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SUMMARY:University-School partnerships for quality initial teacher educati
 on: Are pre-service teachers’ mentoring needs met? - Dr Rovincer Najjuma
 \, CAPREX fellow from Makere University \, Uganda 
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DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, I describe the theoretical underpinning
 s of mentoring in teacher education (Kram 1985\; Ganser 1996\, 2002\; Huds
 on &Hudson 2011\; Mullen 2012)\, an area of teacher development research t
 hat is central in understanding and strengthening University–school part
 nerships for mentoring.  I then present my research on mentoring in initia
 l teacher education in Uganda\, teacher education models and mentoring dis
 course. While pre-service teachers spend a total of sixteen weeks in secon
 dary schools on  school practice placement to receive mentoring support fr
 om practicing teachers and to learn from schools and classroom contexts\, 
 pre-service teacher graduates still present inadequacies in planning to te
 ach\, teaching\, managing classroom situations and meeting the learning ne
 eds of learners in their classrooms. Little evidence exists regarding what
  form\, nature and quality of mentoring support pre-service teachers recei
 ve from practicing teachers during their school practice. Eleven themes of
  pre-service teachers’ mentoring needs emerge. Conceptions of mentoring 
 (i.e.\, minimal\; developed and extended) are used to interpret the nature
  of mentoring support provided by practicing teachers and challenges encou
 ntered in accessing and providing mentoring support. Possibilities for imp
 roving the mentoring process are suggested.  \n\nDr Rovincer Najjuma of Ma
 kerere University\, Uganda is currently visiting Cambridge having been awa
 rded a CAPREX Fellowship.  Dr Najjuma is being hosted by the Centre for Co
 mmonwealth Education and is working with Dr. Elaine Wilson who is supporti
 ng her research on University-School Partnerships and Quality Initial Teac
 her Education: Closing the Theory-Practice Gap.
LOCATION: MAB Boulind Rooms 6&amp\;7 Mary Allan Building\, Homerton Colleg
 e\, Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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