Using the first year curriculum to develop preservice teacher resilience and self-efficacy

Sharn Donnison; Sorrel Penn-Edwards; Lisa Albion

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Using the first year curriculum to develop preservice teacher resilience and self-efficacy

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Using the first year curriculum to develop preservice teacher resilience and self-efficacy

Sharn Donnison, Sorrel Penn-Edwards and Lisa Albion

Proceedings of the 17th International First Year in Higher Education Conference, pp.1-6

International First Year in Higher Education (FYHE) Conference, 17th (Darwin, Australia, 06-Jul-2014–09-Jul-2014)

Queensland University of Technology

2014

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Abstract

Curriculum and Pedagogy

Other Education

first year curriculum

preservice teacher

resilience

self-efficacy

This paper reports on measures to develop preservice teachers' well-being, in particular their self-efficacy, resilience and coping skills , by embedding these into a core first semester, first year course in a preservice teacher education program. These factors have been shown as vital for ongoing engagement in studies and retention of tertiary students as well as the retention of teachers in the workforce, in particular the beginning teacher in their first year out. The design of the course draws upon and extends the work of Donnison, Oprescu, and Penn-Edwards (2013) who argued for the addition of soft outcomes as well as the more traditional academic hard outcomes in first year courses "in order to foster students' holistic well-being and support transition"(p. 1) into tertiary studies.

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Title: Using the first year curriculum to develop preservice teacher resilience and self-efficacy
Authors: Sharn Donnison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Sorrel Penn-Edwards (Author) - Griffith University
Lisa Albion (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Proceedings of the 17th International First Year in Higher Education Conference, pp.1-6
Conference details: International First Year in Higher Education (FYHE) Conference, 17th (Darwin, Australia, 06-Jul-2014–09-Jul-2014)
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date published: 2014
Organisation Unit: Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449066202621
Output Type: Conference paper

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