“Nobody talks to me in school”: A Standpoint Theory Exploration of Teachers’ Experiences of Isolation in Australian Schools

Rachael Jacobs, Rachael Dwyer, Jing Qi, Catherine Manathunga, School of Education, Western Sydney University, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University

Australian Journal of Education

Published online on June 17, 2026

Abstract

Australian Journal of Education, Ahead of Print.
Despite the cultural and linguistic diversity in the Australian population, Australia’s teaching profession remains largely monocultural and monolingual, and the lived experiences of the small number of culturally, linguistically and/or racially diverse (...