ABSTRACT
Despite many claimed benefits, teacher collaboration remains patchy, under-theorised, and resisted. At the same time, new large teaching spaces offer teachers opportunities to teach in teams within and across school subjects to enhance teacher and student learning. In this paper we aim to contribute to theorising the nature and means of this form of collaboration, drawing on both relevant literature and analyses of three case studies of team teaching. We found that team teaching (a) is enabled and constrained by multiple contextual factors, and (b) potentially changes and enhances the nature and scope of teacher professional learning.
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Vaughan Prain
Vaughan Prain is a Professor in Science Education in the School of Education, Deakin University.
Sherridan Emery
Sherridan Emery is a Research Assistant at the University of Tasmania’s College of Arts, Law and Education.
Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in English Education at the University of Tasmania’s College of Arts, Law and Education.
Valerie Lovejoy
Valerie Lovejoy is an Honorary Associate at La Trobe University.
Cathleen Farrelly
Cathleen Farrelly has a doctorate in Health Education Curriculum.
Lindy Baxter
Lindy Baxter is a Research Assistant in the School of Education, La Trobe University.
Damian Blake
Damian Blake is a Professor in Education in the School of Education, Deakin University.
Craig Deed
Craig Deed is an Associate Professor in in the School of Education, La Trobe University.
Marie-Christina Edwards
Marie–Christina Edwards is a Lecturer in the School of Education, Faculty of Professional Studies at Acadia University in Nova Scotia.
Doug Fingland
Doug Fingland is Coordinator of Communities for Children, Anglicare, Tasmania.
Amanda Mooney
Amanda Mooneyis an Associate Professor in Education in the School of Education, Deakin University.
Tracey Muir
Tracey Muir is an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education at the University of Tasmania’s College of Arts, Law and Education
Karen Swabey
Karen Swabey is a Professor in Education at the University of Tasmania’s College of Arts, Law and Education.
Russell Tytler
Russell Tytler is a Professor in Science Education in the School of Education, Deakin University.
Emma Workman
Emma Workman is a Site Director in the School of Education, Deakin University.
Tina Daniel-Zitzlaff
Tina Daniel–Zitzlaff is a doctoral student in the School of Education, Deakin University.
Joanne Henriksen
Joanne Henriksen is a lecturer in Business Education Leadership in the School of Education, Deakin University.