Marion Milton|Mary Rohl|Helen House
Secondary Beginning Teacher's Preparedness to Teach Literacy and Numeracy: A Survey
Edith Cowan University|University of Western Australia|University of Western Australia
paper reports findings australiawide survey conducted part national teacher education research project explored preparation teachers teach literacy numeracy australian schools louden rohl gore greaves mcintosh wright siemon house 2005 1 project included various phases inquiry beginning desk audit teacher education program characteristics international literature review gore griffiths 2002 drew literature published english last decades issues identified literature review guided construction set national focus groups targeted early years primary secondary teachers teacher educators data focus groups informed three nationally representative questionnaire surveys purpose determine preparedness new graduates teach literacy numeracy range school students survey designed following three groups senior school staff primary beginning teachers secondary beginning teachers