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Gunn, Alexandra C.; Hill, Mary F.; Berg, David; Haigh, Mavis – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
The study of recruitment practices for teacher educators (TEs) in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) universities reveals the academic category of TE constituted along three related trajectories: a professional expert (not required to research), a traditional academic (not required to hold a teaching qualification or teacher's practicing certificate), and…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Berg, David A. G.; Gunn, Alexandra C.; Hill, Mary F.; Haigh, Mavis – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
In this article we use cultural-historical activity theory to explore the place of research in the work of New Zealand university-based teacher educators (TEs). We consider how aspirations for a research-informed initial teacher education are served by New Zealand universities' recruitment practices and TEs' actual work. We suggest that TEs value…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Barriers, Semi Structured Interviews