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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
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Hill, Mary F.; Haigh, Mavis A. – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
In some international contexts, for example in South Africa, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, teacher education has recently shifted into the academy. Concurrently research performance funding measures have been introduced. Both changes have placed pressure on teacher educators to become "research active". The literature indicates that…
Descriptors: Productivity, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Teacher Educators