Your Professional Experience Handbook, 1st Edition

A Guide for Preservice Teachers

Author: Michael Cavanagh and Anne Prescott

Your Professional Experience Handbook, 1st Edition

ISBN / EAN: 9781486006342
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This Australian handbook presents detailed, practical advice on how preservice teachers can confidently approach professional experience placements and the work they undertake with their mentors. Throughout the text important research-based evidence and theoretical frameworks are highlighted to provide a lens through which professional experiences can be analysed. By providing a strong theoretical foundation, the handbook is designed to help preservice teachers to make sense of their classroom experiences and provide guidance on how to improve their pedagogy.

About the Author

Dr Michael Cavanagh is Director of the Teacher Education Program at Macquarie University. He has been a teacher and academic for more than 30 years with extensive experience in teacher education and as a mentor of preservice teachers. Michael has received national recognition for his contribution to student learning in higher education and is the recipient of an Outstanding Service Award from the Professional Teachers’ Council of New South Wales. His current research interests include investigating how best to support the development of preservice teachers’ reflective practice and the professional learning of teachers in universities and schools.

Dr Anne Prescott has been working at the University of Technology, Sydney in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 2004. She is the Coordinator of the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary). Anne has been teaching in schools and universities for over 30 years, including working with preservice teachers on professional experience. Her research interests include supporting preservice teachers on professional experience and teachers in their early years of teaching. Recently, Anne has also been working with teachers in a remote region of Nepal to improve the educational outcomes for students.