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Preparing student teachers for Teaching Practice: early placements in Initial Teacher Education

Neal, Ian (2011) Preparing student teachers for Teaching Practice: early placements in Initial Teacher Education. Edication-Today.net.

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Abstract

This paper reports a pilot project of ten initial teacher training students engaged on a three-year undergraduate programme leading to BA(hons) in English with QTS. In the first two years of their programme, student teachers normally receive academic input only, embarking on a one-year practicum stage in the third year of their programme. The project allowed student teachers to become closely associated with one of the University’s partnership schools to enable them to understand the daily life in schools and begin to engage with teaching. In addition they used secure social networking through the Mahara e-portfolio system to exchange ideas and experiences. The project proved highly successful in reducing isolation, enhancing communication and it helped student teachers to decide which kind of school they wished to work with in the future.

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Depositing User: Ian Neal

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Item ID: 3389
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/3389
Official URL: http://www.education-today.net/neal/preptp.pdf

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Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2013 09:42
Last Modified: 02 Jul 2019 09:07

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Author: Ian Neal

University Divisions

Faculty of Education and Society > School of Education

Subjects

Education > Higher Education

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