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      Students' transitions into initial teacher education: Understanding barriers and enablers through an ecological lens

      Amundsen, Diana Leigh; Ballam, Nadine Dawn; McChesney, Katrina
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      Amundsen, D. L., Ballam, N. D., & McChesney, K. (2021). Students’ transitions into initial teacher education: Understanding barriers and enablers through an ecological lens. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46(3), 91–111.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14296
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      This paper presents a small-scale qualitative investigation which explored early first-year transition experiences of pre-service teacher students. The study took place in one university in Aotearoa New Zealand, involving 24 students and three co-researchers from a Faculty of Education. Perceptions of students’ transition experiences were gathered through an essay task six weeks into the first semester; data were analysed using Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological theory to identify barriers and enablers related to students’ transition experiences in various contexts. Diverse transitions accounts of ‘becoming a pre-service teacher student’ were analysed as being complex and intertwined with historical, social, cultural and political elements. These findings have implications for providers and educators of pre-service teacher programmes. Purposeful application of Bronfenbrenner’s theory to identify, name and understand how various transition barriers and enablers impact wellbeing and resilience could open up a more visible, shared and understood transition experience.
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      2021
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      Journal Article
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      Edith Cowan University
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      This article has been published in the journal: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. Used with permission.
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