Learning to Teach in a New Era

Jeanne Allen is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University and a member of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research (GIER). She has worked in tertiary education since 2005 after an extensive career in secondary Languages Other Than English (LOTE) teaching and school leadership. She is an internationally recognised scholar and researcher in the fields of teacher education, school leadership, teacher identity, and student engagement and retention. She also has expertise in French research and translation. In 2018, Jeanne was named national leading researcher in the field of teaching and teacher education by Australia's League of Scholars. Simone White is Professor and Dean of the School of Education at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne. She is currently the Vice President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) and an invited member of the Teacher Education Expert Standing Committee (TEESC). She is a Past President of the Australian Teacher Education Association. Simone is currently involved in three Australian Research Council grants focused on teacher shortages and how to best support the teaching profession.

• Part I. Preparing to Teach: 1. Teaching in current times Jeanne Allen and Simone White; Part II. Professional Knowledge: 2. Understanding the education landscape: policy, practice and context Simone White; 3. Effective pedagogy for student learning Anne Coffey and Louise Moroney; 4. Teaching with digital technologies Amber McLeod and Kelly Carabott; Part III. Professional Practice: 5. Aligning curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting Madonna Stinson and Suzanne Henden; 6. Planning for teaching Linley Cornish and Jennifer Charteris; 7. Student diversity, education and social justice Leonie Rowan; 8. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education Alison Quin, Francis Bobongie-Harris and Shanelle Fiaalii; 9. Understanding classroom management Jeanne Allen and Michelle Ronksley-Pavia; 10. Classroom management: practices conducive to positive teaching and learning environments Andrea Reupert and Stuart Woodcock; 11. Trauma-informed practice Judith Howard; Part IV. Professional Engagement: 12. Communication skills with students, staff and parents/caregivers Wendy Goff and Janine Forbes-Rolfe; 13. Becoming a teaching professional: the ethical and legal dimensions Elaine Sharplin, Deborah Wake and Vanessa Sharplin.