Going bush: Preparing pre-service teachers to teach in regional Western Australia

Sue Trinidad, Tania Broadley, Emmy Terry, Don Boyd, Graeme Lock, Matt Byrne, Elaine Sharplin, Sue Ledger

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    Abstract

    This paper reports on outcomes of Phases One and Two of the ALTC Competitive Research and Development Project "Developing Strategies at the Pre-Service Level to Address Critical Teacher Attraction and Retention Issues in Australian Rural, Regional and Remote Schools." This project funded over two years aims to strengthen the capacity and credibility of universities to prepare rural, regional and remote educators, similar to the capacity and credibility that has been created in preparing Australia's rural, regional and remote health workers. There is a strong recognition of the fundamental importance of quality teaching experiences rural, regional and remote schools and throughout this project over 200 pre-service teachers have participated in a curriculum module/object and completed a survey that encourages them to consider teaching in regional Western Australia. The project has mapped current Western Australian rural, regional and remote pre-service teacher education curriculum and field experience model. This mapping completed a comparison of national information with the identification of rural, regional and remote education curriculum and/or field experience models used nationally and internationally. In particular results from Phase One and Two will be presented reporting on the findings of the first year of the project.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)39-55
    Number of pages17
    JournalAustralian and International Journal of Rural Education
    Volume22
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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