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Introduction: Researching Innovative Perspectives in Professional Experience

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Professional experience in initial teacher education has always been valued, though there is limited agreement in Australia around the structure and knowledge base. Teacher educators from a wide range of institutions and jurisdictions worked together at a conference in early 2016 to share, critique and celebrate their different perspectives and innovative programs. The result is this edited volume of 14 chapters, representing the work of 30 authors from 18 different Australian universities, a secondary school and a state regulatory authority. Through collaborations across borders and within the field, a more nuanced understanding of the varied elements of professional experience, including new and renewed knowledge, has been recorded. This chapter provides the background, aims, rationale and synopsis of sections and chapters in the volume.

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  1. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Doreen Rorrison

  2. Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia

    Doreen Rorrison

  3. Central Queensland University, Noosaville, QLD, Australia

    Angelina Ambrosetti

  4. Queensland College of Teachers, Toowong, QLD, Australia

    Ros Capeness

  5. Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jeana Kriewaldt

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  1. Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    Jeana Kriewaldt

  2. Central Queensland University, Noosaville, Queensland, Australia

    Angelina Ambrosetti

  3. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Doreen Rorrison

  4. Queensland College of Teachers, Toowong, Queensland, Australia

    Ros Capeness

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Rorrison, D., Ambrosetti, A., Capeness, R., Kriewaldt, J. (2018). Introduction: Researching Innovative Perspectives in Professional Experience. In: Kriewaldt, J., Ambrosetti, A., Rorrison, D., Capeness, R. (eds) Educating Future Teachers: Innovative Perspectives in Professional Experience. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5484-6_1

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