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Implementing Professional Development To Promote Literacy Practices, Carol M. Trivette
Implementing Professional Development To Promote Literacy Practices, Carol M. Trivette
Carol M. Trivette
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Using Scenarios To Train Peer Mentors Online, Jenny Worsley, Pauline Taylor
Using Scenarios To Train Peer Mentors Online, Jenny Worsley, Pauline Taylor
Associate Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy
In 2007, a wholly-online Bachelor of Early Childhood Education degree was introduced into James Cook University School of Education's suite of pre-service teacher preparation programs. The online degree provides access and opportunity for (predominantly) women in the childcare or associated fields to gain qualifications as a teacher. The majority of students in the first and subsequent years of the program are mature-aged women with significant family and work commitments and have had little prior opportunity to engage in online technologies or in further education opportunities. The university has had a very successful face-to-face Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) for almost 20 …