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- Title: Bringing Professional Experience to the Rural University Classroom Through Community Play Sessions: Experiences of Pre-Service Teachers and Families (Report)
- Author : Education in Rural Australia
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 267 KB
Description
INTRODUCTION Professional experiences are recognised as the most valuable component of pre-service teacher education programmes (Page & Hastings, 2006; Scully, 2004). Courses in teacher education programmes should ideally prepare students for the reality of educational contexts. However, it is professional experience that allows the most opportunities for authentic learning experiences and the environment to take 'educative' risks in terms of developing teaching practices in schools, early childhood settings and communities alongside experienced teachers (Darling-Hammond & Snyder, 2000). For many students, professional experiences provide the opportunities to make important connections between the theoretical learning they do as part of on-campus university-based classes and how this learning plays out in the schools, early childhood services and community settings. The way in which universities deliver professional experience varies across universities in Australia, so it stands to reason then, that how students are prepared for their experiences will also vary. The main aims of this study are to examine rural student experiences in their participation in a community-based practical learning experience, involving university-community based play sessions, particularly in the area of communication with parents, as well as family experiences and benefits for themselves and their children.