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This workshop – held on 20 April 2007 - was designed for students who have had no experience (or very limited experience) of Australian (or English speaking) classrooms.

This broadcast covers the following:

Practicalities of undertaking Field Experience

Topics:

  • Orientating students to the FEO website
  • Who to go to/talk to if you need help
  • Booklets and forms – what gets sent to sites and what to do with the forms
  • Understanding Brisbane public transport (buses and trains)

QLD schools - the cultural norms

Topics:

  • School hierarchies
  • What to expect when you first get to school
  • How to introduce yourself/who should know you? etc
  • Dress code/staff room etiquette/taking your lunch

Empowering students for Field Experience

Topics:

  • Negotiating the supervisory experience with your host teacher
  • Field experience evaluations – how are you being assessed?

The following people assisted with this broadcast:

  • Jennifer Alford
  • Dr Marilyn Campbell
  • Lyndal O’Gorman
  • Dr Rebecca Spooner-Lane
  • Donna Tangen
  • Cathy Rodier
  • Dr Kerryann Walsh

Video clips of the workshop

Video Part A
Video Part A