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Factors affecting the impact of teacher education programmes on teacher preparedness : implications for accreditation policy
European Journal of Teacher Education (2007)
  • Lawrence Ingvarson, ACER
  • Adrian Beavis, ACER
  • Elizabeth Kleinhenz, ACER
Abstract

This study provides guidance to policy-makers about the standards that might be appropriate for accrediting teacher education programs. The study was commissioned by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), a statutory body established in 2001 by the Victorian state government with responsibility for the registration (licensing) of teachers and the accreditation of teacher education programs. The study investigated the characteristics of effective initial teacher education programs, as reported by teachers who have just finished their first year of teaching. A survey instrument was distributed in 2004 to all registered teachers who had graduated from their teacher education program in 2002, taught in 2003 and were now one month into their second year of teaching in 2004. In total, 1147 teachers returned completed questionnaires, from all universities in the state. Teachers who reported that they were well prepared to meet the demands of their first year of teaching were more likely to have completed courses that gave them deep knowledge of the content they were expected to teach, and how students learned that content, as well as skill in: diagnosing students' existing levels of understanding of the content; planning activities that would promote further development of understanding; and assessing the extent to which development had taken place. The paper concludes with implications for accreditation policy.

Publication Date
2007
Citation Information
Lawrence Ingvarson, Adrian Beavis and Elizabeth Kleinhenz. "Factors affecting the impact of teacher education programmes on teacher preparedness : implications for accreditation policy" European Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 30 Iss. 4 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_kleinhenz/44/