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50 Years of ERIC
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Pre-Service Teachers' Literacy Self-Efficacy and Literacy Competence
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Bostock, Louise; Boon, Helen – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
The impetus for the study reported in this paper was Queensland's poor performance on 2008's NAPLAN testing, the Queensland Education Performance Review (Department of Education and Training, [DET]2009b) that followed and the subsequent adoption of pre-registration tests for aspiring Primary and Early Childhood teachers (Queensland College of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Rural Education, Foreign Countries, English
Going Bush: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach in Regional Western Australia
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Trinidad, Sue; Broadley, Tania; Terry, Emmy; Boyd, Don; Lock, Graeme; Byrne, Matt; Sharplin, Elaine; Ledger, Sue – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
This paper reports on outcomes of Phases One and Two of the ALTC Competitive Research and Development Project "Developing Strategies at the Pre-Service Level to Address Critical Teacher Attraction and Retention Issues in Australian Rural, Regional and Remote Schools". This project funded over two years aims to strengthen the capacity and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Rural Education, Foreign Countries
Creating a Sustainable and Supportive Teaching Practicum in Rural and Regional Locations
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Ryan, Josephine; Jones, Melitta; Walta, Caroline – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
The study described in this paper Creating an effective practicum model for rural and regional preservice teachers is designed to address the ongoing difficulties experienced by schools and universities as they seek to provide high quality preservice teacher education for individuals in rural areas. Lecturers from the regional campuses of two…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Campuses
Coast to Country: An Initiative Aimed at Changing Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching in Rural and Remote Locations
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Richards, Shirley – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
For more than a decade, it has become more of a challenge to both attract and retain quality pre-service teachers to both rural and remote locations within Australia. Many pre-service teachers are reluctant to leave a preferred metropolitan location to undertake a rural or remote professional experience and often have negative views concerning…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Program Descriptions, Employment, Rural Areas