New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship

Teacher education in Australia has a rich history of evolution from apprenticeships to university education. In this chapter the teacher education internship is examined. More specifically, the chapter outlines the Western Australian Combined Universities Training School (WACUTS) project, with its f...

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Main Authors: Broadley, Tania, Sharplin, E., Ledger, S.
Other Authors: David E. Lynch
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Oxford Global Press 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14708
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description Teacher education in Australia has a rich history of evolution from apprenticeships to university education. In this chapter the teacher education internship is examined. More specifically, the chapter outlines the Western Australian Combined Universities Training School (WACUTS) project, with its focus on reducing the gap between theory and practice through a collaborative and reflective approach. The successes and challenges faced in the first six months of implementation are presented.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-147082023-02-07T08:01:25Z New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship Broadley, Tania Sharplin, E. Ledger, S. David E. Lynch Tony Yeigh. Teacher education in Australia has a rich history of evolution from apprenticeships to university education. In this chapter the teacher education internship is examined. More specifically, the chapter outlines the Western Australian Combined Universities Training School (WACUTS) project, with its focus on reducing the gap between theory and practice through a collaborative and reflective approach. The successes and challenges faced in the first six months of implementation are presented. 2013 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14708 Oxford Global Press restricted
spellingShingle Broadley, Tania
Sharplin, E.
Ledger, S.
New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship
title New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship
title_full New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship
title_fullStr New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship
title_full_unstemmed New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship
title_short New Frontiers or Old Certainties: The pre-service teacher internship
title_sort new frontiers or old certainties: the pre-service teacher internship
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14708