Across the international teacher education literature, the practicum appears time and again
as a key component of initial teacher education programmes. Whatever terminology is used …

The staff of Australia's rural schools include many early career teachers who are keen to
begin their careers in geographically diverse communities. Despite often high levels of …

Building futures for young people in and out of rural places has been a perennial quest for
those interested in education and youth studies. For rural youth, the opportunities education …

In this chapter, the authors explore how specific attributional behaviours sometimes fail to
take account of the complexity of the teaching context, placing an intense sense of pressure …

In this chapter, Larsen and Allen draw on survey and interview data from their study to
highlight and discuss the ways in which some beginning teachers' attributions of causality …

It is well documented that entry into the teaching profession tests beginning teachers' ability
to cope and build capacity as they encounter the realities of teaching. Professional learning …

While some teacher educators work alongside teachers with their pre-service teachers in
school settings, it is less common for teachers to work alongside teacher educators in …