School Co-Ordinators: Leaders of Learning in Professional Experience

Autor/in	Le Cornu, Rosie J.
Titel	School Co-Ordinators: Leaders of Learning in Professional Experience
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37 (2012) 3, S.18-33 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teacher Education; Student Teachers; Mentors; School Personnel; Teacher Educators; Coordinators; Administrator Role; Partnerships in Education; College School Cooperation; Instructional Leadership; Elementary Education; Communities of Practice; Teacher Education Curriculum; Program Descriptions; Content Analysis; Practicums; Student Teacher Supervisors; Semi Structured Interviews; Focus Groups; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Schulpersonal; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerbildung; Koordinator; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Elementarunterricht; Community; Inhaltsanalyse; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; Australien
Abstract	It is widely accepted that professional experience or practicum is "a critically important part of teacher education courses and is consistently valued highly by student teachers" (eg Ramsey, 2000; Teaching Australia, 2006; Parliament of Australia, 2007). In Australia and overseas there is a growing emphasis on teacher educators working in partnership with schools to construct professional experiences that maximise student teacher engagement and learning (Parliament of Australia, 2007). The literature on professional experience in pre-service teacher education provides varied and detailed accounts of the roles of the Pre-service Teacher, the Mentor Teacher and the University Mentor (see for example, Gaffey & Dobbins, 1996; Guyton & McIntyre, 1990; Zeichner, 1999). However the School based Professional Experience Co-ordinator, usually the principal or deputy principal, has received very little attention in the literature. The study on which this article is primarily based fills a gap in the existing literature on professional experience with its focus on the School based Co-ordinator role. It will be argued that Co-ordinators are essential in developing "new" school-university partnerships which are necessary in ensuring high quality professional experiences. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10