Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Abstract
Since 1973, a Tutor Training Unit (TTU) has provided professional education for teachers newly appointed to full-time teaching positions within the New Zealand Technical Institute system (the equivalent of Australian TAFE colleges). In a twelve-week course, organized into four discrete blocks, nurses and plumbers, accountants and secretaries, artists and technicians, community developers and computer programmers are together given basic instruction in educational thinking, teaching techniques, teaching aids and evaluation procedures. In an attempt to systematically assess the current and future requirements of Technical Institute teachers, a research programme was designed to identify professional skills which, when mastered, would enable them to teach competently in ever-changing circumstances.
Recommended Citation
Zepke, N., & Stevens, K. J. (1987). A Programme of Professional Self-Development for Teachers in New Zealand Technical Institutes. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.1987v12n1.2