Put posters over the glass bit on the door and disappear: tutor perspectives on the use of VLEs to support pre-service teachers, Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (2), 169-181.

Linda Clarke; Lesley Abbott

doi:10.1080/13562510801923252

Put posters over the glass bit on the door and disappear: tutor perspectives on the use of VLEs to support pre-service teachers, Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (2), 169-181.

Linda Clarke, Lesley Abbott

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This study examines the perspectives of teacher tutors on the value of the onlinecomponents of PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) courses at theUniversity of Ulster. The work has been undertaken as part of the ESRC-fundedproject, A Values-based Approach to Teacher Education. It is set within the valueladencontexts of government investment in ICT infrastructure and strategy andof the post-RAE2001 angst that has been evident among researchers ineducational informatics.The study draws upon elements of Community of Practice theory, seekingevidence for commonalities of domain, community and practice. Evidence of theseis to be found in the responses of the tutors and the online community isparticularly valued as an antidote to the tendency of teachers: to hide away inclassrooms . . . and put posters over the glass bit on the door and disappear.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-181
Journal	Teaching in Higher Education
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13562510801923252
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Apr 2008

Bibliographical note

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practice among student teachers. Journal of Information Technology in Teacher Education 11,
no. 2: 15773.
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survey of the induction and early professional development of beginning teachers. http://
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no. 2: 15372.
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review of research and projects. Futurelab, Bristol. http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/
lit_reviews.htm
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York: Longman.
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continuing professional development. GTCNI, Belfast. http://www.gtcni.org.uk/
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Education and Information Technologies 8, no. 2: 16577.
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180 L. Clarke and L. Abbott
Downloaded By: [University of Ulster] At: 10:43 2 April 2008
Research Association annual conference, University of Sussex, 25 September, in Brighton,
UK.
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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now? Technology, Pedagogy and Education 13, no. 1: 13546.
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technologies. www.ewenger.com.
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MA: Harvard Business School Press.

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