Moran, Wendy

Abstract: Currently, Australian teacher education programs include professional experiences as a means of enhancing preservice teacher understanding about teaching and the profession. The challenge the programs face is the lack of places available in schools and, at times, the unpredictable quality of the placements as some teachers are time-poor, are not good models of effective teaching practice, and/or lack the skills of articulating their practice. This paper briefly explores features of past models of professional experience before describing a new model that, as an inclusion in a range of field-based placements, addresses many of the challenges in teacher education today. Results from two years' of surveys (N = 262) inform a practitioner research process designed to investigate the effectiveness of this new model. Findings suggest that while the program cannot negate all the difficulties associated with ensuring quality placements, it does provide some solutions that assist in improving the professional experiences of preservice teachers.

总结：目前，澳大利亚的教育专业课程包括专业经验，加强职前教师了解教学和专业的手段。该计划面临的挑战是缺乏学校提供的学额，有时，在安置一些教师的不可预知的质量是时效性差，不能有效的教学实践，或缺乏阐述的自己的技能实践。本文简要探讨了过去的专业经验模型的特点，描述一种新的模式，作为一个纳入了一系列基于现场的展示位置，解决了许多当今教师教育的挑战。

来源：Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v39 n3 Article 4 Mar 2014. 19 pp.