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Part-Time Work And The Cult Of Individualism : A Note On The Anticipatory Socialisation Of Intending Teachers, Kerry Winhurst Jan 1988

Part-Time Work And The Cult Of Individualism : A Note On The Anticipatory Socialisation Of Intending Teachers, Kerry Winhurst

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

A considerable body of research in the sociology of teachers and teaching focuses upon what has come to be known as the "cult of individualism". The individualist pedagogieal style is said to arise from the deeply held conviction of many teachers that professional freedom and autonomy are necessary prerequisites for effective teaching. The concept of teacher individualism is central to a number of studies dealing with such wide~ranging concerns as teacher occupational culture, team teaching, teacher education, and teacher self-concept.

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The Discourse Of Teacher Education Policy In Australia., David Battersby, John Retallick Jan 1988

The Discourse Of Teacher Education Policy In Australia., David Battersby, John Retallick

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In Australia, scrutiny of teacher education through Commonwealth and State reports and policy documents has been extensive, especially during the past decade. This attention has paralleled a major thrust for change in teacher education in the United Kingdom and particularly in the United States where the Report of the National Commission for Excellence in Teacher Edueation, the Camegie Report and the Holmes Report have each called for the dramatic upgrading of teacher education. This paper argues that, despite calls for change and innovation in teacher education in Australia, the discourse of policy documents invariably reflects an underlying conservatism or what …

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Previous Computer Experience Of Preservice Teacher Education Students, John King Jan 1988

Previous Computer Experience Of Preservice Teacher Education Students, John King

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The rapid expansion in the use of computers in schools over the last decade has increased the need for preservice teacher education institutions to provide courses which take account of students' previous computer experience. Only limited information is available on the patterns of microcomputer use of secondary school students. No information is known to be available on the previous microcomputer use of students entering tertiary institutions in Australia or overseas, As part of an evaluation of the effectiveness of computer education subjects introduced in the combined Dip.Teach / B.Ed.course offered at lames Cook University, the 1986 to 1988 cohorts of …

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Some Implications Of The 'Better Schools' Report For School Management In Western Australia, M. J. Harvey Jan 1987

Some Implications Of The 'Better Schools' Report For School Management In Western Australia, M. J. Harvey

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The mid eighties has seen remarkable change to the policies of the State education system in Western Australia. The election of the State Labor government in early 1983 saw to the build up of a political agenda for system level change in education. The expectation of the Government was that public schools would raise their standards of achievement, be more responsive and be more accountable. Following a comprehensive review of educational policy and practice (Beazley 1984) it was announced that a Functional Review Committee would investigate the structure and operation of the educational bureaucracy. In January 1987 the newly established …

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A Programme Of Professional Self-Development For Teachers In New Zealand Technical Institutes, N. Zepke, K. J. Stevens Jan 1987

A Programme Of Professional Self-Development For Teachers In New Zealand Technical Institutes, N. Zepke, K. J. Stevens

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

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 …

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A Process Approach To The Teaching Of Philosophy And Theory Of Education, Peter Hobson, Tom Moore Jan 1987

A Process Approach To The Teaching Of Philosophy And Theory Of Education, Peter Hobson, Tom Moore

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The problems which are associated with the teaching of educational philosophy and theory are well known to those in the field. Issues relating to appropriateness, relevance, content, and course structure raise particular problems for those who teach in this area in the context of pre-service teacher education programmes. This article is an attempt to describe, in personal terms, an approach which evolved over a fifteen year period of teaching educational theory as a compulsory unit in an initial teacher education programme at the University of New England. In our experience it has solved many of the problems initially encountered when …

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Beyond The Rainbow, Laurence R. Miller Jan 1987

Beyond The Rainbow, Laurence R. Miller

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

We are at the beginning of change in all aspects of our education. In Queensland we could be confronting a new phase in the educational system which will be vastly different from the past. As the 21st century draws closer, so too will we witness more changes in our society and our educational systems. So there is likely to be little resemblance to that which we know in the past.

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Teaching The Philosophy Of Education, Margaret D. Mackie Jan 1987

Teaching The Philosophy Of Education, Margaret D. Mackie

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In 'Problems in Teaching Philosophy of Education', Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Vol 11, No 1, 1986, M A B Degenhardt pinpoints the 'difficulty' in teaching this subject when he outlines an imaginary lecture on 'Discipline and Punishment'. At the end of this lecture, he says, the students 'will have learned that there is a general agreement on what punishment is, that there are three main theories of punishment ... , that all have strong points '" and that much more will need to be done towards the development of a satisfactory theory of punishment in education' (p.31). He concludes …

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Technology And The Social Context Of Teacher Education, Kerry J. Kennedy Jan 1987

Technology And The Social Context Of Teacher Education, Kerry J. Kennedy

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Following a report from the two Commonwealth education commissions (Report of the Joint Review of Teacher Education, 1986) teacher education in Australia is to undergo yet another national inquiry. It is to be hoped that any such inquiry will focus attention on the broad social context that inevitably influences the delivery of specific teacher education programs. The significance of social influences on teacher education was recognized, to some extent, in the Report of the Quality of Education Review Committee (1985): (teachers must be able) to cater with greater confidence and competence for the educational needs of disadvantaged groups ... (paragraph …

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The First Ten Years: Aboriginal Enclaves Tenth Anniversary, Simon Forrest, Colleen Pead Jan 1986

The First Ten Years: Aboriginal Enclaves Tenth Anniversary, Simon Forrest, Colleen Pead

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An enclave is the territory of a minority group found contained within the territory of a larger group. When the first enclave was started at Mount Lawley College in 1976, it was seen as a place where Aboriginal students could retreat from the hustle and bustle of College life to be with people they felt comfortable with, and refresh themselves for return to the wider world again. A second enclave was established at the Nedlands Campus in 1982, an external one at Broome in 1983 and in 1985 new enclaves have been established at Churchlands, Claremont and Carnarvon. In 1986 …

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Exhibition Of The Mathematical 'Reversal Error' By Final-Year Secondary-Teacher Trainees, Martin Cooper Jan 1986

Exhibition Of The Mathematical 'Reversal Error' By Final-Year Secondary-Teacher Trainees, Martin Cooper

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

A mathematical error which involves the reversal of natural referents for symbols is displayed to a substantial degree by high school teachers and university staff among others. It has been shown, moreover, that the phenomenon is difficult to correct by teaching methods. In the present study, a sample of final-year pre-service Education students destined for secondary-school teaching was asked to write a short verbal statement giving the same information as a simple algebraic equation and to construct an equation corresponding to a simple statement printed in plain language. A substantial proportion of students displayed reversal in both equation-interpretation and equation-formation …

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Introduction To Thematic Issue: Education Policy And Teacher Education, Bruce Haynes Jan 1986

Introduction To Thematic Issue: Education Policy And Teacher Education, Bruce Haynes

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This thematic issue of the Australian Journal of Teacher Education contains five papers which relate to the theme 'Education Policy and Teacher Education'. The papers relate to two distinct aspects of the theme; education policy studies as part of teacher education courses and the influence of Australian government teacher education policy.

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Critical Educational Policy Analysis: A Discussion Of Perspectives, John Grimley Jan 1986

Critical Educational Policy Analysis: A Discussion Of Perspectives, John Grimley

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Education policy is the medium through which society and educational institutions interact. Currently major policy thrusts of devolution and participation are being promoted within the educational community. It becomes essential that these poliCces be analysed and evaluated by educators. This paper supports the role of radical humanist perspective in the development of a critical model of educational policy analysis, and stresses the necessity for teacher educators to expose student teachers to critical and radical perspectives.

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What Happened To The National Review Of Teacher Education?, Lawrence Ingvarson Jan 1986

What Happened To The National Review Of Teacher Education?, Lawrence Ingvarson

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Inquiries and reviews of teacher education have occurred with remarkable regularity in Australia over recent years. What is also remarkable about these often major and expensive enterprises is how regularly their recommendations have been deflected or ignored.

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Mathematics And Science In Primary Teacher Education: The Design Of A Project To Encourage Review At The Institutional Level, John M. Owen, Ronald J. Welsh, Neville J. Johnson Jan 1986

Mathematics And Science In Primary Teacher Education: The Design Of A Project To Encourage Review At The Institutional Level, John M. Owen, Ronald J. Welsh, Neville J. Johnson

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Over the past two decades evaluation has been one of the growth industries in education. A major impetus for this development, particularly in the united States of America, has been the mandating of evaluations for major policy initiatives at federal and state levels (House, 1981). One result of such legislation has been that academics and private organisations have been engaged, often on long term assignments, to pass judgements on the worth of interventions designed to improve the quality of education made available in educational systems. Features of this approach to evaluation have been that they are large scale well funded, …

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Theory Into Practice In A Sociology Of Education Course, David Battersby, Peter D. K. Ramsay Jan 1986

Theory Into Practice In A Sociology Of Education Course, David Battersby, Peter D. K. Ramsay

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

A prime criticism of teacher education is that it fails to prepare students for what lies ahead - namely, their life as a teacher. Indeed, Fuller and Brown (1975) go so far as to comment that teacher training may be orthogonal to the teacher. The major reason for this, it seems, is that college programmes and university courses do not appear to be relevant to student needs. This situation, according to many, is partly the fault of lecturers who may be out of touch with the reality of school life, and what it means to be a teacher in the …

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Problems In Teaching Philosophy Of Education, M. A. B. Degenhardt Jan 1986

Problems In Teaching Philosophy Of Education, M. A. B. Degenhardt

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Those of us who teach philosophy of education can hardly be happy with the present state of our subject. On many counts now the energetic optimism of a decade or two ago just seems misplaced. Of course there have been considerable achievements, but much is wrong and badly wrong. The abundance, diversity and quality of literature that marks a healthy discipline is not yet in evidence, educational leaders and top decision makers take little heed of philosophical counsel, eminent educational philosophers are questioning the place of theoretical disciplines in teacher education, declining members of philosophy of education societies seem to …

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Preservice Classroom Experiences : The Cooperating Teacher's Role, Chester H. Laine, Sadar A. Tanveer Jan 1986

Preservice Classroom Experiences : The Cooperating Teacher's Role, Chester H. Laine, Sadar A. Tanveer

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

There was a time when we used to have student teaching as the only classroom experience for an individual who wanted to be a teacher. Such experiences were generally arranged during the last quarter or semester of the person's college: education In these situations, it was a matter of completing it whether one liked it or not. Following this pattern of teacher training we turned out many teachers for whom teaching may not have been a number one priority. Currently, practical school experiences are provided starting in the freshman year. State of Ohio 1980 guidelines require that preservice teachers complete …

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Professionalism And Professional Status: Contrasting Aspects Of The Teacher Role, Ken Shaw Jan 1985

Professionalism And Professional Status: Contrasting Aspects Of The Teacher Role, Ken Shaw

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

When teachers talk about themselves as professionals two related, but at bottom different, ideas are involved, The first is that of a skilled performance, a practical competence within a sector of activity, underpinned by theory, but essentially the outcome of study, formation, and a lengthy period of immersion in a "technik" : classroom teaching and all that goes with it, including all relevant aspects of belonging as a full practicing member to a school or college, The second idea is that of professional status, This is an aspiration or a claim, to some extent realised, to enjoy certain privileges, social …

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Case Study Experience Of A Collaborative And Responsible Form Of Professional Development For Teachers, John Smyth, Colin Henry Jan 1985

Case Study Experience Of A Collaborative And Responsible Form Of Professional Development For Teachers, John Smyth, Colin Henry

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The argument in this paper is that teachers' interpretations and theories about what works in classrooms, can and should constitute the basis of change. Teachers have the capacity to engage in practical reflection through collaboration that enriches their sense of what is feasible and possible as well as transforming their understanding of those realities. Critical reflection, however, requires various forms of assistance, and in this case it occurred through the provision of a paradigm, the Cogan (1973)/Goldhammer (1969) notion of clinical supervision.

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The Rhetoric And Reality Of Teacher Education: Towards A Praxis Model, John Smith Jan 1985

The Rhetoric And Reality Of Teacher Education: Towards A Praxis Model, John Smith

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The preparation of teachers has unfortunately been characterised by a distinction between the theory and practice of educating. Historical antecedents such as the justifiable move away from teacher training approaches have resulted in a de-emphasis of practice. The preparation of teachers has become an academic study at the expense of teaching experience. Current models of teacher preparation are, as a result, discipline oriented rather than practice-referenced. It is argued in this paper that there are some difficulties in operationalising such models; in fact, it is argued that the rhetoric sustaining such models is not at all a portrayal of the …

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Lecturer Attitudes Towards Teacher Trainees In A New South Wales College - 1955 And 1985, W. O. Newman, M. D. Mackie Jan 1985

Lecturer Attitudes Towards Teacher Trainees In A New South Wales College - 1955 And 1985, W. O. Newman, M. D. Mackie

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

All who have worked in teacher education institutions for any length of time will know that significant changes have occurred in the way in which lecturers relate to their students and the sorts of behaviour which they expect from them. One hears lecturers speak of "the good old days", especially when irritated by some particularly liberal student behaviour or some seemingly cavalier student attitude, but it would be unusual to find someone who genuinely believes that the "old days" were better than the "new" . It occurred to us that it would be an interesting exercise to look at some …

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Management, Organisations And Effectiveness: A Literature Review Of This Area With An Emphasis On Schools And Educational Institutions, Michael W. Small Jan 1985

Management, Organisations And Effectiveness: A Literature Review Of This Area With An Emphasis On Schools And Educational Institutions, Michael W. Small

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Identifying and measuring the concept of effectiveness in an organisational setting has been a major concern for many years. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the more recent research literature on the topic of organisational effectiveness, and to present some of the current ways that have been tried in an endeavour to measure this idea. Many researchers have tried to define what "organisational effectiveness" means, but while they have stated that they know "effectiveness" when they see it, they cannot really provide an adequate definition of the term. One of the difficulties, according to Cameron and …

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Research And Reconstruction In Teacher Education - Editorial Introduction, Tony Fielding Jan 1985

Research And Reconstruction In Teacher Education - Editorial Introduction, Tony Fielding

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In 1983 this Journal published a paper outlining a model of teacher development (Fielding, 1983). The model employed concepts drawn from personal Construct Psychology (Kelly, 1955). Kellyian concepts were chosen because it was thought they affirmed the model's basic assumption that human experience may be and frequently is both non-deterministic in character and non-functionalist in its outcomes for individuals.

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Teacher Knowledge Part 1: Unstopping The Dam, J. W. Mcqualter Jan 1985

Teacher Knowledge Part 1: Unstopping The Dam, J. W. Mcqualter

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Research on teachers and their teaching aims at understanding what it means to teach. Such research is conducted in a variety of ways. Major users of its findings are teacher educators. It is hoped that the research findings will provide a knowledge base for teacher education programmes often characterised as being more whimsical than rational. There are two basic views of the process of becoming a teacher: "master the model" or "model the master" (Stones, 1972). Both views stress institutional conformity, draw upon institutionalised knowledge and aim at developing technical skill rather than professional competency. The intention of this paper …

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Teacher Knowledge Part 2: Personal Construct Theory As The Basis Of A Methodology To Study Teaching, J. W. Mcqualter Jan 1985

Teacher Knowledge Part 2: Personal Construct Theory As The Basis Of A Methodology To Study Teaching, J. W. Mcqualter

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In the previous paper, Teacher Knowledge Part 1; Unstopping the Dam, the suggestion was made that a methodology based on Personal Construct Theory (PCT) could be used to explore and develop a new model of teacher professional development prepared by Fielding (1983). Two questions were asked. What is this methodology? How can it be used to explore and develop Fielding's model? The second question was dealt with in the earlier paper. The first is the subject of this paper. The intention here is threefold; firstly, to describe the theory of personal constructs, originated by Kelly (1955) and elaborated by Fransella …

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The Ideology Of Pedogogy: The Right And The Left Of It!, Colin Symes Jan 1985

The Ideology Of Pedogogy: The Right And The Left Of It!, Colin Symes

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

"No doubt real education could only flourish only after the Revolution, when its importance would be generally recognised and when educators would be honoured and respected by the community, but something could be honourably achieved even now. He must try to do his job as effectively as the existing educational conditions and his own limitations allowed. Though he would not without inviting the sack introduce revolutionary politics directly into his teaching, he could aim at propagating humane ideas and getting his pupils to think".

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Teacher Curriculum: A Failed Paradigm Of Practise And Proceedure, D. M. Cavanagh Jan 1985

Teacher Curriculum: A Failed Paradigm Of Practise And Proceedure, D. M. Cavanagh

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

An examination of recent literature concerning teacher training suggests that in many parts of the western world it is constantly under review. Major Reports (Martin: 1964; Bell: 1971;James: 1972; The Senate: 1972; Williams: 1979; Coffey: 1980; Auchmuty: 1980) and the popular press have written and continue to write about various aspects of the teachers life. Some of these are anlyses of what is the case, others are about what could be the case whilst others dwell on the shortcomings of the teaching profession. The U.K. for example has its infamous Black Papers whilst in Australia the same concepts concerning standards …

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The Move Towards The Accreditation Of Teacher Education Courses In England And Wales, David R. Mcnamara Jan 1985

The Move Towards The Accreditation Of Teacher Education Courses In England And Wales, David R. Mcnamara

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In recent years there has been a significant change in the nature of Government (as mediated by the Department of Education and Science - DES) involvement in initial teacher training 1-c9- in England and Wales. Traditionally government has rightly concerned itself with the "manpower problem" of ensuring that the numbers of teachers in training relates to the demands for new teachers by employing authorities and with the "institutional problem" of determining the types of institutions which exist to provide teacher training, how they are organised within the higher education system, and how they are financed. The content of teacher training …

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Supervising Student Teachers : A Shared Responsibility, C. H. Laine, S. A. Tanveer Jan 1984

Supervising Student Teachers : A Shared Responsibility, C. H. Laine, S. A. Tanveer

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Preparing a quality future teacher is a pressing concern of teacher education institutions, school systems, and state departments of education. It is almost impossible to train effective teachers unless these educational agencies share their responsibilities in the total teacher preparation process. This is becoming a greater reality as each agency recognises its identifiable and distinct role. Student teaching is an important component of teacher preparation and is frequently taken for granted. This internship plays a significant role in the making of a teacher who has acquired confidence in short- and long-range planning, communication and classroom management. This can be done …

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