Innovative uses of visual technologies in initial teacher education : Changing policy to support practice during covid-19 - visual technologies as a panacea for social isolation

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Adams, Megan, Brooks, Tim, Fitzgerald, Angela, George, Sindu and Cooper, Rebecca. (2021). Innovative uses of visual technologies in initial teacher education : Changing policy to support practice during covid-19 - visual technologies as a panacea for social isolation. Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy. 21(3), pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1163/23644583-bja10016
AuthorsAdams, Megan, Brooks, Tim, Fitzgerald, Angela, George, Sindu and Cooper, Rebecca
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In Australia, schools and faculties of education are mandated to abide by a policy requiring preservice teachers (pst s), to complete supervised professional placement (pe) in schools. The pe are drawn upon to meet the assessment criteria for degree completion. Two strategies are reported that supported individuals and education institutions to meet policy requirements while in lockdown. First, technology was used to overcome the challenge of providing pe for hundreds of pst s by supporting online learning experiences. In the second, visual technologies were used to support pst s to meet the needs of an assessment criterion. Findings indicate that innovative solutions to challenges with pe and related assessments at the university can be mobilized in a short time frame using visual technologies. Further findings indicate that, in unprecedented times, policies developed for use in different contexts can be met with innovative collaborative efforts with a focused goal that transcend seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Keywordsvisual technologies against social isolation; visual technologies; Initial Teacher Education; preservice teachers; professional placement; innovation; covid-19; pandemic
Year2021
JournalVideo Journal of Education and Pedagogy
Journal citation21 (3), pp. 1-23
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
ISSN2364-4583
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1163/23644583-bja10016
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