Sustaining Productive Collaboration between Faculties and Schools

Autor/in	Sim, Cheryl
Titel	Sustaining Productive Collaboration between Faculties and Schools
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 35 (2010) 5, S.18-28 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; College School Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Communities of Practice; Preservice Teachers; Teacher Educators; Experienced Teachers; Cooperating Teachers; Professional Development; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Community; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerbildung; Co-operation; Cooperation; Teacher; Teachers; Kooperation; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Work integrated learning which is terminology now very familiar to all universities' faculty members, has always been integral to initial teacher education programs. As a result of the complexities involved in this field, building effective partnerships with schools continues to be a major focus of education faculties. These complexities around a partnership between two very different institutional contexts require negotiating a relationship that is of value to all involved. The concept of communities of practice can provide a framework to establish the collaboration needed. The Australian Commonwealth government conducted in 2007 a national inquiry into the effectiveness of the teacher education programs in Australia (Commonwealth of Australia, 2007). One of the recommendations from the inquiry was to provide funds directly to Education faculties to assist in the improvement of the professional experience (or practicum) component of teacher education courses. This paper describes and examines a project that was funded and implemented in 2009. Project Supervision aimed to develop professional development materials for school supervisors/mentors. The process to achieve this was designed by the author around a community of practice involving teachers--both experienced and preservice--and teacher educators. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ajte.education.ecu.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10