Full Description
This book explores how educators are proactively working to reclaim teacher professionalism by engaging in exemplary practice and promoting quality education for all. It examines voices in contemporary Australian teacher education and how professionalism can contribute to achieving the multiplicity of purposes in education.
The work of contemporary teachers and teacher educators, and perceptions about this work, have changed significantly. In recent times, governments have identified key issues linked to the quality of teachers, as presented in multiple inquiries, creating shifts in public policy and increasing regulation. Educators must work towards improving public and policy maker perceptions of teaching as a profession. Teacher educators make an important contribution in engaging in ongoing scholarship and debate that examine research and practice and speak back to managerial discourses on professionalism. It is through this work that educators shape and re-shape understanding of what it means to be a professional.
Contents
1 Conceptualising Teacher Professionalism.- Part I Social and Political Context.- 2 The Changing Face of Accreditation for Initial Teacher Education Programs in Australia.- 3 Social Media and Teacher Professionalism: Getting in on the act.- Part II Partnership Engagement.- 4 Who is the Hybrid Teacher Educator? Understanding Professional Identity in School-University Partnership.- 5 Exploring what it means to be a Professional in Partnerships: Reflecting on Teacher Educator Narratives.- 6 Learning to be Professional: Bridging the Gap in Teacher Education Practice.- Part III Collaborative Professionalism.- 7 Teacher Educators using Cogenerative Dialogue to reclaim Professionalism.- 8 Teacher Emotional Rules.- 9 Teacher-targted Bullying and Harassement in Australian Schools: A challenge to teacher professionalism.- 10 Using the Student Engagement and Teacher Reflection App (SETRA) as a Teacher Professional Learning Tool: A pilot study.- 11 What does it mean to be an English-As-An-Additional-Language Teacher? Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers' Perceptions.
