The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on


SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001

   
 

Dr Molly Travers

Senior Lecturer, Institute for Education, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

 

Training Graduate Primary Teachers in 6 Months: Can it be Done?

 

Abstract

Only three universities run post-graduate training for elementary school teachers, offering 140 places for over 600 qualified applicants. Teachers express doubt about the program compared with the 4 year undergraduate course. This research analyses the structure of the courses, and the resulting teacher products, with a focus on one cohort of students in the Shepparton program in 2000.

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Dr Molly Travers has taught from P-12 in England, USA, Kenya and Australia, and has lectured in teachers college and university to undergraduate and graduate student teachers. She convened the new Shepparton country program in 2000. She is a graduate, majoring in English, of Melbourne and Oxford Universities.

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30 min. Paper

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Australia

 

 
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