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Addressing the Strengths and Weaknesses of the ‘Real-Time Coaching for Pre-service Teachers Model’

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A key challenge facing teacher educators today is how to educate pre-service teachers to become confident, reflective practitioners and to continue to learn through their own teaching practice. This chapter addressed the strengths and weaknesses of the Real-Time Coaching for Pre-service Teachers Model, barriers to its adoption and possible ways forward for future research.

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  1. University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

    Garth Stahl

  2. University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

    Erica Sharplin

  3. University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Benjamin Kehrwald

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Stahl, G., Sharplin, E., Kehrwald, B. (2018). Addressing the Strengths and Weaknesses of the ‘Real-Time Coaching for Pre-service Teachers Model’. In: Real-Time Coaching and Pre-Service Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6397-8_7

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