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Context matters: SETE mapping of teacher education in diverse contexts

conference contribution
posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Jodie Kline, Diane Mayer, Simone White, Leonie Rowan
The Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education (SETE) project (2010- ) investigates, as a priority, how well equipped teacher education graduates are to meet the requirements of diverse school settings. This paper outlines notions of diversity as reflected in large-scale longitudinal data sets including quantitative teacher and principal surveys (n=5,000+), national audit of teacher education programs (n=500+), and analysis of data from intensive case studies which track 170 graduate teachers through the first three years of their teaching career.

The storylines that emerge highlight the significance of context for teacher education and illustrate the diversity and complexity of contexts in which Graduate teachers find themselves employed.
 
Diversity is mapped firstly in terms of geography and location (rural/urban/remote), school size, sector, and student demographics including SES; secondly we track the variety of pathways into teaching; and finally, we examine the diversity of ways in which graduates are employed and the impact of said employment status on the way in which they are able to enact the learnings from their initial teacher education program.

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Event

Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (2013 : Brisbane, Qld.)

Publisher

ATEA

Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Place of publication

[Brisbane, Qld.]

Start date

2013-06-30

End date

2013-07-03

Language

eng

Notes

Conference presentation (invited symposia), and electronic poster presentation

Publication classification

EN Other conference paper

Title of proceedings

ATEA 2013 : Knowledge makers and notice takers: teacher education research impacting policy and practice : Proceedings of the Australian Teacher Education Association Conference 2013

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