Becoming professionals : partnerships reshaping preservice teachers’ transition to full-time teaching
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2012
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While strengthened partnerships between University and Schools have been proposed in recent reviews of teacher education (House of Representative Standing Committee on Education and Vocational Training, 2007; Caldwell & Sutton, 2010; Donaldson, 2010), there is a need to understand the benefits and challenges for participants of these partnerships. The Teacher Education Centre of Excellence (TECE) in this study is a preservice teacher preparation partnership between a Queensland University, Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) and an Education Queensland school. It was established in response to a mandated reform within the Improving Teacher Quality National Partnership Agreement (Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations, 2011). High-achieving Bachelor of Education preservice teachers apply to be part of the 18-month program in the third year of their four-year Education degree. These preservice teachers experience mentoring in partner schools in addition to course work designed and delivered by a DETE appointed Head of Mentoring and a university academic. On completion of the program, graduates will be appointed to South West Queensland rural and remote Education Queensland schools. This paper analyses participant perspectives from the first phase of this partnership in particular identifying the benefits and challenges experienced by the preservice teachers and the leaders of the program from the participating institutions. A sociocultural theoretical perspective (Wenger, 1998) informed the analysis examining how preservice teachers experience a sense of becoming a professional teacher within a specific employment context. Data from interviews with 6 pre-service teachers and 8 program leaders were analysed inductively through coding of interview records. Findings indicate the importance of strong relationships and opportunity for reciprocal learning through ongoing professional conversations as contexts for preservice teachers to develop an identity as an emerging professional. This research has significance for the ongoing development of this partnership as well as informing the principles for the design of future similar partnerships. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53595/1/53595A.pdf http://atea.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=30 Willis, Jill, Beutel, Denise A., Welch, Alison, & Willis, Paul (2012) Becoming professionals : partnerships reshaping preservice teachers’ transition to full-time teaching. In The Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) 2012 Conference; Conference Handbook & Abstracts, Samford Grand Adelaide (Glenelg), Adelaide. |
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Copyright 2012 Please consult the authors. |
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School of Cultural & Professional Learning; Faculty of Education |
Palavras-Chave | #130103 Higher Education #130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators #Teacher education #partnerships #professional experience #teacher identity #HERN |
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Conference Paper |