Engaging with images and stories: using a Learning Circle approach to develop agency of beginning 'at-risk' pre-service teachers
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Article Title | Engaging with images and stories: using a Learning Circle approach to develop agency of beginning 'at-risk' pre-service teachers |
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ERA Journal ID | 20742 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Noble, Karen (Author) and Henderson, Robyn (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Teacher Education |
Journal Citation | 33 (1), pp. 1-16 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | Edith Cowan University |
Place of Publication | Bunbury, Western Australia |
ISSN | 0313-5373 |
Web Address (URL) | http://ajte.education.ecu.edu.au/issues/EarlyPub/Oct07/Noble.pdf |
Abstract | At a regional Australian university, a Learning Circle approach was implemented with a small group of first year education students who identified themselves as “at risk” of failure in the tertiary context. As part of their participation in weekly meetings, the students engaged in discussion, reflection and problem-solving related to their transition to university study. They also participated in a visual research inquiry which included the construction of photographic images and research conversations about being university students and dealing with study demands. Through the privileging of interactions and relationships, the students were able to make connections to other Discourses from their lives outside university and began to develop a sense of agency and a growing capacity to move within and between their multiple identities. This article argues that, in order to address transition and retention issues within teacher education, effective social integration and support should accompany academic preparedness. |
Keywords | learning circles; agency; visual research inquiry; support for tertiary students; first-year experience; higher education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified | |
390303. Higher education | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y91q/engaging-with-images-and-stories-using-a-learning-circle-approach-to-develop-agency-of-beginning-at-risk-pre-service-teachers
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