ERIC Number: EJ1086411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Professional Experience: Learning from the Past to Build the Future
Le Cornu, Rosie
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v44 n1 p80-101 2016
The title of the 2014 Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference was "Teacher Education, An Audit: Building a platform for future engagement." One of the conference themes was "Professional Experience: What works? Why?" I seized upon this theme and the title of the conference as it afforded me an opportunity to do an audit of my research in professional experience over the last 25 years. This article presents this evidence base and the messages I have taken from this evidence. I have done this in the hope that, by collating some of the insights gained from the past and the present, it will help to "build a platform for future engagement" in professional experience. In preparing this article I was asked by the Editors to reflect also on how I developed my distinctive line of inquiry and expertise in relation to the practicum across an extended period. These reflections are included. I hope they will support university-based teacher educators in enhancing their satisfaction and achievements from working in this stimulating and provocative field of study.
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Teacher Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Expertise, Practicums, Teacher Educators, Communities of Practice, Preservice Teachers, Professional Development, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development, Administrator Role, Peer Relationship, Mentors, Educational Policy, Schools of Education, Sustainability, College Faculty, Strategic Planning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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