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Examining the Phenomenon of “Teaching Out-of-field”

International Perspectives on Teaching as a Non-specialist

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Editors:
  1. Linda Hobbs

    1. Deakin University , Waurn Ponds, Australia

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  2. Günter Törner

    1. University of Duisburg-Essen , Duisburg, Germany

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  • Provides international comparison of key issues relating to out-of-field teaching

  • Includes contributions by prominent authors and practitioners in the field

  • Explores a complex picture of how to conceptualise out-of-field teaching, its effects, and responses

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Teaching Out-of-Field as a World-Wide Phenomenon: Defining and Understanding a Contextualized Issue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Teaching Out-of-Field as a Phenomenon and Research Problem

      • Linda Hobbs, Günter Törner
      Pages 3-20

    3. Measuring Out-of-Field Teaching

      • Richard M. Ingersoll
      Pages 21-51

    4. Teaching Out-of-Field Internationally

      • Anne Price, Colleen Vale, Raphaela Porsch, Esti Rahayu, Fiona Faulkner, Máire Ní Ríordáin et al.
      Pages 53-83

  3. The Complexity of the Teaching Out-of-Field Phenomenon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Examining the Complexity of the Out-of-Field Teacher Experience Through Multiple Theoretical Lenses

      • Linda Hobbs, Anna E. du Plessis, Frances Quinn, Emily Rochette
      Pages 87-128

    3. Teacher Professional Competence: What Can Be Learned About the Knowledge and Practices Needed for Teaching?

      • Máire Ní Ríordáin, Catherine Paolucci, Terry Lyons
      Pages 129-149

    4. Subject-Specific Demands of Teaching: Implications for Out-of-Field Teachers

      • Cosette Crisan, Linda Hobbs
      Pages 151-178

    5. Out-of-Field Teaching Affecting Students and Learning: What Is Known and Unknown

      • Raphaela Porsch, Robert Whannell
      Pages 179-191

  4. Confronting Dilemmas and Addressing the Issues of Teaching Out-of-Field

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Attending to Out-of-Field Teaching: Implications of and for Education Policy

      • Colleen Vale, Pat Drake
      Pages 195-215

    3. The Out-of-Field Teacher in Context: The Impact of the School Context and Environment

      • Anna  E. du Plessis, Linda Hobbs, Julie  A. Luft, Colleen Vale
      Pages 217-242

    4. Initial Teacher Education: Roles and Possibilities for Preparing Capable Teachers

      • Coral Campbell, Raphaela Porsch, Linda Hobbs
      Pages 243-267

    5. Teacher Learning and Continuous Professional Development

      • Fiona Faulkner, John Kenny, Coral Campbell, Cosette Crisan
      Pages 269-308

    6. The Out-of-Field Phenomenon: Synthesis and Taking Action

      • Linda Hobbs, Günter Törner
      Pages 309-322
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About this book

This book identifies and surveys the major themes around ‘out-of-field teaching’, that is, teaching subjects or year levels without a specialization. This has been an issue in many countries for some time, yet until recently there has been little formal research and poor policy responses to related problems. This book arises out of collaborations between members of an international group of researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, Ireland, England, South Africa, Indonesia and the United States. Cross-national comparisons of ideas through case studies, descriptions of practice and research data interrogates the experiences, practices, and contexts relating to out-of-field teaching. In particular, the book considers the phenomenon of out-of-field teaching in relation to national policy contexts, local school leadership practices, professional development. The book represents an essential contribution on a highly topical issue that has implications for quality and equitable education around the globe.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Deakin University , Waurn Ponds, Australia

    Linda Hobbs

  • University of Duisburg-Essen , Duisburg, Germany

    Günter Törner

About the editors

Linda Hobbs has taught science education at the tertiary level since 2002. Her PhD explored the effect of subject culture on the ways teachers conceptualize science and mathematics teaching; out-of-field teaching emerged as an issue requiring further research in Australia. Since then, Linda has undertaken various research projects relating to teachers’ experiences of teaching out-of-field, the influence of context, support and teachers’ personal resources on perceptions of feeling out-of-field, how teacher education programs prepare teachers for out-of-field teaching, and the policy climate relating to the issue. With funding for an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (2015-2017) Linda is part of a team (from Deakin, University of New England and University of Queensland) exploring the learning needs and school cultures supporting teachers new to mathematics and science teaching, including out-of-field teachers. Linda also heads an international group exploring this issue.


Professor Törner studied mathematics and physics at the University of Giessen from 1968 to 1972. He received his PhD with the thesis “A classification of Hielmslev levels and Hielmslev rings” in 1975. Subsequently, he worked as a lecturer at the Technological University Darmstadt for four years. In 1977, he earned his postdoctoral lecturer qualification in mathematics. In 1978, he became a professor at the University of Paderborn. In the same year he was appointed as a full professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he chaired the Department of Discrete Mathematics and Algebra. Prof. Törner has supervised many dissertations and continues to publish internationally. Additionally, he is pursuing numerous research projects with business partners as well as international partners from academia.

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