Planning for Success: Factors Influencing Change in Teacher Education

J Ferreira; Lisa Ryan; D Tilbury

doi:10.1017/aee.2014.39

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Planning for Success: Factors Influencing Change in Teacher Education

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Planning for Success: Factors Influencing Change in Teacher Education

J Ferreira, Lisa Ryan and D Tilbury

Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol.30(1), pp.136-146

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2014.39

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critical success factors

education for sustain ability

higher eduaction

reorienting teacher education

systemic change

teacher education

Teacher education is widely recognised as a key strategy that is yet to be effectively utilised to embed environmental education and/or education for sustain ability in schools. This paper reports on a research study that examined a range of pre-service teacher education initiatives, both in Australia and internationally, that were seeking to reorient teacher education towards environmental s us tain ability. This paper reports on six factors utilised across the initiatives that were critical to their success. These were (1) the nature and length of funding arrangements; (2) the range and quality of partnerships and networks; (3) the curriculum focus and the teaching and learning processes used; (4) the nature of, and incentives for, participant engagement; (5) the level at which a change was being sought; and (6) the use of evaluation as a tool for learning and ongoing improvement. This paper discusses why and how each of these six factors proved critical and explores the implications for initiatives seeking to reorient teacher education towards environmental sustainability.

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Title: Planning for Success: Factors Influencing Change in Teacher Education
Authors: J Ferreira (Author) - Griffith University
Lisa Ryan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
D Tilbury (Author) - Macquarie University
Publication details: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol.30(1), pp.136-146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1017/aee.2014.39
ISSN: 0814-0626
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449555102621
Output Type: Journal article

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