Learning to teach without school-based experience: Conundrums and possibilities in a South African context

M Robinson, L Rusznyak - Journal of Education for Teaching, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Covid-19 and the resultant national lockdown saw thousands of initial teacher education
students in South Africa moving at short notice to online learning. For teacher educators this …

Conceptualising work-integrated learning to support pre-service teachers' pedagogic reasoning

L Rusznyak, C Bertram - Journal of Education (University of KwaZulu …, 2021 - scielo.org.za
ABSTRACT Much South African research suggests that work-integrated learning (WIL)
experiences of pre-service teachers are uneven. Their learning depends heavily on the …

Navigating Tensions in Designing a Curriculum That Prepares Preservice Teachers for School-Based Learning

C Bertram, L Rusznyak - Education as Change, 2024 - scielo.org.za
ABSTRACT A long-standing concern in teacher education is the variability in the quality of
practicum experiences afforded to preservice teachers. Although some variability is due to …

Observing Complexity in Teachers' Choices: Preparing Preservice Teachers for Work-Integrated Learning

D Langsford, L Rusznyak - Education as Change, 2024 - scielo.org.za
Although preservice teachers are familiar with classroom life, they are largely unfamiliar with
teachers' intentions and reasoning. Those completing a Postgraduate Certificate in …

Teacher Choices in Action: An emergent pedagogical response and intervention

L Rusznyak - … Responsiveness in Complex Contexts: Issues of …, 2022 - Springer
Pedagogical responsiveness is both a construct to be understood and a principle to be
enacted. This chapter considers how both are addressed by a module that enabled more …

Reconceptualising initial teacher education in South Africa: A quest for transformative and sustainable alternatives

C Ndebele, N Marongwe, T Ncanywa… - … Journal of Education …, 2024 - pubs.ufs.ac.za
Education serves as a catalyst for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and it
is essential for education to keep pace with societal dynamics. This paper argues for the …

Using Natural Language Processing Models to Automate Text Labelling: Categorising Semantic Density in Preservice Teachers' Lesson Observation Reports

T Senoamadi, L Rusznyak… - African Journal of Inter …, 2024 - journals.dut.ac.za
Education researchers have long had to choose between studies that provide rich insight
into teaching and learning in a particular context and insight into broad patterns revealed …

'My heart keeps getting in the way': a collaborative journey towards holistic support for pre-service teachers during teaching practice

S Erasmus - 2022 - repository.nwu.ac.za
Teaching practice is an important component of any teacher training programme as it
provides an enriching opportunity for pre-service teachers to engage in real-life teaching …