Research Projects
Review of Teacher Education for Languages Teachers
Project Director: Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz
This project will seek to obtain a comprehensive national picture of teacher education and retraining opportunities for the preparation of primary and secondary languages teachers, including course entry requirements, content and structure, and structural impediments relating to the development of teachers’ linguistic and pedagogical competency. The project is being managed with assistance from Alison Elliott, Sue Fernandez (University of Melbourne); Margaret Gearon (Monash University), Lawrence Ingvarson, Howard Nicholas (La Trobe University) and Jenny Wilkinson.
Staff: Alison Elliott, Sue Fernandez (University of Melbourne), Margaret Gearon (Monash University), Lawrence Ingvarson, Howard Nicholas (La Trobe University), Jenny Wilkinson
Expected Completion Date: July 2007
Funding: Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training
Deliverables: Report on the quality of pre-service teacher education for languages teachers