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dc.contributor.authorGoldman, Juliette
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:53:19Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:53:19Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-07T08:56:47Z
dc.identifier.issn02643944
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02643944.2010.530679
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36967
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to understand how primary school teachers, as mandatory reporters of child sexual abuse, are responding to child sexual abuse and its mandatory reporting, even though many teachers do not receive a compulsory course in Child Protection and its legal requirements in their preservice university training. A cohort of 81 Australian final fourth-year Bachelor of Education (Primary) student-teachers was asked about four aspects of it. Qualitative data gathered from these student-teachers' questionnaires provide important insights into their knowledge of child sexual abuse; their knowledge of Department of Education policy on it; their professional competence in mandatory reporting of it; and their recommended educational and professional training in it. The results show that all of these student-teachers feel inadequately prepared to address child sexual abuse and mandatory reporting in schools, being unaware of both knowledge of it and the Department's policy, even though many recognise the gravity of sexual abuse for the child survivor and the need, and seriousness, of child protection. Finally, these student-teachers all want better training about these issues during their four-year degree. In conclusion, these results, and some recommendations, may provide a guide for curriculum planners to design compulsory and appropriate preservice university courses to enhance student-teachers' knowledge, skills and competencies about child sexual abuse and its mandatory reporting.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom283
dc.relation.ispartofpageto294
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPastoral Care in Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation Systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.titleAustralian undergraduate primary school student-teachers’ responses to child sexual abuse and its mandatory reporting
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGoldman, Juliette


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