University Practicum Supervisors: marching to a different drummer? |
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| Authors: | Allan Yarrow Jan Millwater Bill Foster |
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| Institution: | 1. Queensland University of Technology;2. Australian Catholic University, McCauley Campus |
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| Abstract: | The roles and responsibilities of university supervisors in the practicum have changed during the last ten years. Once, the routine tasks of observation and feedback of student teaching performance were the main responsibilities associated with visits to the school. Lecturers in this role also determined, with the school personnel, the assessment rating of the student teacher. Presently, there is considerable variation in the part played by university supervisors of the practicum. Against this background, this paper examines the actual and ideal characteristics of university supervisors from their own viewpoint and from the perspective of teacher supervisors, principals and student teachers. The reasons for the actual‐ideal discrepancies are discussed, and suggestions are made in relation to addressing the matter. |
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