Walking the talk: the dynamic of sustainable team relationships in teacher education
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Paper/Presentation Title | Walking the talk: the dynamic of sustainable team relationships in teacher education |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Black, Trevor (Author), Fisher, Madeline (Author), Geoghegan, Noel (Author), Green, Penny (Author), Jamieson-Proctor, Romina (Author), McMaster, John (Author), O'Brien, Patrick (Author) and Richards, Penny (Author) |
Editors | Aspland, Tania |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of 2008 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (2008 ATEA) |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | Australian Teacher Education Association |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 0977568512 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.atea.edu.au/ConfPapers/2008%20-%20ISBN:%20%5BNot%20Available%5D/ATEA2008.pdf |
Conference/Event | 2008 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (2008 ATEA) |
Event Details | 2008 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (2008 ATEA) Parent Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Conference Delivery In person Event Date 08 to end of 11 Jul 2008 Event Location Sunshine Coast, Australia |
Abstract | This paper describes the multi-dimensional phenomenon of team work as understood and experienced by the Faculty of Education team at Fraser Coast campus of the University of Southern Queensland. Anecdotal evidence from varied sources and over the past several years suggests that the education team is a highly successful unit that produces quality student learning outcomes. The main aim of this research was to investigate the essence of what makes this an effective higher education team, in order to develop a conceptual model for sustainable team relationships specifically in the context of teacher education, but which could have applicability more broadly to other higher education contexts. This paper begins by examining and evaluating the international and national literature with regards to teamwork in educational contexts. The phenomenon of reflective practice between and amongst team members has to date not been well researched. This paper seeks to provide a perspective on the phenomenon as it is experienced by this group of teacher educators. The study found that effective functioning of this team involved three main dimensions of activity: relaxed informality, dedicated professionalism and supportive respect. |
Keywords | team work; teacher education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390303. Higher education | |
520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
Public Notes | © Australian Teacher Education Association, July 2008. Although copyright of papers published in the annual conference proceedings is held by ATEA, authors retain the right to rework their papers for publication in other venues. Where a paper is to be reproduced in its entirety, permission should be sought from the ATEA Executive. Accepted version deposited with permission of publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
School of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yvv1/walking-the-talk-the-dynamic-of-sustainable-team-relationships-in-teacher-education
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