Towards collaborative professional learning in the first year early childhood teacher education practicum: issues in negotiating the multiple interests of stakeholder feedback
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Article Title | Towards collaborative professional learning in the first year early childhood teacher education practicum: issues in negotiating the multiple interests of stakeholder feedback |
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ERA Journal ID | 20741 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Brown, Alice (Author) and Danaher, Patrick (Author) |
Journal Title | Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education |
Journal Citation | 36 (2), pp. 147-161 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 0311-2136 |
1359-866X | |
1469-2945 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13598660801958879 |
Abstract | This paper analyses data from two sources of stakeholder feedback - first year pre-service teachers and supervising teachers/centre directors - about the issues involved in creating more collaborative approaches to the first year early childhood teacher education practicum at an Australian regional university. The collection of this feedback was part of a broader participatory action research project directed at maximising both the effectiveness of the pre-service teachers' knowledge acquisition and meaning-making and the sustainability of the partnership underpinning the practicum. The paper provides new insights into a hitherto under-researched area, that of pre-service early childhood teachers' professional learning experiences in child care contexts. It uses, as a basis, the work of Cardini. The main findings are that there are multiple viewpoints and competing interests, resulting in asymmetries, dissonance and the potential for conflict. |
Keywords | Australia; early childhood; first year; partnership; practicum; stakeholder feedback; higher education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
520102. Educational psychology | |
390302. Early childhood education | |
Public Notes | Copyright 2008 Australian Teacher Education Association. Permanent restricted access to published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yqwv/towards-collaborative-professional-learning-in-the-first-year-early-childhood-teacher-education-practicum-issues-in-negotiating-the-multiple-interests-of-stakeholder-feedback
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