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A critical analysis of initial teacher education policy in Australia and England: past, present and possible futures
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In this paper, the authors use a futures methodology to reflect on the past and speculate on the future of initial teacher education policy and make some suggestions as to ways in which initial education could respond now to these possible changes.Abstract:
The quality of schooling and the teaching workforce are global issues. The author uses a futures methodology to reflect on the past and speculate on the future of initial teacher education policy. The first section looks back at initial teacher education over the last 10 years to clarify and critique the policy directions that are currently driving the preparation of the teaching workforces in England and Australia. The second section looks beyond this to speculate on key changes that are likely to impact on what will be expected of the teaching workforce in 10 years’ time. Propositions on the knowledge, beliefs, values, commitments, roles and responsibilities that members of a teaching workforce might be expected to have in the future are then offered for consideration. Finally some suggestions are made as to ways in which initial teacher education could respond now to these possible changes.read more
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Fast Track Teacher Education: A Review of the Research Literature on "Teach For All" Schemes.
TL;DR: A review of the literature was conducted by the New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua as a means of informing the decision-making of the Association and its members about the Teach For All (TFA) scheme seeking to prepare teachers for New Zealand's schools.
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A Case Study of Early Career Secondary Teachers' Perceptions of Their Preparedness for Teaching: Lessons from Australia and Spain.
TL;DR: In this article, an international comparison of Australian and Spanish secondary teachers' perceptions about the effectiveness of their pre-service education and their learning as in-service teachers is presented, aiming to identify, firstly, the extent to which beginning teachers believe they are prepared for their careers through their teacher training and, secondly, what teachers have learned as practicing teachers.
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Surviving and Flourishing in a Neoliberal World: Primary Trainees Talking.
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Educating for the future and complexity
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors use both futures studies and complexity theory as a backdrop for a discussion of career education and teacher education in the future and explore the possible trajectories for supporting learning to, in and through work across the lifespan.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on issues of the professional identity of teachers in Australia under conditions of significant change in government policy and educational restructuring, and identify two discourses, democratic and managerial professionalism, which are shaping the professional identities of teachers.
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