An opportunity to support beginning teachers in the transition from higher education into practice Dr Nick Kelly Australian Digital Futures Institute The University of Southern Queensland
ASCILITE Presentation December 2013
Jun 19, 2015
Presenting early research about how beginning teachers are currently supported and how they could be supported in future. For further reading see papers that can be found at nickkellyresearch.com or https://usq.academia.edu/NickKelly
The long and short of it is that 1 in 5 beginning teachers in Australia is effectively unsupported and that Universities could work together to augment current support. We've commenced this research.
The long and short of it is that 1 in 5 beginning teachers in Australia is effectively unsupported and that Universities could work together to augment current support. We've commenced this research.
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An opportunity to support beginning teachers in the transition from higher education into practice
Dr Nick Kelly
Australian Digital Futures InstituteThe University of Southern Queensland
What happens to a cohort after higher education?
Follow-up assistance 34%
Survey: Contact community 53%
Email 71% Facebook 47%
The potential:• Continued community• Peer support
Why?• It’s hard• Gaps in current support (1 in 5)• They want it
Design principles (95% agreement):• Ask questions of experienced teachers• Easily searchable and moderated FAQ
from all 1st year teachers in the country
• Collegiality, continuity, resources
Community knowledge-sharing
• StackOverflow• IT professional community• 11 minutes• 5 million questions
What we’re doing• Design-based research• Prototyping, piloting• Group of universities• National network• Transition support
Thank you!
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