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Meeting the standards? Exploring preparedness for teaching
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Swabey, K and Castleton, G and Penney, D, Meeting the standards? Exploring preparedness for teaching, Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 35, (8) pp. 29-46. ISSN 0313-5373 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Official URL: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol35/iss8/3
DOI: doi:10.14221/ajte.2010v35n8.3
Abstract
This research focused on the perceptions of preservice and beginning health and physical education (HPE)
teachers in relation to their preparedness for teaching. A
questionnaire was designed to engage with teacher
professional standards addressing (i), professional knowledge;
(ii), professional relationships and (iii), professional practice.
Follow-up interviews with randomly-selected teachers
facilitated deeper interrogation of the issues. Findings
indicated that both groups felt that their training had prepared
them well in relation to most elements of the three aspects of
the professional standards. Pre-service teachers had concerns
with some elements of professional knowledge: specifically,
knowledge and understanding of numeracy, ICT and literacy
as they related to the teaching of HPE; and behaviour
management. Beginning teachers had similar concerns in
relation to professional knowledge and about their ability to
plan and use valid and reliable assessment strategies. Data
supported previous research that emphasised the ongoing
nature of learning as a teacher
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | teacher preparedness, pre-service transition, health and physical education |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Teacher education and professional development of educators |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
Objective Field: | Teacher and instructor development |
UTAS Author: | Swabey, K (Professor Karen Swabey) |
UTAS Author: | Castleton, G (Associate Professor Geraldine Castleton) |
UTAS Author: | Penney, D (Professor Dawn Penney) |
ID Code: | 68043 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2011-03-09 |
Last Modified: | 2011-05-12 |
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