Strengthening Preservice Teacher Education in STEM Disciplines Through Innovations in Research Collaborations and Reflective Practice

• In Event: Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: Division K Section 9 Poster Session: Teacher Education Program Design and Innovation

Abstract

This proposal describes innovations in research collaborations and reflective practice within in a multi-university science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project conducted across regional eastern Australia, focusing on improvements in pre-service teacher (PST) confidence and competence. These innovations were developed as refinements of an iterated sequence of enhancement-lesson-reflection (ELR), and comprise a powerful combination of two relatively simple processes, a STEM and education collaboration nexus and an innovative reflection protocol based on affect-based critical moments in teaching. These refinements have enabled the ELR iterations to be better oriented towards the PSTs’ self-directed improvements in classroom teaching.

Author

• Geoff Woolcott, Southern Cross University