Changing initial teacher education: Limitations to innovation in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom

Australian Teacher Education Policy in Action: The Case of Pre-service Internships

“…Internships are presented as one response to these calls. An overview of literature on internships or extended placements reveal a variety of foci: professional credentials and internships (Ingvarson, 1995); internships within a 'Master of Teaching' program (Hatton, 1996); reports on partnerships involved in rural teacher internships (Yarrow, Ballantyne, Hansford, Herschell, & Millwater, 1999); the use of technologies to support extended practicums (Rousmanier & Renfro-Michel, 2016); the role of school based coordinators (Dinham, 2012); rethinking the connection between universities and schools (Zeichner, 2010); and the multiple faces of internships in Queensland (Mayer et al, 2004).…”

Internships in Initial Teacher Education in Australia: A Case Study of the Griffith Education Internship

“…In addition, similar trials of variable 'Internship' designs were being conducted at Southern Cross University (Young, 1995 ), the 'Practernship' at the Queensland University of Technology (Millwater & Yarrow, 1997 ), and at the University of Sydney (Hatton, 1996 ). A review of relevant literature on Internships in ITE in Australia presented later in this chapter elaborates on the emergence and approaches to Internships.…”

“…55-57) are provided. Some of the Australian examples referred to models being explored at the University of Western Sydney (Cameron, 2001 ), Charles Sturt University (Dobbins & Mitchell, 1995 ), University of Western Australia (Goody, 2001 ), University of Sydney (Hatton, 1996 ), University of Newcastle (McCormack, 1997 ), and James Cook University (Matters, 2001 ). Some of the overseas or international examples were drawn from Los Angeles, California (Basinger, 2000 ), Kansas City, Missouri (Kennedy Manzo, 2002 ), State University of New York (Kramer Schlosser & Blazano, 2002 ), Kentucky (McCormick & Brennan, 2001 ), and Memorial University, Canada (Singh, Doyle, Rose, & Kennedy, 1997 ).…”

Innovation and Transformation of Initial Teacher Education: Employer and Graduate Perspectives

“…Postgraduate degrees, such as a Graduate Diploma in Education, a post-graduate Bachelor of Teaching or a Master of Teaching , involve 2-years of post-graduate coursework following completion of a 3-year, discipline-based undergraduate degree. There has been a trend to phase out 1-year post-graduate Diploma of Education programs in favour of 2-year Master of Teaching courses ( Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) 2015 ; Hatton, 1996 ). Both the undergraduate Bachelor of Education degree programs and the post-graduate degree courses in education offer options for candidates to pursue a teaching qualifi cation for the various stages of schooling such as early childhood, primary and/or secondary courses.…”