Asian Immigrant Teachers in Australia - Negotiating Identity, Navigating Adaptation, and The Paradoxes of Belonging

Expectations regarding how a teacher should be, act, and understand their work have made the professional transition more challenging for immigrant teachers. This book offers a review of how we can harness their capabilities to meet diverse needs, improve school participation and well-being, and ensure equitable and inclusive education.

List of contents

PART I: CONTEXTUALISING THE STUDY 1. Framing the experiences of Asian Immigrant teachers in Australia 2. Globalisation and the transnational movement of teachers 3. Studying Asian immigrant teachers PART II: PROFESSIONAL TRANSITION FOR IMMIGRANT TEACHERS 4. Negotiating identity 5. Navigating adaptation 6. The paradoxes of belonging PART III: DISRUPTING THE NARRATIVES 7. Challenging existing narratives 8. Theorising immigrant teacher professional transition 9. Attracting and retaining a culturally diverse teaching workforce

About the author

Sun Yee Yip is a lecturer in teacher education at Monash University in Australia. Her research focuses on developing teacher knowledge, promoting teacher diversity, and enhancing the status of teachers and the teaching profession.

Product details

• Authors: Sun Yee Yip
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032679860
• ISBN: 978-1-032-67986-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity in Education
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / General, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Migration, immigration & emigration, teacher training, Philosophy & theory of education, Migration, immigration and emigration, Philosophy and theory of education, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies