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Chapter 14
Educating Future Teachers: Insights,
Conclusions and Challenges
Angelina Ambrosetti, Ros Capeness, Jeana Kriewaldt, and Doreen Rorrison
Introduction
— Innovative (adjective): having new ideas about how something can be done —
When we speak of being innovative, we refer to changing processes, products
and ideas or creating better ones. Taking the notion of innovation seriously, this
volume provides research findings of new practices in professional experience in
Australian initial teacher education programs and offers alternative ways of con-
ceiving and enacting professional experience.
This volume’s genesis lies in the questions that we posed when we began this
project:
- What are the promising innovations in thinking about, rethinking and enacting
professional experience to better prepare prospective teachers to effectively enter
the workforce?
A. Ambrosetti (*)
Central Queensland University, Noosaville, QLD, Australia
e-mail: [email protected]
R. Capeness
Queensland College of Teachers, Toowong, QLD, Australia
e-mail: [email protected]
J. Kriewaldt
Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
e-mail: [email protected]
D. Rorrison
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
e-mail: [email protected]