Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Article Title
DOI
10.14221/ajte.2016v41n11.4
Abstract
There is an expectation that Australian teachers engage professionally in all aspects of teaching and learning, including engagement with teaching networks and broader communities. This paper reports on a partnership between a teacher educator and an environmental educator who set out to expand pre-service teachers’ professional knowledge, engagement and practice in an undergraduate Bachelor of Education (primary) course. The paper reports on a study about teacher education students’ perspectives of fieldwork-based learning and its potential to inform students’ future engagement with the broader school community. Using a conceptual framework of place- and community based education, the study examined data from an electronic survey and student teacher fieldwork reflections to better understand how pre-service teachers interpret the benefits of working with local schools, and community-based representatives. Findings suggest pre-service teachers’ professional engagement was significantly enhanced as a consequence of partnership fieldwork. The implications for teacher education and future teacher practice are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Green, M. M.
(2016).
Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Professional Engagement Through Place/community Pedagogies and partnerships.
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 41(11).
http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2016v41n11.4
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