Individual Perseverance: A theory of home tutors’ management of schooling in isolated settings

Occupational (In)visibility: The emerging role of the Remote Education Tutor as an educational conduit

“…The variance that existed between the two groups’ perceptions of their temporal comfortability was inferred to result from the fact that paid employment has set hours that structure the workday, and as such leave appropriate hours to the individual for recreation. Notwithstanding, the immediate family RET had a personal investment, as the mother of the child, and an implied obligation that could lead to going beyond the bounds of a structured workday (Tynan & O’Neill, 2007 ). Consequently, when the immediate family RET was not separated from the family life, the role consumed time without clear limits (Downes, 2013 ).…”

“…However, for a mother, as the RET, teaching their children increases the level of accountability for their education and therefore heightens the burden which places “great weight on the role” (Downes, 2013 , p. 32). Green ( 2006 ) and Tynan and O’Neill ( 2007 ) highlighted that the pressure of teaching one’s own children increased the level of responsibility for their education progress.…”

“…Similarly, when the RET is externally employed by the family of the child, a further relationship is to be nurtured. The distance education context, and the social interactions within it, also create the platform for a unique relationship between the RET and the child (Tynan & O’Neill, 2007 ).…”

“…For varied reasons, many families whose children are enrolled in distance schooling do not employ a governess in the position of the RET (McLennan et al, 2022 ). Parents, and specifically mothers, by default, take on the RET supervisory responsibility; often feeling obliged to fulfil this complex and sometimes incompatible position (Downes & Roberts, 2015 ; Newman, 2014 ; Tynan & O’Neill, 2007 ). The maternal role of mothers, in combination with the mandated supervision of their children’s education, has the potential to manifest as relationship tension (Downes & Roberts, 2015 ; ICPA, 2015 ).…”

"Classi in rete". Un modello internazionale per innovare la didattica nelle piccole scuole.

“…Negli ultimi anni, sono sempre più presenti interventi di sistema di Didattica a Distanza (DaD) che vogliono offrire alla comunità un'idea di "scuola giusta e di qualità", in grado di evitare una condizione di fragilità e il rischio di chiusura. In Australia, Programmi come School of the Air (SOTA) e School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) utilizzano le tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione (TIC) per fare scuola nei territori rurali e, laddove necessario in assenza di docenti di ruolo, sono i genitori, in particolare le madri, ad agire come pseudo-insegnanti, e in altri casi gli educatori certificati assumono un incarico itinerante (Tynan & O'Neill, 2007), che va a integrare la programmazione didattica in rete (Mangione & Cannella, 2020).…”