio

n b

etw

ee

n G

od

and

ma

n. T

he

refo

re, t

he

conv

ers

ion

ist u

nd

ers

tan

din

g as

sert

s th

at a

ll th

ing

s ar

e p

oss

ible

to G

od.

It s

ee

s hi

sto

ry a

s th

e st

ory

of G

od

’s m

ight

y d

ee

ds a

nd

man

’s

resp

ons

e to

th

em

, an

d it

pre

sent

s to

th

e w

orl

d ‘C

hris

t th

e tr

ansf

orm

er o

f cul

ture

’.N

iebu

hr’s

de

scri

ptio

n of

th

e ‘m

any-

sid

ed

de

bate

’ th

at e

ng

ag

es

‘his

tori

an

s a

nd

the

olo

gian

s, s

tate

sme

n an

d ch

urch

me

n, C

ath

olic

s an

d P

rote

stan

ts,

Chr

istia

ns a

nd a

nti-

Chr

istia

ns’ p

rovi

des

a us

eful

fr

am

ewo

rk w

ithin

wh

ich

to c

on

sid

er

the

his

tori

c ro

le

an

d p

ote

ntia

l influ

ence

of C

hris

tiani

ty in

Aus

tral

ia.

Co

nclu

sio

nTw

ent

y-fir

st-c

ent

ury

Aus

tra

lian

Chr

istia

ns e

xem

plif

y th

e va

riet

y ap

tly d

escr

ibed

by

Nie

buhr

, and

we

ll ex

plo

red

by P

hilip

Hu

gh

es

an

d ot

he

rs. S

tua

rt

Pig

gin

and

his

colle

ag

ue

s a

lso

reco

gn

ise

this

di

vers

ity w

ithin

th

e pa

pers

re

ad a

t Aus

tra

lia’s

firs

t C

hri

stia

n H

eri

tag

e N

atio

na

l Fo

rum

. Whi

le t

he

ab

ove

exp

lora

tion

of t

he

‘co

nfus

ed

’ an

d ‘m

any-

sid

ed

de

bate

ab

out t

he

rela

tions

of C

hris

tiani

ty a

nd c

ivili

zatio

n’

ide

ntifi

es

pro

ble

ms

that

are

like

ly to

ari

se a

s P

igg

in’s

id

ea

l is

imp

lem

ent

ed,

it is

als

o in

tend

ed

as a

mir

ror

for

tho

se C

hris

tians

wh

o w

ant t

o se

e th

em

selv

es

in

term

s of

his

tori

c C

hri

stia

nity

. It m

ust

be

em

ph

asi

sed,

a

gai

n, t

hat t

his

artic

le is

me

rely

th

e fir

st o

f thr

ee

that

a

re d

ire

cte

d to

wa

rd w

hat i

t is

ho

pe

d m

ay b

eco

me

a liv

ely

, on

go

ing

conv

ers

atio

n. It

is a

lso

exp

ect

ed

that

, in

add

ition

, edu

cato

rs w

ill g

rasp

th

e op

po

rtun

ity to

di

scus

s th

e dy

nam

ic im

pact

th

at C

hris

tian

educ

atio

n ha

s ex

erte

d an

d ca

n co

ntin

ue to

exe

rt u

po

n A

ustr

alia

n so

ciet

y. F

or

this

wri

ter,

the

ne

ed

rem

ains

to

mo

re a

de

quat

ely

defin

e th

e na

ture

of A

ustr

alia

n C

hris

tiani

ty b

efo

re a

skin

g h

ow a

bib

lica

l inv

est

igat

ion

may

info

rm t

he

ong

oin

g di

alo

gue

. T

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CH

End

note

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ha

rd E

ly, U

nto

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nd

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esa

r: R

elig

iou

s Is

sues

in t

he

Em

erg

ing

Co

mm

on

we

alth

18

91-1

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6 (

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lbo

urn

e: M

elb

ou

rne

Un

ive

rsity

Pre

ss, 1

976)

, 44

-5.

2 C

f. S

tua

rt P

igg

in, e

dito

r, S

ha

pin

g th

e G

oo

d S

oci

ety

in A

ust

ralia

: A

ust

ralia

’s C

hri

stia

n H

eri

tag

e: I

ts I

mp

ort

an

ce in

ou

r P

ast

an

d its

R

ele

van

ce f

or

ou

r F

utu

re (

Ma

cqu

ari

e C

en

tre:

Au

stra

lia’s

Ch

rist

ian

He

rita

ge

Fo

rum

, 20

06)

. Ass

oci

ate

Pro

fess

or

Stu

art

Pig

gin

is

Dir

ect

or

of t

he

Ce

ntr

e fo

r th

e H

isto

ry o

f Ch

rist

ian

Th

ou

gh

t an

d E

xpe

rie

nce

at M

acq

ua

rie

Un

ive

rsity

.

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he

sym

po

siu

m w

as

linke

d to

th

e C

hu

rch’

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mm

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ora

tion

of i

ts

first

hu

nd

red

yea

rs in

th

e S

ou

th P

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gio

n a

nd

illu

stra

tes

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visi

on

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alte

r R

.L. S

cra

gg

as

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resi

de

nt ‘

for

wh

om

his

tory

is

mo

re t

ha

n a

dis

cip

line’

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e si

xte

en

lect

ure

s w

ere

ed

ited

by A

rth

ur

J. F

erc

h a

nd

pu

blis

he

d a

s S

ymp

osi

um

on

Ad

ven

tist H

isto

ry in

th

e S

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aci

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88

5-1

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hro

on

ga:

So

uth

Pa

cific

Div

isio

n o

f S

eve

nth

-day

Ad

ven

tists

, 19

86)

. Su

bse

qu

en

tly, F

erc

h a

nd

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el P

. C

lap

ha

m e

dite

d tw

o re

late

d vo

lum

es.

4 N

ote

th

e w

ay in

wh

ich

this

co

nce

pt i

nfo

rme

d th

e p

ub

lica

tion

s th

at w

ere

stim

ula

ted

by A

ust

ralia

’s b

ice

nte

nn

ial,

such

as

Ian

Gilm

an

, Ma

ny F

aith

s O

ne

Na

tion:

A G

uid

e to

th

e M

ajo

r F

aith

s a

nd

De

no

min

atio

ns

in A

ust

ralia

(S

ydn

ey: C

olli

ns,

19

88)

.

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his

ha

s o

fte

n b

ee

n th

e e

nd

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ou

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ula

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mp

le, W

illia

m L

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uca

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ill

gra

sp t

he

op

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rtu

nit

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dis

cuss

th

e d

ynam

ic

imp

act

that

C

hri

stia

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uca

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an

exer

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po

n A

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ch

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e. T

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like

d th

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ag

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torm

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fre

shin

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e d

rou

ght

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icke

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utb

ack

. So

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ca

lled

the

mse

lve

s ‘S

TO

RM

Co

mpa

ny’ a

nd

tho

ug

ht

of a

n ac

rony

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rvic

e To

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ters

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he

yea

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as 1

99

3.

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ose

firs

t tri

ps

to C

ha

rlev

ille

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ga

n w

ith

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mu

nity

se

rvic

e p

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in c

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l so

cia

l se

rvic

es

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d h

elp

with

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atio

n ca

re, s

o th

e te

am p

ut to

get

he

r a

child

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ram

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the

mo

rnin

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e S

alv

atio

n A

rmy

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ed

ed

he

lp w

ith

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day

sch

oo

l, so

th

e te

am w

as t

he

re to

o. F

rom

th

e lo

cal S

cout

gro

up to

th

e nu

rsin

g h

om

e, to

th

e p

riso

n ca

mp,

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he

Uni

ting

Chu

rch,

th

e S

TO

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team

ke

pt a

skin

g w

hat w

as n

ee

de

d an

d ke

pt fi

ndin

g th

ings

to

do. Th

e co

mm

unity

love

d S

TO

RM

Co.

Th

e te

ams

we

nt h

om

e ch

ang

ed

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gai

n. C

onf

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nce

Yo

uth

Dir

ect

or

Me

l Le

mke

cau

ght

th

e vi

sio

n of

wh

at w

as h

app

eni

ng,

an

d o

rgan

ise

d a

trip

to a

n ab

orig

inal

co

mm

unity

. Oth

er o

utba

ck to

wns

w

ere

ad

de

d as

yo

ung

pe

op

le to

ld t

he

ir s

tori

es,

an

d te

ams

mul

tiplie

d. D

avid

Jac

k ca

ug

ht t

he

visi

on

and

pro

vid

ed

gro

und

wo

rk fo

r S

TO

RM

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to w

ork

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de

r th

e A

dca

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anne

r in

Qu

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land

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ver

the

yea

rs, m

any

of t

ho

se e

arl

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TO

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team

me

mb

ers

mov

ed

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the

r p

lace

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som

e of

th

e le

ad

ers

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e b

ee

n tr

an

sfe

rre

d to

diff

ere

nt

po

sitio

ns. T

hey

too

k w

ith t

he

m t

he

adve

ntur

e co

nce

pt a

nd

the

nam

e. A

nd

ST

OR

M C

o te

ams

sta

rte

d w

ork

ing

all

ove

r A

ustr

alia

an

d N

ew Z

ea

lan

d.In

19

99,

th

e S

out

h P

acifi

c D

ivis

ion

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resp

on

de

d to

th

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rass

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gro

wth

of S

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om

pany

. Th

e S

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ed

to fo

rm a

sta

nd

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ne

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mitt

ee

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nte

rest

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lde

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va

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part

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upp

ort

th

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mov

em

ent

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tra

lia, N

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d th

e S

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acifi

c.

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anks

to t

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me

n an

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en

wh

o se

rve

on

that

co

mm

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and

to influ

ent

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ea

de

rs in

min

istr

y a

reas

, ST

OR

M C

o te

ams

are

be

ing

reco

gni

sed

and

supp

ort

ed.

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e ad

vent

ure

cont

inu

es.

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iona

leT

he fi

rst

ange

l’s m

essa

geT

he

scri

ptur

al b

asis

for

the

Adv

ent

ist m

ess

ag

e is

foun

d in

Rev

ela

tion

14:6

-12

(Th

e m

ess

ag

es

of t

he

thre

e an

ge

ls).

Th

e m

ess

ag

e of

th

e fir

st a

ng

el (

14:6

) is

to t

ake

the

Go

spe

l to

the

wo

rld.

Thi

s is

th

e fir

st

wo

rk o

f Chr

iste

nd

om

, to

pro

clai

m t

he

me

ssa

ge

of

Jesu

s by

livi

ng

it. J

esu

s hi

mse

lf g

ave

the

illus

trat

ion

of s

erv

ice

to o

the

rs a

s th

e id

ent

ifyin

g fe

atur

e of

his

K

ing

do

m. (

Se

e M

atth

ew 2

5:31

-45)

Chr

istia

ns a

re c

alle

d to

eva

ngel

ism

, but

th

ere

mus

t be

a p

lant

ing

bef

ore

th

ere

is a

ha

rve

st. S

TO

RM

C

o is

th

e in

itiat

ive

of a

chu

rch

pre

pare

d to

re

ach

bey

on

d th

e ‘c

astle

wa

lls’ i

n o

rde

r to

bui

ld b

rid

ge

s to

th

ose

aro

und.

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a ‘s

ee

d p

lant

ing’

min

istr

y. It

is t

he

build

ing

of r

elat

ions

hips

th

rou

gh

whi

ch t

he

very

life

of

Je

sus

can

be

see

n in

act

ion.

ST

OR

M C

o w

ill b

uild

bri

dges

and

pla

nt s

eeds

. T

he

harv

est

can

follo

w, b

ut it

will

be

the

wo

rk o

f an

oth

er.

ST

OR

M C

o m

ust r

etai

n an

att

itud

e of

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rvic

e w

itho

ut a

ge

nda

, exp

ect

atio

n, o

r lim

its. I

t is

the

unco

nditi

ona

l dis

play

of

the

go

spe

l of J

esu

s in

ac

tion.

Rai

n in

the

sto

rmT

he

nam

e ‘S

torm

’ was

ch

ose

n as

a s

ymb

ol o

f tha

t w

hich

bri

ng

s re

lief t

o a

parc

hed

land

. Sto

rm c

loud

s ca

rry

rain

th

at r

efre

she

s co

mm

uniti

es a

nd p

rodu

ces

new

life

. Eve

ryo

ne

know

s w

he

n a

sto

rm a

rriv

es.

It is

th

e in

tent

ion

of t

he

ST

OR

M C

o te

am to

be

like

a re

fre

shin

g st

orm

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crip

tura

lly, r

ain

rep

rese

nts

the

Ho

ly S

pir

it, w

hich

is

Go

d’s

pre

sen

ce in

pe

op

le. G

od

has

rai

ne

d d

own

his

love

to a

ll p

eo

ple

an

d th

e ac

t of t

he

Chr

istia

n is

to

be

that

rai

n to

oth

ers

(S

ee

De

ut. 3

2:1-

2, I

sa. 4

5:8)

. G

od

will

use

wha

teve

r it

take

s to

co

mm

unic

ate

his

wo

rd to

thi

s e

art

h. S

TO

RM

Co

is to

be

use

d to

pla

nt

the

see

d, a

nd

to b

rin

g re

fre

shin

g ra

in t

hat

will

allo

w it

to

gro

w (

Se

e Is

a. 5

5:10

-11)

.W

he

n a

trip

fulfil

ls t

he

sym

bo

lism

re

pre

sent

ed

in

the

nam

e ‘S

TO

RM

’, th

e re

sult

is a

tru

e ‘A

dve

ntur

e in

S

erv

ice’

.

Mis

sio

n st

atem

ent

ST

OR

M C

o’s

mis

sio

n is

to s

en

d te

ams

of t

rain

ed

youn

g p

eo

ple

to w

ork

fo

r, le

arn

fro

m, a

nd

en

cour

ag

e in

divi

dual

co

mm

uniti

es, s

hari

ng G

od’

s lo

ve b

y b

uild

ing

bri

dg

es

to a

ll p

eo

ple

s th

rou

gh

an

ad

vent

ure

, in

se

rvic

e to

oth

ers

.T

he

fulfi

llme

nt o

f th

e m

issi

on

stat

em

ent

is

de

pe

nd

ent

up

on fiv

e fo

un

dat

ion

s. E

ach

fo

un

dat

ion

stat

em

ent

exp

ress

es

a ch

ara

cte

rist

ic o

f a S

TO

RM

C

o te

am, w

hich

is e

sse

ntia

l to

a S

TO

RM

Co

mis

sio

n tr

ip. In

iso

latio

n, e

ach

foun

datio

n is

not

hin

g n

ew o

r su

rpri

sin

g. T

he

se p

rin

cip

les

are

foun

d in

man

y ar

eas

of s

erv

ice.

How

eve

r, co

mb

ine

d to

get

he

r, th

ey fo

rm

a ra

dica

l ap

pro

ach

to m

issi

on

whi

ch c

ha

llen

ge

s tr

aditi

ona

l rel

igio

us a

ctiv

ity. F

urth

erm

ore,

th

ese

p

rinc

iple

s fo

rm t

he

basi

s fo

r a

‘se

rvan

t’ m

od

el o

f

Th

ey li

ked

th

e im

age

of

a st

orm

re

fres

hin

g

the

dro

ught

-st

rick

en

ou

tbac

k. S

o

they

cal

led

th

emse

lves

‘S

TO

RM

C

om

pan

y’

and

th

oug

ht

of

an

acro

nym

—S

ervi

ce

To O

ther

s R

eally

M

atte

rs

Ab

stra

ctS

TO

RM

Co

mp

an

y is

a s

ho

rt-t

erm

mis

sio

n

ad

ven

ture

. It

is b

as

ed

on

five

fo

un

da

tio

ns

wh

ich

p

res

en

t a

rad

ica

l exa

mp

le o

f C

hri

sti

an

ity

in

ac

tio

n. S

TO

RM

Co

te

am

s a

re t

rain

ed

fo

r s

erv

ice

. T

hey

en

ter

a c

om

mu

nit

y a

nd

as

k fo

r a

pla

ce

to

sta

y a

nd

a j

ob

to

do

. Te

am

me

mb

ers

vo

lun

tee

r th

eir

ow

n t

ime

an

d fi

na

nc

e; t

hey

co

mm

it t

o s

tric

t d

isc

ipli

ne

an

d h

ard

wo

rk. T

he

ir g

oa

l is

to l

ive

ou

t th

e le

ga

cy

of

se

rvic

e m

od

ell

ed

by

Je

sus

Ch

ris

t.

The

sto

ryIn

19

92,

a g

roup

of s

eni

or

hig

h sc

ho

ol s

tud

ent

s fr

om

Bri

sba

ne,

Aus

tra

lia, s

po

ke o

f ‘d

oin

g so

met

hin

g’

with

th

eir

fa

ith. T

hey

did

n’t h

ave

en

ou

gh

mo

ney

or

time

to p

repa

re fo

r an

ove

rse

as m

issi

on

trip

, but

th

ey w

ante

d to

do

som

ethi

ng

adve

ntur

ous

for

Go

d.

Th

ey w

ere

de

dica

ted

to s

erv

ing

Jesu

s an

d in

spir

ed

by t

he

Ho

ly S

pir

it, b

ut w

he

n th

ey lo

oke

d a

roun

d th

ey n

otic

ed

that

th

ey w

ere

do

ing

not

hin

g p

ract

ica

l to

exp

ress

th

eir

faith

. Th

eir

chap

lain

felt

the

sam

e.

He

calle

d th

em ‘f

at C

hris

tians

; fed

to t

he

po

int o

f bu

rstin

g w

ith C

hris

tiani

ty, b

ut n

ot ‘d

oin

g’ a

nyth

ing

to

ma

ke it

re

al.

So

tog

eth

er

they

cam

e up

with

a s

imp

le

conc

ept

—to

go

to a

sm

all t

own

som

ewh

ere

in

the

out

back

an

d se

e w

hat

th

ey c

oul

d d

o to

he

lp

out,

pra

ctic

ally

and

spi

ritu

ally

. Ove

r th

e p

ho

ne

the

past

or,

in M

ore

e (N

SW

), o

ffe

red

a p

lace

to s

tay.

S

o th

ey s

ave

d up

so

me

mo

ney

, pre

pare

d so

me

gam

es, d

ram

a an

d m

usic

, lo

ade

d up

th

e ca

rs a

nd

drov

e w

est

, ca

lling

th

emse

lves

th

e ‘S

WA

MP

team

’ (S

tud

ent

s w

ith a

Mis

sio

n an

d P

urp

ose

). T

he

Sw

amp

team

sp

ent

ten

busy

day

s m

eetin

g ad

ults

and

ch

ildre

n, c

oo

kin

g, p

erf

orm

ing

an

d h

elp

ing

pe

op

le

in w

hat

eve

r th

ey c

oul

d fin

d to

do.

Th

ey c

amp

ed

STO

RM

Co

: An

intr

od

uctio

n to

ad

vent

ure

in s

ervi

ceJe

rry

Un

ser

Pro

ject

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ecto

r, A

dve

ntis

t D

evel

op

men

t an

d R

elie

f A

gen

cy; C

oun

sello

r, E

mm

anue

l C

olle

ge,

Go

ld C

oas

t, Q

ld.

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TO

RM

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uild

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n p

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ct

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rk C

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mp

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xper

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eflec

tions

, Im

pre

ssio

ns &

Exp

erie

nces

by p

oin

ting

pe

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Ch

rist

ian

reso

urce

s a

lre

ady

av

aila

ble

in t

hei

r co

mm

unity

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ST

OR

M C

o, a

ll ev

an

ge

lism

is o

n a

pe

rso

na

l le

vel.

Tea

m m

em

be

rs a

re e

nco

ura

ge

d to

sh

are

th

eir

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stim

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eo

ple

wh

o ex

pe

rie

nce

a c

onv

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ion

are

gui

de

d to

wa

rd a

co

mm

unity

chu

rch

fam

ily o

f th

eir

ch

oic

e—

not

th

e S

TO

RM

Co

team

, or

on

e sp

ecific

d

en

om

inat

ion

ove

r a

not

he

r.

3. N

o w

alls

—en

cour

age

Jesu

s ca

utio

ned

us a

bou

t cre

atin

g ‘w

alls

’ by

jud

gin

g th

e ex

per

ienc

e o

f an

oth

er fo

llow

er o

f Ch

rist

. We

mus

t rem

ain

tru

e to

the

mes

sag

e g

iven

to u

s, a

nd

at t

he

sam

e tim

e su

pp

ort

ou

r b

roth

ers

an

d si

ster

s in

fa

ith.

‘Eve

ry k

ing

do

m d

ivid

ed

ag

ain

st it

self

will

be

ruin

ed

, an

d ev

ery

city

or

hou

seh

old

div

ide

d a

ga

inst

itse

lf w

ill

no

t sta

nd

’ (M

atth

ew 1

2:25

).S

TO

RM

Co

team

s ar

e co

mm

itte

d to

sup

po

rt

Ch

rist

ian

ity a

bov

e d

en

om

inat

iona

l bar

rier

s. T

hey

ha

ve a

man

date

to e

nco

ura

ge

oth

ers

in t

he

ir w

alk

w

ith G

od.

Als

o, b

eca

use

ST

OR

M C

o is

a b

rid

ge

build

ing

min

istr

y, a

vita

l go

al o

f th

e te

am is

to s

upp

ort

th

e w

ork

of a

ll C

hris

tian

gro

ups

with

in t

he

com

mun

ity.

It is

th

e re

spo

nsib

ility

of t

he

ST

OR

M C

o te

am to

vi

sit t

he

se g

roup

s in

ord

er

to e

nco

ura

ge

the

m in

th

eir

min

istr

y. S

TO

RM

Co

will

se

ek

to fi

nd

com

mo

n g

roun

d w

ith a

ll th

ose

wh

o ac

know

led

ge

the

Lord

ship

of

Je

sus

Chr

ist.

Th

ere

mus

t be

no ‘d

ivid

ing

wa

lls’

for

a S

TO

RM

Co

team

th

at in

ten

ds to

be

spir

itua

l re

fre

shm

ent

to t

he

com

mun

ity it

vis

its.

Enc

our

agem

ent

to lo

cal C

hris

tians

Th

is is

pe

rha

ps

on

e of

th

e m

ore

‘ra

dica

l’ a

spe

cts

of

ST

OR

M C

o. T

he

re w

ill a

lmo

st a

lway

s b

e a

gro

up

of C

hris

tians

with

in a

co

mm

unity

, and

oft

en

ther

e a

re m

any

de

no

min

atio

ns. T

he

com

mitm

ent

to

enc

our

ag

e lo

cal C

hris

tians

has

mo

re v

alu

e to

th

e S

TO

RM

Co

trip

th

an s

imp

ly a

‘pat

on

the

back

’ fo

r th

e lo

cal c

hurc

he

s. T

he fir

st q

ue

stio

n m

any

in t

he

com

mun

ity w

ill a

sk (

eve

n if

it is

onl

y in

the

ir m

inds

) is

: ‘W

hat

do

they

wan

t?’ I

f ST

OR

M C

o is

ide

ntifi

ed

with

a p

art

icul

ar

loca

l chu

rch,

th

en

reg

ard

less

of

the

tru

e in

tent

of t

he

team

, th

e qu

est

ion

will

alr

ead

y b

e an

swe

red

in m

any

min

ds. I

t is

imp

ort

ant t

hat a

S

TO

RM

Co

team

be

com

mitt

ed

to b

uild

ing

bri

dg

es

to t

he

who

le c

om

mun

ity. W

he

n th

e ‘u

nchu

rch

ed

’ m

em

be

rs o

f th

e co

mm

unity

se

e th

at t

he

team

ca

n ri

se a

bove

th

e pa

ssio

nate

bou

ndar

ies

of

de

no

min

atio

n, t

he

n re

spe

ct is

gai

ne

d in

th

e w

ide

r co

mm

unity

.W

he

n a

ST

OR

M C

o te

am e

nte

rs a

co

mm

unity

, o

ne

of t

he

sig

nifi

cant

impa

cts

is t

hat t

eam

mem

bers

b

eco

me

‘ro

le m

od

els

’ fo

r th

e ch

ildre

n an

d yo

uth

of t

he

com

mun

ity. W

he

n te

am m

em

be

rs a

re s

ee

n

sup

po

rtin

g an

d pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in t

he

activ

itie

s of

loca

l ch

urch

gro

ups,

th

en

the

ima

ge

of t

hat c

hurc

h g

roup

te

nds

to b

e ra

ise

d in

th

e m

inds

of t

he

child

ren,

an

d th

ere

is p

ote

ntia

l fo

r m

ore

pa

rtic

ipat

ion.

Just

a n

ote

of c

autio

n a

bo

ut

‘imp

osi

ng

’ up

on

a ch

urc

h g

rou

p: R

emem

ber

tha

t den

om

ina

tiona

l b

arr

iers

ca

n b

e ve

ry s

ensi

tive

issu

es. A

sk p

erm

issi

on

bef

ore

you

vis

it a

me

etin

g, a

nd tr

eat a

ny in

vita

tion

to

part

icip

ate

as

a p

rivi

leg

e. T

he w

ors

hip

of C

hri

stia

n g

rou

ps m

ust b

e tr

eate

d w

ith th

e u

tmo

st r

esp

ect.

4. N

o lm

its—

retu

rnS

TO

RM

Co

team

s m

aint

ain

a re

latio

nshi

p w

ith

the

com

mu

nity

. Th

eir

go

al i

s to

ret

urn

and

be

an

ou

tgo

ing,

po

sitiv

e influ

ence

in t

he

com

mun

ity. A

S

TO

RM

Co

trip

is n

ot a

‘onc

e o

nly’

mis

sio

n. T

he

lon

g-t

erm

suc

cess

of S

TO

RM

Co

com

es

wh

en

a co

mm

unity

rec

ogn

ises

th

at a

team

is in

tere

sted

in,

and

com

mitt

ed

to s

erv

ice

by r

etur

nin

g fo

r an

oth

er

pro

gra

m t

he

follo

win

g ye

ar. A

ST

OR

M C

o te

am w

ill

not

put

a ‘l

imit’

on

the

frie

nds

hip

they

bui

ld w

ith t

hat

tow

n, o

r o

n th

e p

ote

ntia

l of t

he

Ho

ly S

pir

it to

bri

ng

abou

t cha

nge

in t

hat

pla

ce.

No

on

e ca

n g

ua

rant

ee

wh

at w

ill h

ap

pe

n in

th

e fu

ture

, an

d it

wo

uld

be

wro

ng

to b

uild

exp

ect

atio

ns

that

a te

am m

ay n

ot b

e ab

le to

fulfil

l. B

ut, i

t is

imp

ort

ant f

or

eac

h te

am to

‘bui

ld b

rid

ge

s’ to

as

man

y a

reas

of t

he

com

mun

ity a

s p

oss

ible

, an

d to

se

ek

to

mai

ntai

n th

ose

brid

ges

in t

he

futu

re.

Ret

urn

trip

s to

the

co

mm

unity

Th

e go

al o

f bui

ldin

g a

rela

tions

hip

will

beg

in o

n th

e ve

ry fi

rst e

xplo

rato

ry v

isit

to t

he

com

mun

ity,

but i

t wo

n’t e

nd

with

th

e fir

st t

rip.

Oft

en

tow

ns a

re

‘ove

rwh

elm

ed

’ by

the fir

st S

TO

RM

Co

team

vis

it, b

ut

it is

on

the

retu

rn t

rip

s an

d th

e co

nsis

tent

, on

-go

ing

serv

ice

attit

ud

e to

wa

rd t

he

tow

n, t

hat r

ea

l fri

en

dshi

ps

be

gin

to fo

rm. T

his

is t

he

rea

l va

lue

of S

TO

RM

Co.

To

‘win

’ an

entir

e co

mm

unity

thr

ough

unc

ond

itio

nal

serv

ice

and

‘love

’ in

the

mo

st p

ract

ica

l se

nse

—th

is

is a

no

ble

am

biti

on,

an

d o

ne,

wh

ich

can

be

ach

ieve

d o

nly

with

pe

rsis

tent

det

erm

inat

ion.

Onc

e re

latio

nshi

ps a

re b

uilt,

th

e co

mm

unity

will

re

me

mb

er

the

team

an

d th

e im

pre

ssio

n th

at t

hey

m

ade.

Eac

h tr

ip w

ill b

uild

up

on

the

pre

vio

us o

ne,

an

d te

am m

embe

rs w

ho

retu

rn w

ill b

e am

aze

d at

th

e di

ffe

renc

e th

at t

ho

se s

ho

rt p

eri

ods

of t

ime

spe

nt in

a

com

mun

ity w

ill m

ake.

I hav

e b

een

am

aze

d a

t the

res

po

nse

of c

hild

ren

whe

n w

e re

turn

to a

co

mm

un

ity! T

he m

ost

viv

id

exa

mp

le f

or

me

was

in a

n a

bo

rig

ina

l co

mm

un

ity in

w

este

rn Q

uee

nsla

nd. A

fter

lead

ing

initi

al tr

ips

to

this

tow

n, I

had

be

en a

way

fro

m th

e to

wn

for

mo

re

than

tw

o ye

ars;

a f

rien

d an

d I d

rop

pe

d in

on

the

com

mu

nity

for

a b

rief

vis

it. I

t was

nig

ht-t

ime,

and

I h

ad

a d

iffer

ent c

ar th

an b

efo

re. W

e d

rove

onc

e

We

beg

in

to s

ho

w

real

love

w

hen

we

can

resp

ect

ano

ther

en

oug

h to

lis

ten

to

wh

o t

hey

ar

e. T

hen

, p

erh

aps,

we

can

off

er

som

eth

ing

th

at t

hey

nee

d

lea

de

rsh

ip, w

hic

h is

inh

ere

nt in

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt o

f S

TO

RM

Co

team

s.

Foun

dat

ions

1. N

o ag

end

a—lis

ten

To li

sten

, rea

lly li

sten

to a

no

ther

per

son,

is th

e fo

un

datio

n o

f a r

ela

tions

hip.

We

be

gin

to s

how

re

al l

ove

whe

n w

e ca

n re

spec

t an

oth

er e

nou

gh

to

liste

n to

wh

o th

ey a

re. T

hen,

per

haps

, we

can

off

er

som

ethi

ng th

at th

ey n

eed.

ST

OR

M C

o te

ams

ent

er

a co

mm

unity

with

th

e ex

pre

ss p

urp

ose

of b

uild

ing

a re

latio

nshi

p w

ith t

hat

com

mun

ity. A

team

will

go fir

st to

list

en,

an

d th

en

to

serv

e. ‘Pre

-tri

p’ c

ont

act a

nd

ne

got

iatio

n w

ith t

he

com

mun

ity to

det

erm

ine

wha

t th

ey w

ant a

nd

ne

ed

is

an e

ssen

tial p

art o

f a S

TO

RM

Co

trip

. Th

e co

ncep

t of

an

adve

ntur

e in

dis

cove

ring

and

mee

ting

the

ne

eds

of o

the

rs e

mb

odi

es

the

ess

en

ce o

f ST

OR

M

Co

mpa

ny. T

his

me

ans

that

th

ere

can

be

no

‘hid

de

n a

ge

nda

’. W

e ca

nnot

pre

scri

be

a p

rog

ram

or

a se

rvic

e p

roje

ct t

hat

will

me

et t

he

ne

eds

of a

ll p

eo

ple

. E

ach

com

mun

ity is

diff

ere

nt, a

s is

eac

h in

divi

dua

l. A

ST

OR

M C

o te

am is

co

mm

itte

d to

se

ek

and

unde

rsta

nd t

he

uniq

ue h

isto

ry, c

ultu

re, a

nd n

eed

s of

a c

om

mun

ity. T

hey

th

en

mat

ch t

he

skill

s an

d re

sour

ces

of t

he

team

to t

he

ide

ntifi

ed

ne

eds

, in

ord

er

to s

erv

e.T

his

attit

ud

e is

mo

de

lled

afte

r th

e m

inis

try

of

Jesu

s w

ho

follo

we

d th

e g

uida

nce

of H

is H

eav

enl

y F

ath

er.

As

he

trav

elle

d, J

esu

s w

oul

d a

rriv

e at

a p

lace

a

nd fir

st m

eet

th

e n

ee

ds o

f th

e p

eo

ple

, wha

teve

r th

ey w

ere

.T

he

Ap

ost

le J

ohn

tells

of t

wo

enc

oun

ters

—o

ne

with

Nic

od

em

us a

nd

on

e w

ith t

he

Wo

man

at t

he

We

ll (J

ohn

3; 4

). H

e tr

eat

ed

eac

h p

ers

on

diff

ere

ntly

,

be

caus

e h

e kn

ew e

ach

part

icul

ar

ne

ed.

Be

caus

e a

team

ent

ers

a c

om

mun

ity w

ith t

his

attit

ud

e of

‘no

ag

en

da’,

and

en

de

avo

urs

to r

eac

h a

ll ar

eas

of t

he

com

mun

ity, t

he

ST

OR

M C

o tr

ip

beco

mes

an

adve

ntur

e. B

y its

ve

ry n

atur

e, t

he

trip

can

not

be

pre

dict

able

. Thi

s at

titu

de

of b

ein

g re

cept

ive

to t

he

ne

eds

of t

he

com

mun

ity a

nd

to

the

dire

ctio

n of

Go

d se

ts t

his

adve

ntur

e ap

art

as

a ra

dica

l mis

sio

n co

nce

pt.

2. N

o ex

pec

tatio

ns—

serv

eS

TO

RM

Co

team

s co

mm

it to

se

rvic

e. T

hey

will

wo

rk

for

a co

mm

unity

an

d le

arn

fro

m t

he

m. T

he

ir g

oa

l is

to s

erve

with

out

co

mp

ens

atio

n. W

he

n a

team

se

rve

s th

e co

mm

unity

, th

ey s

how

th

at t

hey

are

se

rio

us

abo

ut t

he

ir m

issi

on.

A S

TO

RM

Co

team

will

wo

rk

for

a co

mm

unity

usi

ng

wh

atev

er

gift

s an

d re

sour

ces

they

hav

e av

aila

ble.

A S

TO

RM

Co

team

will

als

o se

ek

to le

arn

fro

m

the

com

mun

ity. T

he

cultu

ral e

xcha

nge

and

life

exp

eri

en

ce t

hat

tea

m m

em

be

rs g

ain

fo

r th

em

selv

es

is a

va

luab

le p

art

of t

he

ST

OR

M C

o tr

ip. B

y le

arn

ing

to li

ste

n a

nd

serv

e, te

am

me

mb

ers

lea

rn s

om

e of

th

e m

ost

va

luab

le s

ecr

ets

of li

fe. J

esu

s tu

rne

d th

e w

orl

d up

sid

e d

own

with

His

rad

ica

l co

nce

pt o

f se

rvan

t le

ader

ship

. Th

e se

rvic

e of

a S

TO

RM

Co

team

in t

he

com

mun

ity is

an

atte

mpt

to fo

llow

in H

is fo

otst

ep

s.‘N

o ex

pe

ctat

ions

’ als

o m

ean

s th

at te

ams

do

not

se

ek

to ‘c

onv

ert

’ or

to g

ain

repa

yme

nt fo

r an

y S

TO

RM

Co

activ

ity. T

his

radi

cal c

onc

ept

set

s S

TO

RM

Co

apa

rt f

rom

man

y ch

urch

or

relig

ious

e

nd

eav

ou

rs. T

he

con

cept

of ‘

no

exp

ect

atio

ns’

may

se

em

diffi

cult

for

us a

s C

hris

tians

wh

o ha

ve b

een

gi

ven

a co

mm

issi

on

to ‘g

o an

d m

ake

dis

cip

les

of

all

natio

ns, b

ap

tisin

g th

em ..

.’ (M

att.

28:

19-2

0).

How

eve

r, S

TO

RM

Co

team

s liv

e th

at c

om

mis

sio

n

“”

Eve

ryo

ne

kno

ws

wh

en

a st

orm

ar

rive

s

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oto

gra

phy

: Ma

rk C

raig

]

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AC

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| T

EA

CH

|

Refl

ectio

ns, I

mp

ress

ions

& E

xper

ienc

esR

eflec

tions

, Im

pre

ssio

ns &

Exp

erie

nces

arou

nd th

e to

wn

first

, and

then

par

ked

near

the

tow

n ce

ntre

. Bef

ore

we

cou

ld g

et o

ut o

f the

car

, the

re w

ere

half

a d

ozen

chi

ldre

n w

aiti

ng to

ask

us

whe

re th

e re

st

of t

he te

am w

as! T

hey

knew

my

nam

e an

d w

ante

d a

ST

OR

M C

o te

am b

ack

in to

wn.

I w

as a

stou

nde

d by

thei

r af

fect

ion

and

the

fond

mem

ori

es th

ey h

ad o

f pr

evio

us te

ams’

vis

its.

5. N

o fe

ar—

wo

rshi

pS

TO

RM

Co

team

s ar

e bu

ilt t

hrou

gh w

ors

hip.

Th

ey

will

not

be

afra

id to

sta

nd

for

the

ir G

od

as t

hey

se

rve

in t

he

Co

mm

unity

. ‘T

here

fore

, I u

rge

you,

bro

ther

s,

in v

iew

of G

od

’s m

ercy

, to

off

er y

our

bo

die

s as

livi

ng

sacr

ifice

s, h

oly

and

ple

asin

g to

Go

d—

this

is y

our

spir

itual

act

of w

orsh

ip’ (

Ro

man

s 12

:1).

A S

TO

RM

Co

team

is n

ot a

frai

d to

de

cla

re it

s st

and

for

the

caus

e of

Je

sus

Chr

ist.

Th

e te

am w

ill

reta

in it

s fo

cus

thro

ug

h da

ily w

ors

hip

tog

eth

er—

a tim

e of

de

dica

tion,

co

mm

itme

nt, t

eam

bui

ldin

g an

d e

nco

ura

ge

me

nt t

hat p

rovi

de

s th

e ba

se fo

r al

l th

at

hap

pe

ns o

n a

trip

. Wh

en

the

foun

datio

n of

a te

am

is ‘e

stab

lish

ed

’ in

wo

rshi

p, t

he

actio

n of

th

e te

am

be

com

es

an

exte

nsio

n of

th

at r

elat

ions

hip

with

Go

d.O

n ev

ery

ST

OR

M C

o tr

ip, t

he

Evi

l On

e w

ill

atta

ck. H

ard

ship

s, d

ang

er

and

confli

ct a

re to

be

exp

ect

ed.

By

its n

atur

e, t

he

ST

OR

M C

o tr

ip w

ill

mak

e co

ntac

t with

bot

h th

e ‘b

est

’ an

d th

e ‘w

ors

t’ a

reas

of a

co

mm

unity

. Thi

s as

soci

atio

n ex

po

ses

the

team

to e

very

forc

e fo

und

the

re. W

he

n th

ose

tr

oub

leso

me

time

s co

me,

th

e b

attle

mu

st b

e w

on

by

a te

am jo

ine

d to

get

he

r in

th

e w

ors

hip

of t

he

ir G

od.

T

he

re is

no

ne

ed

to fe

ar

the

tro

ub

le t

hat

Sat

an m

ay

caus

e. I

f Go

d is

for

us, t

he

n w

ho

can

be

ag

ains

t us?

Team

wo

rshi

pS

TO

RM

Co

team

s ha

ve t

heir

foun

datio

n an

d su

rviv

al

in g

roup

wo

rshi

p. It

is o

fte

n a

pow

erf

ul t

ime

wh

en

chan

ge

take

s p

lace

with

in t

he

team

. Thi

s tim

e m

ust

not

be

com

pro

mis

ed

or

rush

ed

for

any

reas

on.

Th

e p

rep

ara

tion

of te

am

wo

rsh

ips

sho

uld

be

tho

rou

gh

and

take

n as

a p

rivi

leg

e an

d se

rio

us r

esp

ons

ibili

ty.

Eve

nin

g w

ors

hip

is t

he

op

po

rtun

ity f

or

the

team

to

be

conf

ront

ed

with

th

e re

alit

y of

Go

d’s

pow

er

and

pre

sen

ce f

or

that

pa

rtic

ula

r tim

e a

nd

pla

ce. I

t is

cruc

ial t

o te

am s

ucce

ss.

In c

onc

luin

g th

is in

tro

duct

ion

to s

ervi

ce

adve

ntur

e, h

ere

is s

ome

valu

able

par

ting

advi

ce:

the

succ

ess

of S

TO

RM

Co

is n

ot t

he

‘pro

gra

m’,

or

the

tech

no

log

y, o

r th

e sk

ills

of t

he

team

. Suc

cess

is

em

be

dd

ed

in a

n at

titu

de;

tha

t rad

ica

l att

itud

e of

Je

sus

that

firs

t se

eks

to u

nd

ers

tan

d a

ne

ed,

an

d th

en u

nselfis

hly

giv

es

in o

rde

r to

me

et t

he

ne

ed.

On

a tr

ip I

too

k la

st y

ea

r I h

ea

rd a

co

mm

ent

fr

om

a te

am m

em

be

r th

at im

pre

sse

d m

e. H

e sa

id, ‘

I

can’

t be

lieve

tha

t th

ese

kid

s w

atch

eve

ryth

ing

I do.

Im

agi

ne

wh

at o

ur li

ves

wo

uld

be

like

if w

e liv

ed

with

th

is in

tens

ity e

very

day

!’ T

EA

CH

End

note

* T

he

Ad

ven

tist D

eve

lop

me

nt a

nd

Re

lief A

ge

ncy

(A

DR

A)

is a

n in

de

pe

nd

en

t ag

en

cy e

sta

blis

he

d fo

r th

e sp

ecific

pu

rpo

ses

of

ind

ivid

ua

l an

d co

mm

un

ity d

eve

lop

me

nt,

as

we

ll a

s d

isa

ste

r re

lief

in t

he

dev

elo

pin

g w

orl

d. A

s a

n in

tern

atio

na

lly r

eco

gn

ise

d n

on

-g

ove

rnm

en

t org

an

isa

tion

, AD

RA

fu

lfills

th

is p

rim

ary

dir

ect

ive

of i

ts

cha

rte

r w

itho

ut r

eg

ard

to

eth

nic

, po

litic

al,

or

relig

iou

s a

sso

cia

tion

.

Po

stsc

rip

tR

ea

de

rs w

ho

wis

h to

kn

ow

mo

re a

bo

ut S

TO

RM

Co,

an

d p

erh

ap

s jo

in in

th

e se

rvic

e a

dve

ntu

re, m

ay r

ea

d o

f th

e p

rog

ram

’s im

pa

ct

on

com

mu

nity

an

d ch

urc

h, a

nd

lea

rn h

ow

to

pla

n, o

rga

nis

e, a

nd

imp

lem

en

t a S

TO

RM

Co

serv

ice

ad

ven

ture

in t

he

au

tho

r’s

bo

ok:

U

nse

r, K

. (2

001

) S

TO

RM

Co

gu

ide

bo

ok—

ad

ven

ture

in s

erv

ice.

W

ah

roo

ng

a, N

SW

: So

uth

Pa

cific

Div

isio

n o

f th

e S

DA

Ch

urc

h.

1

1 W

ork

ing

on

a b

uild

ing

ren

ova

tion

pro

ject

on

a

ST

OR

M C

o tr

ip

[Ph

oto

gra

phy

:

Ma

rk C

raig

]

Bef

ore

we

cou

ld g

et o

ut

of

the

car,

th

ere

wer

e h

alf

a d

oze

n ch

ildre

n w

aiti

ng t

o

ask

us

wh

ere

the

rest

of

the

team

w

as

Fro

m t

heo

ry t

o t

he r

eal t

hing

Fo

r ye

ars

I’v

e b

ee

n a

su

pp

ort

er

of

ST

OR

M

Co

—fr

om

th

e b

eg

inn

ing

, in

fa

ct.

In

my

form

er

life

as

a c

hu

rch

ed

ito

r I p

ub

lish

ed

ma

ny

rep

ort

s a

nd

be

liev

e th

e c

on

ce

pt

of

en

co

ura

gin

g y

ou

ng

p

eo

ple

to

se

rve

in s

elfl

es

s w

ays

is b

rill

ian

t. T

he

gla

mo

ur

of

go

ing

to

ou

t-o

f-th

e-w

ay t

ow

ns

an

d

co

mm

un

itie

s s

imp

ly a

dd

s to

th

e a

pp

ea

l.

My

sup

po

rt, t

ho

ug

h, h

as

be

en

ba

se

d o

n t

he

ory

, u

nti

l no

w. F

or

the

firs

t ti

me

, th

is J

uly

, I s

aw

S

TO

RM

Co

in

ac

tio

n, i

n n

ort

he

rn N

SW

—a

t M

ore

e, G

wa

be

ga

r a

nd

Co

on

ab

ara

bra

n.

I ret

urn

ed

mo

re im

pre

sse

d w

ith t

he

actu

alit

y th

an

the

the

ory

. Alm

ost

10

0 le

ft t

he

Avo

nd

ale

Co

lleg

e ca

mp

us a

nd

chur

ch fo

r si

x ar

eas

ran

gin

g fr

om

th

e ab

ori

gina

l co

mm

unity

at G

oo

do

og

a, t

he

oth

er

sid

e of

Li

ght

nin

g R

idg

e, to

th

e S

ydn

ey s

ubur

b of

Mac

qua

rie

Fie

lds.

Mo

st w

ere

Avo

nda

le C

olle

ge

stu

de

nts,

with

a

mix

of o

the

rs f

rom

th

e ch

urch

an

d su

rro

undi

ng

com

mun

ity. T

he

Co

onab

arab

ran

trip

was

org

anis

ed

by t

he

Co

lleg

e C

hurc

h.

ST

OR

M C

o b

eg

an in

19

93

and

its fo

und

er,

Jerr

y U

nse

r, is

stil

l inv

olv

ed.

He

has

see

n it

gro

w

into

a n

atio

na

l an

d in

sev

era

l pla

ces

a w

orl

dw

ide

mov

em

ent

. A r

eco

rd 2

2 te

ams

will

be

invo

lve

d in

n

ort

he

rn N

SW

thi

s ye

ar.

‘Thi

s ye

ar

my

big

pus

h is

to te

ll te

ams

to u

nd

er-

pro

gra

m a

nd

ove

r-e

ng

ag

e,’ h

e sa

ys. H

e w

ants

th

e te

ams

to d

o a

ll th

e p

repa

ratio

n b

efo

re t

hey

leav

e,

‘an

d th

en

en

ga

ge

with

as

man

y as

pe

cts

of t

he

com

mun

ity a

s th

ey c

an. I

thi

nk t

he

key

is to

bui

ld

bri

dg

es

thro

ug

h re

latio

nshi

ps.

A b

y-p

rodu

ct is

th

e te

am d

ynam

ics

that

dev

elo

p w

he

n in

divi

dua

ls h

ave

a p

urp

ose

an

d a

re d

oin

g so

me

pra

ctic

al C

hris

tiani

ty.’

So,

thi

s is

STO

RM

Co

A t

ypic

al S

TO

RM

Co

invo

lve

s a

Kid

s C

lub

in t

he

mo

rnin

gs a

nd c

om

mun

ity s

ervi

ce a

ctiv

ities

in t

he

afte

rno

on.

Th

e K

ids

Clu

b is

aim

ed

mai

nly

at p

rim

ary

sc

ho

ol a

ge

d ch

ildre

n, b

ut I

not

ice

d th

at s

om

e o

lde

r ch

ildre

n a

lso

atte

nd

ed,

oft

en

with

yo

ung

er

bro

the

rs

or

sist

ers

.T

he

serv

ice

activ

itie

s va

ry w

ith t

he

loca

tion

and,

de

pend

ing

on in

put f

rom

th

e lo

cal c

om

mun

ity a

nd

coun

cil,

can

chan

ge y

ear

by

year

. Usu

ally

it w

ill

invo

lve

clea

ning

up

publ

ic p

arks

, hel

ping

eld

erly

p

eo

ple

with

th

eir

ya

rds,

or

serv

ice

s th

e co

unci

ls

dire

ct t

he

m in

—la

st y

ea

r in

Bo

urke

th

at in

clu

de

d

pain

ting

a m

ural

.T

he

Kid

s C

lub

s in

volv

e g

ame

s an

d cr

afts

. Th

ere

’s

usua

lly fa

ce p

aint

ing

and

grou

p ac

tiviti

es. A

‘lea

rnin

g tim

e’ te

nds

to b

e ab

out

ch

ara

cte

r d

eve

lop

me

nt,

ofte

n w

ith p

upp

ets.

An

d th

ere

’s s

ingi

ng;

th

at’s

th

e st

ron

ge

st C

hri

stia

n e

lem

ent

of t

he

pro

gra

m.

No

atte

mpt

is m

ade

to h

ide

the

Chr

istia

n un

de

rpin

nin

gs

of S

TO

RM

Co,

but

it’s

mut

ed

and

pre

sent

ed

in s

uch

a w

ay t

hat

th

ere

hav

e b

ee

n n

o co

mp

lain

ts f

rom

co

mm

uniti

es,

at l

eas

t no

ne

that

I h

ea

r ab

out

. I’m

told

tha

t, a

t firs

t, a

ny c

om

mun

ity

is s

uspi

cio

us a

bou

t wh

at it

’s a

ll ab

out,

but

in t

he

en

d, t

he

ove

rall

serv

ice

em

ph

asi

s fo

r ki

ds

an

d th

e co

mm

un

ity w

ins

ou

t. T

imin

g S

TO

RM

Co

pro

gra

ms

to

coin

cid

e w

ith s

cho

ol h

olid

ays

als

o p

rove

s h

elp

ful t

o pa

rent

s.

Th

e ch

ildre

n re

ally

enj

oy t

he

Kid

s C

lubs

. E

xcite

me

nt fi

lls t

he

halls

wh

ere

they

me

et a

nd

the

re’s

lots

of n

ois

e du

rin

g ac

tiviti

es.

But

it q

uiet

ens

d

own

for

inst

ruct

ions

, th

e n

ext a

ctiv

ity o

r fo

r a

pre

sent

atio

n—

with

a li

ttle

he

lp f

rom

so

me

of t

he

ST

OR

M C

o te

am, o

f co

urse

. B

on

ds t

hat

gro

w b

etw

ee

n th

e te

am m

em

be

rs

(usu

ally

ag

ed

abo

ut 1

7 to

25

yea

rs)

and

the

child

ren

be

com

e ve

ry e

vid

ent

. In

on

e p

lace

I di

scov

ere

d a

girl

with

th

e na

me

of h

er

favo

urite

team

me

mb

er

face

-pai

nte

d o

n h

er

fore

he

ad. S

he

wan

ted

to b

e h

er

frie

nd.

At C

oo

naba

rab

ran

on

e te

am m

em

be

r w

as

de

scri

be

d a

s a

lway

s h

avin

g ‘t

we

nty

kids

han

ging

off

h

er.’ W

hat

I se

e is

evi

de

nce

of a

dmir

atio

n an

d ev

en

resp

ect

fro

m t

he

child

ren

for

the

se o

lde

r bu

t stil

l yo

ung

pe

op

le. I

t may

onl

y b

e a

few

day

s bu

t th

ere

’s

a se

nse

that

th

e im

pact

is g

oin

g to

last

lon

g af

ter

the

ST

OR

M C

o p

rog

ram

is fi

nish

ed.

So

me

of t

he

kids

w

ant t

o b

e a

part

of S

TO

RM

Co

‘wh

en

they

gro

w u

p.’

As

for

the

team

me

mb

ers

, I fi

nd

the

m in

a s

tate

of

se

mi-

exh

aust

ion

afte

r a

few

day

s. T

he

basi

c a

cco

mm

oda

tion

—th

at’s

usu

ally

mat

tre

sse

s st

rew

n o

n a

chur

ch h

all flo

or,

do

esn

’t h

elp

. How

eve

r, th

ere

’s

a se

nse

of e

xcite

me

nt. T

he

conv

ers

atio

n re

adily

tu

rns

to t

he

child

ren

they

’re w

ork

ing

with

—th

e p

rob

lem

s th

ey f

ace,

th

e jo

ys t

hey

’ve

disc

ove

red

and

the

frus

trat

ions

. Th

ere

’s t

alk

ab

out

a p

rob

lem

chi

ld,

an

inci

de

nt, o

r th

e se

nse

of s

atis

fact

ion

in h

elp

ing

out

an

eld

erl

y co

uple

. Th

ere

’s a

focu

s o

n w

hat

is

ha

pp

en

ing.

Be

ing

tog

eth

er

in s

om

ethi

ng

that

’s b

igg

er

than

th

em

is a

bo

ndi

ng

influ

enc

e. T

he

re a

re o

pe

n si

gns

of

tea

m m

em

be

rs s

upp

ort

ing

eac

h ot

he

r. A

nd

the

re’s

STO

RM

Co

pro

gra

ms

chan

ge

lives

Bru

ce M

ann

ers

Sen

ior

pas

tor,

Avo

ndal

e C

olle

ge

Chu

rch,

NS

W

“”

Th

e ke

y is

to

b

uild

bri

dg

es

thro

ugh

rela

tio

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ips

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mp

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eflec

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pre

ssio

ns &

Exp

erie

nces

‘It’

s n

ot

ab

ou

t th

e n

um

be

rs;

it’s

ab

ou

t s

pe

nd

ing

th

is t

ime

tog

eth

er

to c

on

ne

ct

wit

h G

od

. Ma

ke i

t yo

ur

sm

all

gro

up

, ma

ke i

t yo

ur

co

mm

un

ity.

Se

ek

Go

d a

nd

yo

u w

ill fi

nd

Him

to

nig

ht.

As

the

ban

d g

ets

up to

pla

y th

e co

ntex

t has

alr

ead

y b

ee

n se

t. T

his

isn’

t a s

how

. It’s

not

ab

out

th

e lig

hts,

th

e P

A, t

he

foo

d o

r ev

en

the

girl

s. T

he

re’s

so

met

hin

g d

ee

pe

r; s

om

ethi

ng

wo

rth

sea

rchi

ng

for.

Thr

ee

and

a ha

lf ye

ars

ag

o, t

he

staf

f at C

ent

ral

Co

ast A

dve

ntis

t Sch

oo

l (C

CA

S)

had

a dr

eam

to

pro

vid

e so

met

hin

g ex

tra

for

the

sch

oo

l stu

de

nts

that

wou

ld g

ive

them

a c

hanc

e to

co

nnec

t with

Go

d.

Fri

day

nig

hts

are

know

n fo

r th

eir

pa

rtie

s o

n th

e N

SW

Ce

ntra

l Co

ast,

as

is t

he

case

in m

ost

pa

rts

of A

ustr

alia

. Th

e C

ent

ral C

oas

t how

eve

r, se

em

s pa

rtic

ula

rly

pro

ne

to t

he

effe

cts

of b

ing

e dr

inki

ng,

un

de

rag

e se

x an

d te

ena

ge

rs w

ho

ge

ne

rally

hav

e lit

tle p

are

nta

l inp

ut in

to h

ow t

hey

sp

en

d th

eir

tim

e o

n w

ee

ken

ds. I

t was

with

in t

his

cont

ext t

hat t

he

dre

am

was

cas

t to

pro

vid

e an

alte

rnat

ive

for

tee

ns w

ho

didn

’t w

ant t

o g

et c

aug

ht u

p in

th

e w

ho

le p

art

y sc

en

e bu

t, in

ste

ad, w

ante

d to

se

ek

an e

nco

unte

r w

ith G

od.

Th

e su

rpri

sin

g th

ing

to n

ote

abo

ut t

he

FU

EL

pro

gra

ms

that

run

at C

CA

S is

th

at t

he

maj

ori

ty

of s

tud

ent

s w

ho

atte

nd

do

not

co

me

fro

m s

tro

ng

Chr

istia

n h

om

es.

Th

ese

stu

den

ts h

ave

mad

e th

eir

own

de

cisi

on,

with

out

any

pro

mpt

ing

fro

m t

he

ir

pare

nts,

to s

tep

away

fro

m t

he

sce

ne

the

ir fr

ien

ds

are

cau

ght

up

in a

nd

spe

nd

the

ir F

rida

y ni

ght

s at

F

UE

L.

Th

ere

is li

ttle

diff

ere

nce

bet

we

en

the

actu

al

pro

gra

m fo

rmat

for

FU

EL

and

that

of m

any

oth

er

chur

ch p

rog

ram

s. T

he

re’s

a w

elc

om

e, p

rais

e an

d w

ors

hip

mus

ic, a

ta

lk, a

nd

may

be

a vi

de

o.B

ut w

hat d

oe

s se

t th

e p

rog

ram

apa

rt is

tha

t it’s

ru

n by

tee

ns f

or

teen

s. T

he

sett

ing

up a

nd p

acki

ng

up o

f equ

ipm

ent

, th

e m

usic

, an

d of

ten

eve

n th

e ta

lk

all

hap

pe

n b

eca

use

of t

he

tee

ns t

hat h

elp

out

. Th

e ‘o

lder

’ sta

ff, u

sual

ly in

th

eir

mid

-tw

entie

s to

ear

ly

thir

ties,

be

lieve

str

on

gly

in t

he

ide

a of

me

nto

rin

g th

ese

tee

nag

ers

to b

e le

ade

rs a

mo

ng

st t

he

ir p

ee

rs.

Th

e p

hilo

sop

hy is

tha

t a f

rie

nd,

use

d by

th

e H

oly

S

piri

t, m

ay le

ad y

ou

into

a r

elat

ions

hip

with

Chr

ist

even

mo

re p

owe

rful

ly t

han

perh

aps

an a

dult.

Alth

ou

gh

the

num

be

rs m

ay n

ot b

e ‘g

oin

g th

rou

gh

the

roof

’ an

d fin

ance

s m

ight

n’t b

e ‘fl

owin

g ov

er’,

F

UE

L is

defin

itely

dev

elo

ping

its

own

spir

itual

cu

lture

. An

d fo

r th

e te

ens

wh

o m

ake

FU

EL

the

ir ‘c

hurc

h,’ t

hey

wo

uldn

’t g

o w

itho

ut it

. Thi

s is

n’t t

he

chur

ch o

f to

mo

rrow

mak

ing

a st

and

for

the

futu

re; i

t’s

the

chur

ch o

f to

day

mak

ing

a st

and

for

the

tee

ns o

f to

day.

TE

AC

H

Teen

s ta

nk u

p w

ith s

pir

itual

‘fue

l’E

lia K

reva

rC

hap

lain

, Cen

tral

Co

ast

Ad

vent

ist

Sch

oo

l, E

rina

, NS

W

Th

e m

ajo

rity

w

ho

att

end

ha

ve m

ade

thei

r o

wn

dec

isio

n to

st

ep a

way

fr

om

th

e sc

ene

thei

r fr

ien

ds

are

caug

ht u

p in

an

d s

pen

d

thei

r Fr

iday

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t FU

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ue

l.

[Ph

oto

gra

phy

: Elia

Kre

var]

1

alw

ays

som

ethi

ng

diff

ere

nt h

app

eni

ng.

Try

ing

to

find

a te

levi

sio

n se

t fo

r th

e S

tate

of O

rigi

n g

ame

that

w

ee

k, w

as o

n th

e m

inds

of s

eve

ral.

I se

nse

d th

at

team

s w

ere

gai

ning

mo

re f

rom

th

e ex

peri

ence

th

an

they

we

re g

ivin

g. A

ctua

lly s

eve

ral t

old

me

they

we

re

ho

oke

d o

n S

TO

RM

Co

pro

gra

ms

for

that

re

aso

n.W

hat

’s im

pre

ssiv

e is

th

at S

TO

RM

Co

lea

de

rsh

ip

fro

m t

he

colle

ge

and

chur

ch is

mad

e up

fro

m a

mo

ng

the

tea

m m

em

be

rs. T

he

re is

no

exp

eri

en

ced

sen

ior

pe

rso

n te

llin

g th

em

wh

at to

do.

Th

ere

is t

rain

ing

bef

ore

th

ey le

ave

ho

me

base

, but

th

at te

nds

to b

e in

th

ing

s lik

e cl

owni

ng,

pup

pet

ry, c

raft

an

d d

eve

lop

ing

pra

ctic

al s

kills

for

the

task

s th

ey m

ay b

e in

volv

ed

in.

Eve

n th

e b

us d

rive

rs w

ere

foun

d am

on

g th

e g

roup

s I

visi

ted.

Fo

r th

ose

leav

ing

fro

m t

he

Avo

nda

le c

amp

us

ther

e’s

usua

lly a

co

uple

ask

ed

to u

pgr

ade

thei

r d

rive

r’s li

cen

se s

o th

ey c

an d

rive

th

e b

us

for

the

ir

gro

up.

So

me

imp

acts

of

STO

RM

Co

I sp

ent

mo

st o

f my

time

with

th

e te

ams,

but

I di

d ta

lk

to a

few

pe

op

le f

rom

th

e co

mm

uniti

es

I vis

ited.

Th

ey

we

re p

osi

tive

abo

ut w

hat

was

hap

pe

nin

g. I

met

Kev

in

at G

wab

eg

ar

(pro

no

unce

d w

ith a

sile

nt ‘G

’). T

he

tow

n its

elf

is s

ma

ll w

ith m

ayb

e 15

0 re

sid

ent

s. K

evin

is

pro

bab

ly in

his

60

s an

d h

e’s

an o

pe

n S

TO

RM

Co

ent

husi

ast.

In

fact

, he’

s ex

ten

de

d hi

s h

ous

e, in

sta

lled

be

ddi

ng

for

the

team

s th

at v

isit

and

he

lps

pro

vid

e fo

od.

Th

e G

wab

eg

ar

ST

OR

M C

o te

am h

as t

he

mo

st c

om

fort

able

acc

om

mo

datio

n an

d p

erh

aps

the

stro

ng

est

loca

l sup

po

rt o

f any

of t

he

team

s.A

co

up

le o

f ye

ars

ag

o K

evin

re

ceiv

ed

an

Au

stra

lia

Day

ho

no

ur fo

r co

mm

unity

se

rvic

es.

I’m

told

he

was

so

imp

ress

ed

with

wha

t th

e fir

st S

TO

RM

Co

team

s di

d th

at h

e fe

lt h

e co

uld

do

som

ethi

ng

in h

is

com

mun

ity a

s w

ell.

He

reck

ons

that

th

e an

nual

S

TO

RM

Co

visi

t is

the

be

st t

hin

g th

at h

app

ens

in

Gw

abe

ga

r. T

his

is t

he

eig

hth

yea

r S

TO

RM

Co

has

co

me

to to

wn

and

the

day

afte

r m

y vi

sit a

co

mm

unity

b

arb

ecu

e w

as h

eld

. ‘T

he

on

ly t

ime

the

com

mun

ity g

ets

tog

eth

er

as

a

wh

ole

is w

he

n S

TO

RM

Co

visi

ts,’

says

Kev

in. ‘

Thi

s is

su

ch a

go

od

thin

g fo

r o

ur to

wn.

’ Lo

ree

na B

utch

er

is a

vet

era

n S

TO

RM

Co

part

icip

ant.

I m

et h

er

on

the

job

at C

oo

naba

rab

ran.

T

his

is h

er

sixt

h S

TO

RM

Co.

Sh

e’s

also

be

en

on

shor

t-te

rm m

issi

on

trip

s to

In

dia

and

Tha

ilan

d. H

er

pass

ion,

th

ou

gh,

is fo

r S

TO

RM

Co.

‘Wh

en

you

go

to t

ho

se o

vers

eas

kin

ds o

f pla

ces,

it’

s bi

g, g

rand

, and

aw

eso

me

with

hu

ge

retu

rns

an

d re

wa

rds,

’ sh

e sa

ys. ‘

It’s

eas

y to

fly

ove

rse

as a

nd

it’s

unre

al.

On

the

oth

er

han

d, w

he

n yo

u g

o to

a

sma

ll to

wn

in A

ustr

alia

, it’s

alm

ost

as

if th

ere

is le

ss

rew

ard

. But

it’s

gre

ate

r, b

eca

use

it’s

at h

om

e. It

can

b

e ha

rde

r at

ho

me,

th

ou

gh.

’S

he

de

scri

be

s th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n in

th

ese

term

s:

‘Yo

u co

me

back

fro

m a

we

ek

of S

TO

RM

Co

abso

lute

ly t

rash

ed,

tir

ed

and

gru

mpy

, but

yo

u’ve

d

eve

lop

ed

such

a c

lose

re

latio

nshi

p w

ith t

ho

se y

ou

wo

rke

d w

ith. Y

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ne

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co

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e th

em

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p up

w

he

n th

ing

s h

ave

to b

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on

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en

the

re’s

th

e as

soci

atio

n w

ith t

he

child

ren.

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hat

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rew

ard

in it

self.

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act,

we

get

a g

reat

er

rew

ard

tha

n o

ur im

pact

o

n th

em

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u se

e sc

ho

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ids

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o yo

u th

ink

are

com

ple

te m

oro

ns. T

he

n yo

u se

e th

em

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p up

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g

reat

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here

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lso

the

spir

itua

l asp

ect

, wh

ere

we

go

into

a c

om

mun

ity a

nd h

elp

the

kids

to u

nd

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tan

d a

little

ab

ou

t Je

sus.

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d w

e e

nd

up

hav

ing

the

m s

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ut J

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us.

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way

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on

to

this

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ach

us a

wh

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bo

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od.

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th

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man

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ing.

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u m

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he

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ain,

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efo

re h

ea

din

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en

we

arr

ive

d, fl

ats

we

re in

sh

ort

su

pp

ly. S

o w

e liv

ed

in o

ur v

an fo

r aw

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wai

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pro

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nd

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spe

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Go

d h

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any

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er

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x m

ont

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ur v

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bro

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own

bey

on

d re

pair.

Yo

u ca

n im

agi

ne

our

su

rpri

se w

he

n a

Chr

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ach

er

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et f

rom

a

not

he

r sc

ho

ol c

ame

aro

und

with

her

hus

band

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sa

id, ‘

We’

ve b

ee

n im

pre

sse

d to

giv

e yo

u g

uys

a ca

r, as

we

hav

e tw

o’. S

o, w

e n

ow h

ave

a 19

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san

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d p

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ho

me

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ha

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ma

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pra

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leav

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co

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rt z

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u’ve

nev

er

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ano

ther

co

untr

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ut t

her

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also

not

hing

mo

re

wo

nd

erf

ul t

han

wat

chin

g G

od

take

yo

u un

de

r hi

s w

ing

and

show

yo

u hi

s lo

vin

g ca

re a

nd

pro

tect

ion.

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ver

the

yea

rs G

od

ha

s o

pe

ne

d m

y ey

es

an

d h

elp

ed

me

see

that

teac

hin

g is

not

just

a jo

b; it

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n o

pp

ort

unity

to s

ha

re J

esu

s w

ith H

is p

reci

ous

litt

le

child

ren.

Wh

en

you

go

into

cla

ss w

ith t

hat o

utlo

ok

you

wa

lk a

way

eac

h da

y fe

elin

g co

nte

nt w

ith w

hat

yo

ur c

hild

ren

are

lear

ning

. Tha

t’s t

he

beau

ty o

f te

achi

ng

in a

n A

dve

ntis

t sch

oo

l.If

yo

u h

ave

n’t g

ue

sse

d a

lre

ad

y, m

y p

ass

ion

is

for

Go

d an

d fo

r se

ein

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s ch

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n re

ceiv

e th

e b

est

C

hris

tian

edu

catio

n th

ey p

oss

ibly

can

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en

I go

to

sch

oo

l eac

h da

y I w

ant t

o kn

ow t

hat

my

child

ren

are

go

ing

to e

njoy

lear

ning

ab

out J

esu

s an

d w

ill w

ant t

o

know

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mo

re a

nd

mo

re. I

like

to te

ach

my

Bib

le

less

ons

in a

n ex

citin

g p

lace

tha

t th

e st

ud

ent

s w

ill

enj

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pla

ce t

hat p

rovi

de

s fo

r a

spe

cia

l tim

e w

hich

th

ey c

an s

pe

nd

with

th

eir

He

ave

nly

Fat

he

r. T

his

yea

r th

at p

lace

is o

ur

‘Pra

yer

Ca

stle

’. W

e a

ll g

o in

sid

e fo

r w

ors

hip

eac

h m

orn

ing.

Th

e ca

stle

pul

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th

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all

for

wo

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d is

th

en

pus

he

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ck

up a

gai

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wa

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we

can

carr

y o

n w

ith o

the

r le

arn

ing

activ

itie

s of

th

e da

y. T

he

child

ren

know

th

at p

lace

is s

pe

cia

l, an

d m

ore

imp

ort

antly

th

ey a

re

lea

rnin

g th

at o

ur

time

with

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d is

sp

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al.

Th

e la

st fe

w y

ea

rs h

ave

be

en

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ge

lea

rnin

g cu

rve

for

me.

I ha

ve b

ee

n b

less

ed

with

re

al C

hris

t-lik

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eo

ple

wh

o ha

ve s

too

d b

esi

de

me

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me

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teac

he

r, ev

en

wh

en

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lt I w

as m

akin

g so

me

mis

take

s. I

’ve

lea

rne

d th

at if

yo

u’re

will

ing

to

let G

od

use

you,

He

will

tru

ly b

less

yo

u an

d ch

ange

yo

ur li

fe fo

reve

r. In

turn

, yo

u’ll

chan

ge

the

live

s of

th

ose

yo

u te

ach,

an

d m

any

mo

re. I

’m le

arn

ing

and

exp

eri

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g th

e tr

uth

of P

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wle

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r p

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me

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me

ans

that

th

e se

atin

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paci

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f a b

us is

onl

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he

num

be

r of

pa

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ng

ers

tha

t can

be

squ

eez

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in!!

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ne

sta

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of t

he

jour

ney

to P

ai, o

ur 2

9-s

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er

ora

ng

e bu

s ca

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er

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pe

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he

re w

ere

eve

n p

eo

ple

ha

ngi

ng

out

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he

bus

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ors

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was

gre

at to

se

e di

ffe

rent

pa

rts

of t

he

coun

try.

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s w

e tr

ave

lled

furt

he

r n

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he

villa

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me

mo

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me

hid

de

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th

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the

hills

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hile

tra

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he

dry

seas

on

now

; how

be

autif

ul t

he

rain

fore

st m

ust b

e du

rin

g th

e w

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eas

on.

Our

tra

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too

k us

to to

wns

and

vill

age

s, a

larg

e ca

ve, a

nd

tem

ple

s w

ith lo

ts o

f sta

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caus

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was

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on

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ot a

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ly d

renc

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d by

pe

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le

thro

win

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f wat

er,

as w

e tr

ave

lled

past

in t

he

op

en

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dow

ed

son

gth

aew

s. A

nd

we

lau

gh

ed

ou

r he

ads

off!

Dur

ing

So

ng

kra

n, C

hia

ng

Mai

str

eet

s w

ere

cr

owd

ed:

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hic

les

pile

d w

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ple

an

d b

uck

ets

of

wat

er;

str

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ve

nd

ors

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lock

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d ki

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er

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fest

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item

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ho

me

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ere

are

thr

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he

exam

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cho

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...te

achi

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ar

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ryo

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It h

as b

ee

n ov

er

a m

ont

h si

nce

we

last

wro

te

(oo

ps!

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o m

uch

ha

s h

ap

pe

ne

d. W

e’ve

be

en

he

re

for fiv

e m

ont

hs, o

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e w

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ea

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ha

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eg

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his

me

ans

lots

of w

ate

r, m

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hum

idity

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eat

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d m

osq

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have

sta

rte

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new

fas

hio

n! O

ur

sch

oo

l att

ire

incl

ud

es

gum

bo

ots,

um

bre

lla, a

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inim

um

of t

wo

sch

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gs

ea

ch.

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me

stu

de

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at t

he

loca

l ‘S

evvi

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hai s

cho

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have

just

cau

ght

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lari

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he

bad

on

e th

at c

an

go

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he

bra

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ere

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man

y cl

inic

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at

can

det

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th

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form

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ort

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rem

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rry,

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stud

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ry e

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reig

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ach

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nov

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ea

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rea

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rso

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ll tim

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ran

do

m (

wh

en

eve

r th

e st

ud

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s fe

el l

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the

pe

rio

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d fin

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fte

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rain

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run

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m t

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roof

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e cl

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d a

ll te

ach

ers

ne

ed

a co

mp

ulso

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to

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ven

tho

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h, it

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enjo

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ds to

th

e ov

eral

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erie

nce.

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have

just

sta

rte

d an

En

glis

h yo

uth

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bath

S

cho

ol l

ess

on,

an

d w

e a

re p

rayi

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that

a lo

t of

stu

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att

en

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ee

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ked

to d

o a

spe

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m fo

r th

e S

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cho

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ina

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ery

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ek.

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eb

en

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rney

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ew v

olu

nte

er

tea

che

r h

as

join

ed

us f

rom

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tra

lia. H

e w

ante

d to

get

so

me

exp

eri

enc

e b

efo

re g

oin

g to

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stu

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hav

ing

an

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ssie

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d.

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ble

to c

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ally

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ll w

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he

boy

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ey p

lay

socc

er

with

th

e st

ud

ent

s at

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len’

s e

ach

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day,

but

we

have

n’t a

ny g

irls

pla

yin

g, y

et (

apa

rt

fro

m t

wo)

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ve

ry r

are

for

girl

s to

pla

y sp

ort

he

re.

Po

ssib

ly, p

artic

ipat

ion

is m

ore

co

mm

on in

th

e ci

ties

than

up

here

in t

he

‘jung

le’.

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ere

are

few

hap

pe

nin

gs,

apa

rt f

rom

sch

oo

l, bu

t w

e’re

exc

ited

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ut t

he

soo

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rriv

al o

f Bra

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stu

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fro

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von

da

le C

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er

visi

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me

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e a

lso

ma

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our

dia

rie

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r th

e n

ext

mo

nths

ah

ead

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bo

dy is

we

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me

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us, a

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ytim

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ho

pe

all

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ell

with

yo

u. T

han

ks to

th

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wh

o ha

ve e

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pra

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us, a

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o D

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trav

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eke

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stay

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r th

e ni

ght

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ore

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e to

ok

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wa

lkin

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rou

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an

d th

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ma

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s (b

etw

ee

n T

haila

nd

and

Bur

ma

—ap

prox

8km

fro

m M

ae S

ot).

Th

ere,

w

e p

urch

ase

d so

me

be

d ro

lls (

so t

hat

we

can

sle

ep

on

the

vera

nda

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he

n it

get

s re

ally

hot

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d 1k

g of

ca

shew

s. W

e at

e th

e nu

ts in

four

day

s!!!

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ryin

g th

e b

ed

rolls

on

the

mot

orb

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an

inte

rest

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exp

eri

enc

e an

d m

ade

us fe

el l

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tru

e lo

cals

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hink

yo

u co

uld

see

mo

re b

edr

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than

pe

rso

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d hi

rin

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oto

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as a

re

al b

less

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allo

we

d us

to t

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h fu

rth

er

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hav

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rid

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alo

ng

a di

rt r

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to w

hat f

elt

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mid

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of n

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(j

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ungl

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n se

arch

for

the

elu

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Bri

dg

e’. W

e e

nd

ed

up n

ot fi

ndin

g it,

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fun

try

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to g

et t

he

re. T

he

road

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qui

te s

tee

p an

d ru

tte

d in

one

sp

ot, r

esul

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in u

s st

acki

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he

bike

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tho

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e h

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any

dam

ag

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th

e b

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w

he

n Ja

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bik

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th

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th

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anag

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h da

ma

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rep

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mo

re t

han

wh

at w

e ha

d pa

id fo

r th

e th

ree

days

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e!!!

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ll en

ded

we

ll th

ou

gh.

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hile

se

arc

hin

g fo

r th

e B

rid

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we

wa

lke

d a

lon

g a

log

gin

g tr

ack

and

saw

a s

ight

th

at m

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our

sk

in c

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n h

ea

rin

g so

me

rust

ling

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nk, w

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cove

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ands

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mm

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ity.

Th

e so

lutio

ns o

ffe

red

by t

he

auth

ors

ten

d to

p

rom

ote

a tr

aditi

ona

l ‘b

ure

aucr

atic

’ ap

pro

ach

to o

btai

n ex

tern

al c

om

plia

nce

in t

he

hope

of

ach

ievi

ng

inte

rna

l co

ntro

l ove

r b

eh

avio

urs

. Whi

le

stri

ct c

om

plia

nce

may

act

as

a d

ete

rre

nt, g

reat

er

visi

on

is r

equ

ire

d to

lead

an

d g

uid

e st

aff a

nd

stu

de

nts

in a

sch

oo

l. T

he

auth

ors

ove

rlo

ok

the

pers

onal

qua

litie

s an

d co

mp

eten

cies

th

at le

ader

s n

ee

d to

ma

na

ge

such

issu

es,

an

d th

eir

em

ph

asi

s o

n tr

aini

ng

and

exte

rna

l co

ntro

ls m

isse

s th

e ke

y p

oin

t of i

nspi

ratio

nal l

eade

rshi

p. In

deed

, th

e co

mp

lexi

ty o

f iss

ue

s ra

ise

d a

nd

the

nat

ure

of t

he

ge

ne

ral s

olu

tions

pro

po

sed

ofte

n le

ave

s o

ne

with

a

sens

e of

fru

stra

tion.

Legi

slat

ion

cove

rin

g ch

ild p

rote

ctio

n, a

nti-

disc

rim

inat

ion

and

equa

l opp

ort

unity

can

si

gn

ifica

ntly

impa

ct o

n e

mp

loym

ent

pra

ctic

es

thro

ug

h co

nse

que

nce

s of

no

n-c

om

plia

nce.

R

ead

ers

ne

ed

to b

e aw

are

of A

ustr

alia

n le

gisl

atio

n ra

the

r th

an t

hat q

uot

ed

for

gov

ern

ance

of B

ritis

h sc

ho

ols

. In

pa

rtic

ula

r, ch

ild p

rote

ctio

n le

gisl

atio

n in

Aus

tra

lia is

ve

ry s

pe

cific

, an

d st

aff

need

s to

be

cont

inua

lly u

pda

ted

in t

his

area

for

both

pre

vent

ativ

e pu

rpos

es a

nd c

om

plia

nce.

Th

e au

tho

rs a

lso

me

ntio

n th

e us

eful

ne

ss o

f co

de

s of

co

ndu

ct. H

owev

er

the

se r

are

ly c

ove

r al

l si

tuat

ions

. Wh

en

em

plo

yer-

det

erm

ine

d, w

itho

ut

staf

f co

nsul

tatio

n an

d n

eg

otia

tion,

th

ey e

ithe

r m

ay b

e ig

no

red,

or

be

com

e a

sour

ce o

f sta

ff

frus

trat

ion

and

unio

n a

gita

tion.

Su

gg

est

ions

put

fo

rwa

rd f

or

pro

fess

ion

al

dev

elo

pm

ent

aim

to p

reve

nt c

ont

rove

rsia

l sex

ua

l re

latio

nshi

ps t

hrou

gh im

ple

me

ntat

ion

of v

ari

ou

s ac

tiviti

es.

Th

e ap

pro

ach

es

canv

asse

d m

ay b

e us

eful

to d

evel

op

scho

ol-

base

d p

olic

ies

and

pro

cedu

res,

as

de

ma

nd

ed

by s

tate

aut

ho

ritie

s fo

r re

gist

ratio

n in

Aus

tra

lia. A

ltern

ativ

ely

, th

ey c

oul

d be

use

ful t

o re

info

rce

valu

es

and

crea

te a

sch

oo

l cu

lture

th

at m

ake

s se

xua

l re

latio

nshi

ps

bet

we

en

staf

f, o

r b

etw

ee

n st

aff a

nd

stu

den

ts u

neth

ica

l, u

nac

cept

ab

le, o

r in

dict

ab

le.

Whi

le le

ad

ers

mig

ht g

ain

a g

reat

er

awa

ren

ess

of

pot

ent

ial i

ssu

es

an

d p

oss

ible

so

lutio

ns

fro

m

read

ing

this

bo

ok,

it c

oul

d b

e of

mo

re b

en

efit

to

pre

-se

rvic

e a

nd

be

gin

nin

g te

ach

ers

on

the

pot

ent

ial c

on

seq

ue

nce

s o

f sex

ua

l re

latio

nsh

ips

in a

sch

oo

l set

ting.

Th

e b

oo

k’s

defic

ienc

y as

a

reso

urce

for

Adv

ent

ist t

eac

he

rs is

its

lack

of

a C

hri

stia

n p

ers

pe

ctiv

e. U

ltim

ate

ly, t

he

bo

ok’

s us

eful

ness

will

be

judg

ed o

n th

e n

ee

ds o

f th

e re

ad

er.

TE

AC

H

Teac

hers

beh

avin

g b

adly

? D

ilem

mas

for

scho

ol l

ead

ers

Mye

rs, K

. et a

l. (

20

05)

. Lo

nd

on:

Ro

utle

dg

e F

alm

er.

Mar

ilyn

Han

sen

Ass

oci

ate

Dir

ect

or

of E

duca

tion,

Sev

ent

h-d

ay

Ad

vent

ist S

cho

ols

, NN

SW

Ltd

Str

ess

—it’

s a

part

of m

od

ern

life

. Th

e au

tho

r ex

amin

es

the

sour

ces

of s

tre

ss, b

oth

the

obv

iou

s a

nd

hid

de

n, a

nd

sug

ge

sts

stra

teg

ies

for

Th

e co

ntri

buto

rs to

thi

s b

oo

k se

t out

to p

rom

ote

mat

he

mat

ica

l th

inki

ng

bey

on

d a

rith

met

ica

l th

inki

ng, a

nd to

sup

por

t inc

lusi

ve p

ract

ice

s in

cu

rre

nt m

ath

em

atic

s cl

ass

roo

ms.

Fe

atur

es

of t

he

text

incl

ude:

How

low

-att

aini

ng

stu

de

nts

can

thin

k •

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he

mat

ica

llyN

ume

racy

re

cove

ry•

Task

ref

usa

l in

prim

ary

mat

hem

atic

s•

man

agi

ng

it. T

eac

he

rs’ o

wn

sto

rie

s an

d h

elp

ful

insi

ght

s a

re s

catt

ere

d th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e b

oo

k.

Inte

rest

ing

rese

arc

h fin

ding

s ar

e di

scus

sed

such

as

, ‘a

ge

has

be

en

foun

d to

be

a d

ete

rmin

ing

fact

or

in te

ach

ers

’ wo

rkp

lace

str

ess

’; ‘te

ach

ers

, nu

rse

s, c

hild

min

de

rs a

nd

care

rs h

ave

the

hig

he

st r

ate

s of

tur

nin

g up

for

wo

rk, w

he

n si

ck’

an

d ‘te

ach

ers

ave

rag

e a

tho

usa

nd

inte

rpe

rso

na

l co

ntac

ts in

a t

ypic

al w

ork

day

’. U

nfo

rtun

ate

ly, t

he

rese

arc

h so

urc

es

are

not

ful

ly r

efe

ren

ced.

Thi

s b

oo

k fo

cuse

s o

n te

ach

ers

thr

ivin

g ra

the

r th

an c

op

ing.

Its

go

al i

s e

nthu

sias

m a

bo

ut w

ork

a

nd

ba

lan

cin

g p

hysi

cal a

nd

me

nta

l he

alth

. Whi

le

tea

che

rs c

an b

e d

evot

ed

to t

he

we

ll-b

ein

g of

th

eir

st

ud

ent

s, w

he

n it

com

es

to n

urt

uri

ng

eac

h ot

he

r th

e p

ictu

re is

not

so

po

sitiv

e. T

eac

he

rs te

ll of

th

eir

hig

hs a

nd

low

s, o

f thi

ng

s th

at w

ork

ed

we

ll an

d of

oth

ers

tha

t did

n’t.

Th

ey s

pe

ak p

lain

ly o

f str

ess

ill

ne

ss a

nd

reco

very

. Thi

s as

pe

ct o

f te

ach

ers

’ p

ers

on

al r

efle

ctio

ns

adds

to t

he

rea

da

bili

ty o

f th

e b

oo

k. I

am s

ure

man

y re

ade

rs w

ill fi

nd

sto

rie

s to

w

hich

th

ey c

an p

ers

ona

lly r

ela

te. T

he

auth

or’s

U

K fo

cus,

whi

le s

tro

ng,

do

es

not

ove

rly

det

ract

fr

om

th

e us

eful

ne

ss o

f th

e b

oo

k fo

r te

ach

ers

w

orl

d-w

ide.

‘Wo

rry

do

es

not

em

pty

tom

orr

ow o

f so

rrow

, it

em

ptie

s to

day

of s

tre

ng

th’ (

Co

rry

ten

Bo

om

)’ a

nd

‘Mo

st fo

lks

are

abo

ut a

s ha

ppy

as

they

mak

e up

th

eir

min

ds to

be’

, (A

brah

am L

inco

ln)’,

are

just

tw

o of

th

e m

any

pith

y sa

yin

gs

that

ad

d in

tere

st to

th

e b

oo

k.

Thi

s is

cle

arl

y a

‘se

lf-h

elp

’ bo

ok;

with

out

ap

olo

gie

s. It

se

eks

to d

iffe

rent

iate

itse

lf fr

om

th

e co

mm

on

irri

tatio

n of

se

lf-h

elp

bo

oks

in t

he

are

a of

ap

plic

atio

n an

d ac

hiev

es

this

by

pro

vidi

ng

lots

of h

ints

, tip

s an

d id

eas

. Th

e b

oo

k ta

kes

a h

olis

tic a

pp

roac

h a

nd

ad

dre

sse

s su

ch to

pic

s a

s co

mm

unic

atio

n, h

ea

lth a

nd

care

er

dev

elo

pm

ent

. T

he fin

al c

hapt

er

pro

vid

es

a su

mm

ary

of k

ey

ide

as,

gro

up

ed

un

de

r u

sefu

l he

ad

ing

s a

nd

a re

adin

g lis

t is

also

giv

en.

I’v

e sp

ent

mo

re t

han

11 y

ea

rs in

th

e te

achi

ng

pro

fess

ion;

re

adin

g th

is

bo

ok

pro

vid

ed

a g

oo

d o

pp

ort

unity

fo

r so

me

self-

refle

ctio

n.

Whi

le n

ot a

ll of

th

e b

oo

k w

ill a

pp

ea

l to

eve

ry

teac

her,

ther

e is

an

inte

rest

ing

smo

rgas

bor

d of

to

pic

s o

n of

fer.

It re

min

ds u

s to

tak

e tim

e-o

ut a

nd

care

for

our

ow

n w

ell-

be

ing.

It is

cla

ime

d th

at t

he

teac

hin

g p

rofe

ssio

n ha

s a

lon

g-t

erm

att

ritio

n ra

te

of 6

0%. I

f thi

s b

oo

k h

elp

s re

duce

tha

t sta

tistic

, ev

en m

inim

ally

, it w

ill h

ave

serv

ed a

use

ful

pu

rpo

se. T

EA

CH

Teac

her

wel

l-b

eing

Ho

lme

s, E

. (2

00

5). L

on

do

n: R

out

led

ge

Fa

lme

r.

Sup

po

rtin

g m

athe

mat

ical

thi

nkin

gW

atso

n, A

., H

ous

sart

, J.,

& R

oaf

, C. (

Eds

.).

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05)

. Lo

nd

on:

Dav

id F

ulto

n.

Lyn

Daf

fLe

ctur

er,

Fac

ulty

of B

usin

ess

an

d In

form

atio

n Te

chn

olo

gy,

Avo

nd

ale

Co

lleg

e, N

SW

John

Wat

tsS

eni

or

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urer

, Fac

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of E

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of

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Dif

fere

nt

pe

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an

t d

iffe

ren

t th

ing

s o

ut

of

life

b

ut

on

e o

f th

e th

ing

s th

at

mo

st

pe

op

le w

an

t is

to

b

e h

ap

py.

Th

is h

owev

er,

can

be

an

elu

sive

th

ing.

In

his

re

cent

bo

ok,

Au

then

tic h

ap

pin

ess,

Ma

rtin

Sel

igm

an

exp

lore

s w

hat i

t tak

es

to r

ea

lly m

ake

us h

appy

. H

e ex

plai

ns t

hat h

appi

ness

co

me

s in

thr

ee

kin

ds.

At t

he

low

est

leve

l is

‘the

ple

asa

nt li

fe’,

wh

ere

yo

u ex

pe

rie

nce

po

sitiv

e e

mot

ion

s. T

he

n th

ere

is ‘t

he

en

ga

ge

d lif

e’, w

hich

co

nsis

ts o

f usi

ng

your

gre

ate

st

cha

ract

er

stre

ng

ths

as f

requ

ent

ly a

s p

oss

ible

to

obt

ain

gra

tifica

tion

in y

our

life

. Fin

ally

, th

ere

is ‘t

he

mea

ning

ful l

ife’,

in w

hich

yo

u us

e yo

ur c

ha

ract

er

stre

ng

ths

in t

he

serv

ice

of s

ome

caus

e la

rger

th

an

you

are

. Tru

e h

ap

pin

ess

on

ly o

ccur

s w

he

n p

eo

ple

ex

pe

rie

nce

satis

fact

ion

at a

ll th

ree

leve

ls.

Se

ligm

an’s

th

eo

rie

s e

asily

tra

nsla

te to

th

e w

ork

pla

ce. P

sych

olo

gist

s ha

ve d

istin

guis

hed

thre

e ki

nds

of w

ork

: a jo

b, a

ca

ree

r an

d a

calli

ng.

A jo

b is

so

met

hin

g yo

u d

o fo

r n

othi

ng o

ther

tha

n th

e pa

y ch

equ

e at

th

e e

nd

of t

he

we

ek.

A c

are

er

invo

lve

s a

de

ep

er

pe

rso

nal i

nve

stm

ent

in w

ork

; yo

u m

ark

yo

ur

achi

evem

ents

thr

ough

mo

ney

and

adva

nce

men

t w

ith e

ach

pro

mot

ion

bri

ngi

ng

you

hig

he

r p

rest

ige.

A

ca

llin

g o

r vo

catio

n, o

n th

e ot

he

r ha

nd,

is a

pa

ssio

nate

co

mm

itmen

t to

wo

rk fo

r its

ow

n sa

ke, a

nd

you fin

d th

e w

ork

fulfil

ling

in it

s ow

n ri

ght.

‘Ind

ivid

uals

w

ith a

ca

llin

g se

e th

eir

wo

rk a

s co

ntri

butin

g to

th

e g

reat

er

go

od,

to s

om

ethi

ng

larg

er

than

th

ey a

re’,

says

Se

ligm

an.

So

how

do

you fin

d a

calli

ng?

Se

ligm

an s

ugg

est

s th

at y

ou

ne

ed

to id

ent

ify y

our

sig

natu

re s

tre

ng

ths,

ch

oo

se w

ork

th

at le

ts y

ou

use

the

m e

very

day

, an

d ch

oo

se a

ca

ree

r in

whi

ch y

ou

are

mak

ing

a su

bsta

ntia

l co

ntri

butio

n to

forc

es

grea

ter

than

yo

urse

lf.S

o h

ow d

o I d

o a

ll of

tha

t? F

or

som

e p

eo

ple

, ch

oo

sin

g te

achi

ng

as a

pro

fess

ion

is t

he

answ

er.

Re

sea

rch

into

why

pe

op

le c

ho

ose

to b

eco

me

teac

he

rs h

as id

ent

ifie

d th

at te

achi

ng

is p

erc

eiv

ed

as a

go

od

job

with

sat

isfa

cto

ry p

ay s

cale

s, h

olid

ays

etc…

. Te

achi

ng

is a

lso

see

n as

a g

oo

d ca

ree

r. Te

ach

ers

en

joy

wo

rkin

g w

ith c

hild

ren

an

d h

ave

a fe

elin

g th

at te

achi

ng

bri

ng

s hi

gh

job

satis

fact

ion.

B

ut t

he

re is

mo

re to

teac

hin

g th

an t

his.

Te

ach

ers

w

ish

to s

usta

in, s

hare

an

d us

e th

eir

kn

owle

dg

e an

d th

ey h

ave

a p

rofo

un

d w

ish

to im

pro

ve s

tud

ent

s’

life

chan

ces.

Th

ey s

ee

teac

hin

g as

mo

re t

han

a

job,

mo

re t

ha

n a

care

er—

it is

a c

alli

ng. C

hris

tian

teac

he

rs s

ee

the

pro

fess

ion

of te

achi

ng

as a

m

inis

try.

It is

an

act o

f se

rvin

g yo

ung

pe

op

le a

s th

ey

mov

e to

wa

rd t

he

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