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School Co-ordinators: Leaders of Learning in Professional Experience
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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.
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“Teacher workload is consistently challenging and limits mentor teachers' capacity to mentor effectively (Gabay et al., 2019; Le Cornu, 2012).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Le Cornu, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University of South Australia
- Venue
- Australian Journal of Teacher Education
- Publisher
- Edith Cowan University
- Published
- 2012-03-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0313-5373 (ISSN-L)
- 1835-517X
- OpenAlex
- W2102548854
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 20.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- ro.ecu.edu.au
- Locations
- The Australian journal of teacher education (publishedVersion)
- Australasian Journal of Paramedicine (submittedVersion)
- UniSA Research Outputs Repository (University of South Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
- Keywords
- professional experience, initial teacher education, university-school partnership, principal role, cooperating teachers, practicum
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