Synchronous virtual supervision of professional experience: issues and challenges
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Paper/Presentation Title | Synchronous virtual supervision of professional experience: issues and challenges |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Winn, Stephen |
Editors | Bastiaens, Theo, Dron, Jon and Xin, Cindy |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 |
ERA Conference ID | 60815 |
Journal Citation | 2009 (1), pp. 2236-2250 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Chesapeake, VA. United States |
ISBN | 9781880094761 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.editlib.org/p/32799/ |
Conference/Event | 2009 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2009) |
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education E-LEARN | |
Event Details | 2009 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2009) Event Date 26 to end of 30 Oct 2009 Event Location Vancouver, Canada |
Event Details | World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education E-LEARN |
Abstract | The supervision of professional experience undertaken by tertiary students is an important component of any university programme. In Australia and other countries where there are vast distances between the university and the setting in which professional experience takes place, direct supervision by university academic staff is problematic. Alternate arrangements are sometimes put in place such as telephone links, emails, and on-line discussion boards. This paper explores the feasibility of synchronous virtual supervision in Australia with a view to develop positive reflective practice in pre-service teachers. This paper highlights the technical, ethical and logistical difficulties in using synchronous virtual supervision of teacher education students and points out the potential of this technology to overcome some long-standing problems associated with distances between universities and regional, rural, and remote schools. While this paper focuses on teacher education the same principles can be applied to other professions where there is a professional field experience. |
Keywords | discussion boards; field experience; teacher education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
520102. Educational psychology | |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
Public Notes | © 2009 AACE. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | University of New England |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2953/synchronous-virtual-supervision-of-professional-experience-issues-and-challenges
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