Teacher educators speaking up: illuminating stories stifled by the iron-grip regulation of initial teacher education. Issue 5 (19th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dwyer, Rachael; Willis, Alison; Call, Kairen
• Is Part Of: Asia-Pacific journal of teacher education. Volume 48:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 572
• Page End: 585
• Publication Date: 2020-10-19
• Subjects: Initial teacher education -- regulation -- teacher education reform -- teacher educator professionalism; Teachers -- Training of -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Teachers -- Training of -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 370.71095
• DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2020.1725809
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-866X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper seeks to explore the lived experiences of teacher educators working in the midst of the current tumultuous and highly regulatory policy landscape. The paper will briefly outline the politics and policies that have profoundly shaped teacher educators' work in Australia over the past 10 years. We write from our own experiences, as three actively-teaching teacher educators, working with a diverse and nontraditional student population in regional Queensland. We seek to illuminate these experiences through a series of narrative (re)presentations, drawing attention to what we see as important questions regarding the enactment of policy reforms, paying particular attention the impacts on teacher educators and preservice teachers.