TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: Successful Teacher Education: Partnerships, Reflective Practice and the Place of Technology -- THE STATE OF TEACHER EDUCATION INTERNATIONALLY -- SUCCESSFUL APPROACHES TO TEACHER EDUCATION FROM AUSTRALIA -- PLAN OF THE BOOK -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- SECTION ONE: CONTEMPORARY MODELS OF TEACHER EDUCATION: CASE STUDIES FROM AUSTRALIA -- 1. THE MELBOURNE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MASTER OF TEACHING: A CLINICAL PRACTICE MODEL -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL REVIEW OF A SCHOOL OF EDUCATION -- A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF CHANGES TO TEACHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT MODELS -- CONTEMPORARY CHANGES TO MODELS OF TEACHER EDUCATION -- INSTIGATING A REFORMED TEACHER EDUCATION MODEL -- INTRODUCING A NEW MODEL OF TEACHER EDUCATION -- PRACTICES INFORMED BY RESEARCH AND THEORY -- STRUCTURAL REASONS FOR A CLINICAL AND PARTNERSHIP MODEL -- THE CLINICAL MODEL IN TEACHER EDUCATION PREPARATION PROGRAMS -- HOW THE MTEACH HAS BEEN STRUCTURED ACROSS THE STREAMS -- MASTER OF TEACHING: EARLY CHILDHOOD -- MASTER OF TEACHING: PRIMARY EDUCATION -- MASTER OF TEACHING: SECONDARY -- REFINING OF THE ROLES AND STRUCTURES -- THEORETICAL LENSES FOR VIEWING THE MELBOURNE MODEL OFTEACHER EDUCATION -- The Epistemological Basis for Teaching and Learning -- The Ontological Basis for Teaching and Learning -- An Agentic View of the Teacher Candidate -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 2. IMMERSING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN SITE-BASED TEACHER SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS -- BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES -- Some International Perspectives -- Initial Teacher Training (ITT): United Kingdom (UK) -- School Centres For Teaching Excellence -- Site-Based Partnerships -- METHODOLOGY -- RESEARCH OUTCOMES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

3. LINKING RURAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITIESIN TO TEACHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- Rural Teacher Education -- THE RESEARCH CONTEXT -- Theory practice nexus in teacher education -- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) -- A MULTIMODAL TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE FOR RURAL AND REGIONAL STUDENTS -- The Rural and Regional Partnership Model 2008-2013 -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- Addressing Rural and Regional Needs -- Stakeholder Evaluations of the Course -- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 4. STRUCTURING AN ONLINE PRE-SERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAM: The Journey to Developing a Successful Blended Learning Model -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW -- THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS AND PROGRAM STRUCTURE -- TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING -- A MODEL FOR PROGRAM DESIGN -- ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING -- THE ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 5. A MODEL FOR SMALL, REMOTE, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- PAST TEACHER EDUCATION MODELS FOR REMOTE INDIGENOUS LEARNERS -- CONTEMPORARY REMOTE INDIGENOUS TEACHER EDUCATION - NAVIGATING NEW LANDSCAPES -- THE ITUP MODEL -- Introduction, History and Context of the ITUP Program -- Implementation and Delivery -- Conditions for Success -- Challenges -- Results of the ITUP Program -- Analysis of the Overall Success of the ITUP Model -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- SECTION TWO: PRACTICES FOR PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL TEACHER EDUCATION -- 6. COMMUNICATION IN THE PRACTICUM: FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS -- INTRODUCTION -- PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT PRE-SERVICE TEACHER PRACTICUM -- IMPEDIMENTS TO PRACTICUM PARTNERSHIPS -- COMMUNICATION AS A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP -- RESULTS -- Strategies to Enhance Communication -- Reward and Recognition -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION.

7. 'PRACTICE': FOREGROUNDING THE STUDY OF TEACHING IN INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- FOREGROUNDING PRACTICE IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- FOREGROUNDING PRACTICE THROUGH THE STUDY OF TEACHING -- TEACHER EDUCATION AND THE STUDY OF TEACHING -- THE STUDY OF TEACHING PROCESS -- EFFECTS OF STUDYING TEACHING -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 8. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION: Preparing pre-service teachers and teacher educators for mobile learning -- INTRODUCTION -- AUTHENTIC MOBILE LEARNING -- Principles of Mobile Learning Design -- FIRST YEAR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY UNIT -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MOBILE LEARNING -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT -- CURRICULUM-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- SPECIAL EDUCATION MOBILE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 9. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN THE ONLINE SPACE -- INTRODUCTION -- REFLECTIVE PRACTICE -- REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- ONLINE LEARNING -- THE STUDY DESIGN -- Data Analysis -- FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS -- Pre-service Teachers' Engagement in Online Discussion -- Content Level Reflection -- Process Level Reflection -- Premise Level Reflection -- Factors Influencing the Level of Reflection -- Pre-service Teacher Evaluations -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- CONCLUSION -- 10. SUCCESSFUL AND 'TRANSFERABLE' PRACTICE -- THEORY-PRACTICE IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- PARTNERSHIPS IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- DOES CONTEXT MATTER IN TEACHER EDUCATION? -- REVISITING THE PEDAGOGIES OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE -- TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCCESSFUL AND TRANSFERABLE PRACTICE -- Technology for Communication and Learning -- Technology for Collaboration -- Technology for Catering for Diversity -- Professional Learning for Technology Use -- FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- EVIDENCE FOR THE VALUE OF INNOVATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- REFERENCES.

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