9th International
OOF-TAS Collective Symposium
15-16 August, 2022
Call for Papers
The 9th symposium for the OOF-TAS Collective will be held online.
The theme for the symposium is:
International research and collaboration on the out-of-field teaching phenomenon
Online Symposium
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Cost: Free
Key dates:
Submissions open till: July 25
Feedback on submission by: July 29
Registration opens: February 1
Program released (incl zoom details): August 5
Online Symposium: August 15-16
This theme highlights the need for research and collaboration across sectors, and state and national borders to understand, theorise and develop solutions to the out-of-field teaching phenomenon. We welcome national and cross-national research and commentary on the policies, the people, and the effects associated with this phenomenon. Post-graduate students and early career researchers are welcome.
Abstracts for the symposium are welcome (see below). The details of the symposium are as follows:
Registration (see below): opens February 1
Registration Cost: Nil
Symposium details:
Online access
Zoom will be used for the virtual meeting. Please register to get access to the zoom links with the program.
Recordings will be made of the presentations but not the discussions. The powerpoint presentations and/or the zoom recordings can be placed on the OOF-TAS website after the presentation, as requested.
Online Symposium
Preparing for the symposium
We will use the online platform, Zoom.
It is preferred that presenters give their presentation in real-time through Zoom. If this is not possible we can play a pre-recorded presentation during the symposium.
A timetable will be established that provides ‘best times’ for the presenters.
With your permission, we would like to upload some record of your presentation of your session (recording from zoom, powerpoint only).
Presenting and participating
Everybody is welcome to attend the presentations. Please register and the zoom links will be emailed to you.
Presentations in real-time (preferred way of presenting):
This will involve a 15 presentation in Zoom where you can share your screen with others and speak to your powerpoint presentation.
Engaging in discussion and feedback: A 10-minute question and answer section will follow the presentation. Also, questions and feedback by the audience can be posed using the Chat function and verbally in Zoom.
Program and recordings
Access to the full program can be found here.
Presentation 1: Linda Hobbs, Jared Carpendale, Susan Calais, Lucinda McKnight, Coral Campbell & Seamus Delaney
A framework to inform out-of-field teacher expertise: disciplinary ways of knowing, doing and being
https://youtu.be/Ve1et53kWKE
Presentation 2: Jim Van Overschelde & Minda Lopez
Teaching out-of-field versus Test-based Licensure: Comparing student outcomes
https://youtu.be/LUQZFrZfYaE
Presentation 3: Ming Ho & Ning Bo
Out-of-field teaching phenomenon in China: A national survey in the county-level areas
https://youtu.be/kH4mUUFDxSc
Presentation 4: Karen Marangio & Ellen Heyting
“I may as well be wallpaper”: Multiple In-Field/ Out-Of-Field identities for teachers introducing a new science subject in their school
https://youtu.be/F7ZKpxtvmm8
Presentation 5: Susan Caldis
Teaching geography beyond subject specialisation in the early-career years: A reflexive approach
https://youtu.be/6QTOIJkKxYA
Presentation 6: Carly Sawatzki & Jill Brown
Where specialisations intersect: When teaching about finance, "Maybe we should be working together more?"
https://youtu.be/ytgGCKD9z-Y
Presentation 7: Stephen Quirke
A Performative Lens on the Mathematics-Related Teacher Identities of Out-of-Field Mathematics Teacher-Learners
https://youtu.be/F3RmJmr1Qsw
Presentation 8: Margaret Jakovac
Hey, Miss, are you a real teacher? Australian online media representations of out-of-field teaching of STEM
https://youtu.be/RoK5J8M-81w
Presentation 9: Teresa Beck
Insights into the Life Stories of Teachers with an Alternative Approach – Challenges and Professional Biographical Resources
https://youtu.be/ERGEog5Peb8
Presentation 10: Harleen Singh
Noticing Scientific Practices in a physical science classroom video: How teaching out-of-field makes a difference
https://youtu.be/DqORPG-26V4
Presentation 11: John Cripps Clark, Jared Carpendale, Victoria Millar, Merryn Dawborn-Gundlach, Rebecca Cooper
Looking from the inside out: The perception of in-field teachers of out-of-field teaching of Physics in Years 7-10 in Victorian schools
https://youtu.be/CmGba-59qrg
Presentation 12: Matt Bower & Coral Campbell
Addressing the Crisis Undermining Technologies Education – Advancing the capabilities of Out-Of-Field Technologies Teachers through a proposed distributed mentorship model
https://youtu.be/KH0STm4tK2A
Presentation 13: Russell Tytler, Jill Brown, Peta White, Linda Hobbs, Jo Raphael, Carly Sawatzki, John Cripps Clark, Seamus Delaney, Michael Fitzgerald, Amanda Peters
A design-based research approach to out-of-field teacher professional learning
https://youtu.be/WcWalZF-aE0
Presentation 14: Linda Hobbs, Michael Fitzgerald, Peta White, Seamus Delaney, John Cripps Clark, Julianne Lynch, Jo Raphael, Russell Tytler, Carly Sawatzki
Meeting out-of-field teachers’ needs and expectations through re-specialisation courses
https://youtu.be/dvswy99BCTU
Presentation 15: Carly Sawatzki, Linda Hobbs, Seamus Delaney, Russell Tytler, Jill Brown, John Cripps Clark
Out-of-field teachers crossing boundaries between school and university while gaining a qualification to teach mathematics or science
https://youtu.be/bOZeHtl3DDg
Presentation 16: Stephen Quirke
An examination of the development of out-of-field mathematics teachers’ professional self-understanding
https://youtu.be/XSu7nUTF2Xc
Presentation 17: Raphaela Porsch & Eva Wilden
What motivates English teachers to participate in professional development courses? An empirical investigation of motivational orientations of primary school teachers who differ in their subject-specific qualifications
https://youtu.be/H9ceC0JZJJU
Presentation 18: Niamh O'Meara & Olivia Fitzmaurice
Out-of-field teachers’ content knowledge in the area of fractions: A cause for concern?
https://youtu.be/0zoCWJmnlaU
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