Two Enduring Trends in Australian Teacher Education Policy: Critique and Response

Loretta Bowshall

Abstract

Over the last three decades, there have been over 100 reports in Australia, focusing on the efficacy of teacher education. Many, critiquing initial teacher education as unsatisfactory and in need of reform. These longstanding and frequent criticisms provide challenges for those teacher educators, who endeavour to respond to and contest the critiques. These critiques, themselves, establish an enduring trend within education policy, as does the defensive response from those who provide teacher education programs. Additionally, it can be considered that these two opposing trends contribute to an unstable foundation for establishing and maintaining robust teacher education policy.

Original language	English
Pages	15-15
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	SCE 2017: The University of Adelaide Student-Led Conference in Education: Current Trends in Education - University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Duration: 21 Sept 2017 → 21 Sept 2017

Conference

Conference	SCE 2017
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	21/09/17 → 21/09/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

critique
enduring trends
initial teacher education
reform
response

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