An online practicum for teacher education students: emergent listening and seeing for quality praxis

Abstract

<p>There is an ongoing drive to enhance teacher quality and address the imperative of initial teacher education provision. An online professional experience (practicum) can prepare teacher education students to negotiate the complexity of practice analysis when access to schools is problematic. As an alternative approach to face to face school-based teacher preparation for classroom practice, the online practicum is designed to ensure that teacher education students are able to recognise, make explicit, and realise alternative ways of thinking about classroom practices. The notions of noticing and emergent listening as a discipline are highlighted as integral to teacher responsiveness and learning. With the move to online learning during COVID-19 and the flexibility of learning now expected in the post-pandemic world, we conclude that there will be ongoing interest in providing teacher education practicum experiences through an online mode.</p>