Successful teacher education : : partnerships, reflective practice and the place of technology / / edited by Mellita Jones and Josephine Ryan ; contributors, Bill Eckersley [and twelve others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Jones, Mellita,; Ryan, Josephine,; Eckersley, Bill,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume presents distinctive, innovative models of teacher education from Australia, discusses their successful elements and considers possibilities for successful teacher education in the twenty-first century. Each model is couched within the international teacher education concerns of the theory practice nexus, school-university partnerships, reflective practice, and the role of technology. The contributing authors, drawn from different contexts and locations around Australia, each offers research-based perspectives on successful teacher education. Responses to teacher education challenges in rural and regional contexts, metropolitan areas, among low socio-economic populations and Indigenous communities are considered. Ways in which technology, and in particular mobile technology, can be used to support learning across these diverse contexts are illustrated, as is the role of reflective practice to encourage critical reflection for improving teacher learning. Collectively, the authors present a range of directions that can guide the future of teacher education both nationally and internationally, demonstrating that context, partnerships, reflection and technology are critical elements in the provision of successful teacher education.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Mellita Jones and Josephine Ryan -- Introduction / Josephine Ryan -- The Melbourne Graduate School of Education Master of Teaching: A Clinical Practice Model / Christine9 Redman -- Immersing Pre-Service Teachers in Site-Based Teacher School-University Partnerships / Greg Neal and Bill Eckersley -- Linking Rural and Regional Communities into Teacher Education / Josephine Ryan -- Structuring an Online Pre-Service Education Program / Caroline J. Walta and Alan S. Mclean -- A Model for Small, Remote, Indigenous Communities / Lisa Hall -- Communication in the Practicum: Fostering Relationships Between Universities and Schools / Josephine Ryan and Mellita Jones -- ‘Practice’: Foregrounding the Study of Teaching In Initial Teacher Education / Jo-Anne Reid -- Mobile Technologies in Teacher Education / Jan Herrington , Nathaniel Ostashewski , Doug Reid and Kim Flintoff -- Reflective Practice in the Online Space / Mellita Jones -- Successful and ‘Transferable’ Practice / Mellita Jones and Josephine Ryan -- Index / Mellita Jones and Josephine Ryan.