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dc.contributor.convenorEddy van Til
dc.contributor.authorSim, Cheryl
dc.contributor.authorMcCluskey, Kerryn
dc.contributor.editorEddy van Til
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:57:02Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:57:02Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2008-04-10T08:04:46Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/1648
dc.description.abstractIt is almost one hundred years since Dewey stated that the purpose of research in all its forms and disciplines was an "effort to understand and help others understand what teachers and learners do during the process of learning and what this means potentially for the education of teachers" (Dewey, 1904/1974). Early in 2003 the author of this paper began a research study that investigates the development of relationships between teacher mentors and preservice teachers. The aim of the study seeks to examine the extent to which the concept of community of practice influences the construction of professional identity through the situated learning of preservice teachers in selected school settings. Associated with this aim is to identify the potential for 'communities of practice' to address the anxiety of teachers in the context of seemingly overwhelming levels of change in education and society affecting their professional roles and identities right now. Ironically the researchers found that the anxieties of teachers actually affected their efforts to entice schools and teachers to be involved in the study. This paper focuses on this first stage of the research study. It examines the dilemmas experienced by the researchers as they endeavoured to encourage schools and teachers to participate in the research. It raises issues about the relationship between academics in teacher education and schools and how we can facilitate teachers' involvement in future research in schools.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent41726 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNZARE/AARE
dc.publisher.placeNew Zealand
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.aare.edu.au/publications/aare-conference-papers/show/3995/academics-researching-in-schools-making-first-contact
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameNZARE/AARE Joint Conference
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleNZARE/AARE Conference Proceedings [CD-ROM]
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2003-11-29
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2003-12-03
dc.relation.ispartoflocationUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330303
dc.titleAcademics researching in schools - making first contact
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2003. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued2003
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gro.griffith.authorSim, Cheryl R.
gro.griffith.authorMcCluskey, Kerryn G.


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