Regional resilience: Pre-service teacher preparation to teach in the bush

Trinidad, Suzanne; Broadley, Tania; Terry, E.; Boyd, D.; Lock, G.; Sharplin, E.; Ledger, S.

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Trinidad, Suzanne

Broadley, Tania

Terry, E.

Boyd, D.

Lock, G.

Sharplin, E.

Ledger, S.

Date

2012

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Conference Paper

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Trinidad, Suzanne and Broadley, Tania and Terry, Emmy and Boyd, Don and Lock, Graeme and Sharplin, Elaine and Ledger, Sue. 2012. Regional resilience: Pre-service teacher preparation to teach in the bush, in Terry, E. and Lock, G. and Boyd, D. (ed), Proceedings of the 28th National SPERA Rural Education Conference: Developing Connections for Sustainable Futures - Networking the Bush, Sep 26-28 2012, pp. 54-54. Toowoomba, QLD: Society for the Provision of Education for Rural Australia.

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Regional Resilience: Pre-service teacher preparation to teach in the bush

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28th National SPERA Rural Education Conference Proceedings. Developing Connections for Sustainable Futures - Networking the Bush.

Abstract

This paper reports on the outcomes of a two year ALTC Competitive Research and Development Project that aimed to "Develop Strategies at the Pre-Service Level to Address Critical Teacher Attraction and Retention Issues in Australian Rural, Regional and Remote Schools". As well as developing a 'training framework' and teaching guides to increase the capacity and credibility of four universities to prepare educators who might venture out of the metropolitan area to teach, data were gathered from pre-service and graduate teachers to analyse regional resilience. It was found that there was a strong likelihood to participate in a regional practicum and stay in a non-metropolitan community once they graduated from university if they had a positive attitude to regional Western Australia either through a family connection or previous experience. Recommendations from this study emphasise the importance of having pre-service students participate in positive regional experiences early in their university study.