Sources of Satisfaction and Stress among Indigenous Academic Teachers: Findings from a National Australian Study

Autor/inn/en	Asmar, Christine; Page, Susan
Titel	Sources of Satisfaction and Stress among Indigenous Academic Teachers: Findings from a National Australian Study
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 29 (2009) 3, S.387-401 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Cultural Background; Indigenous Populations; Faculty Workload; Teacher Role; Cultural Differences; Anxiety; Noninstructional Responsibility; Interprofessional Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Sinti und Roma; Lehrerrolle; Kultureller Unterschied; Angst; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Australien
Abstract	Academics of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent are few in number but play a vital role in Australian university teaching. In addition to teaching both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, they interact with academic colleagues in a context where pressures to "Indigenize" Australian curricula and increase Indigenous enrolments are growing. In this article, we will draw on our nation-wide research with Indigenous academics to further explore this under-researched area of Australian university teaching, and the highs and lows of how Indigenous teachers experience their roles. Our findings reveal that for our Indigenous colleagues, sources of personal and professional satisfaction--as well as stress--appear qualitatively different from those commonly associated with academic work. Of particular concern are the findings in relation to issues of cultural difference on our campuses, played out in the ways Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff and students interact daily. Counterbalancing this potential negativity is the strong, indeed inspiring, commitment on the part of our Indigenous academic participants to the educational futures of their students, and thus, to the futures of Indigenous communities across Australia. The findings raise some thought-provoking questions for individuals and institutions in the higher education systems of our region, and perhaps beyond. (Contains 2 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10