Ferreira, Jo-Anne and Ryan, Lisa 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0688-0945 and Davis, Julie
(2015)
Developing Knowledge and Leadership in Pre-Service Teacher Education Systems.
Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 31 (2).
pp. 194-207.
ISSN 0814-0626
Abstract
Pre-service teacher education institutions are large and complex organizations, which are notoriously difficult to change. One factor is that many change efforts focus largely on individual pre-service teacher educators altering their practice. We report here on our experience using a model for effecting change, which views pre-service teacher education institutions and educators as a part of a much broader system. We identified numerous possibilities for, and constraints on, embedding change, but focus only on two in this paper: participants' knowledge of change strategies and their leadership capacities. As a result of our study findings and researcher reflections, we argue that being a leader in an academic area within pre-service teacher education does not equate to leadership knowledge or skills to initiate and enact systems-wide change. Furthermore, such leadership capacities must be explicitly developed if education for sustainability is to become embedded in pre-service teacher education.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | No Faculty |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | No Faculty |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2022 01:04 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2022 01:04 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | teacher education; system change; leadership; sustainability; Education; Environmental Sciences; Studies in Human Society |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390105 Environmental education curriculum and pedagogy 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160303 Teacher and instructor development |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2015.24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/42886 |
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