Bernadette Walker-Gibbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 2488355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernadette Walker-Gibbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernadette |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker-Gibbs |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER-GIBBS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7175-7874 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Developing quality community connections through a regional preservice teacher placement program
The recruitment and retention of teachers in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia remains a persistent challenge. Greater awareness of and experience in regional, rural and remote schools is a common strategy adopted by initial teacher education providers to mediate this challenge. This paper examines the quality of connection between preservice teachers and a regional community developed through a multi-university placement program. The…
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
To address teacher shortages in regional and rural areas, a number of initiatives have been implemented to attract teacher candidates, particularly from regional and rural areas, to teach in these areas. This systematic literature review aims to identify such initiatives reported between 2000 and 2022 and the evidence of their impact. Of the 15 articles identified, this review revealed that federally and state-funded alternative pathways, as well…
Interdisciplinary Unsettlings of Place and Space
Moving beyond a 'bums-on-seats' analysis of progress towards widening participation
In 2010, the Australian government established the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme – a funding agenda to promote programmes that respond to the under-representation in higher education of people from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Many government-funded programmes and projects have since emerged that respond to the problem of low SES under-representation, based on partnerships between higher education provid…
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
To address teacher shortages in regional and rural areas, a number of initiatives have been implemented to attract teacher candidates, particularly from regional and rural areas, to teach in these areas. This systematic literature review aims to identify such initiatives reported between 2000 and 2022 and the evidence of their impact. Of the 15 articles identified, this review revealed that federally and state-funded alternative pathways, as well…
Moving beyond a 'bums-on-seats' analysis of progress towards widening participation
In 2010, the Australian government established the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme – a funding agenda to promote programmes that respond to the under-representation in higher education of people from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Many government-funded programmes and projects have since emerged that respond to the problem of low SES under-representation, based on partnerships between higher education provid…
Moving beyond a 'bums-on-seats' analysis of progress towards widening participation
In 2010, the Australian government established the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme – a funding agenda to promote programmes that respond to the under-representation in higher education of people from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Many government-funded programmes and projects have since emerged that respond to the problem of low SES under-representation, based on partnerships between higher education provid…
Interdisciplinary Unsettlings of Place and Space
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
To address teacher shortages in regional and rural areas, a number of initiatives have been implemented to attract teacher candidates, particularly from regional and rural areas, to teach in these areas. This systematic literature review aims to identify such initiatives reported between 2000 and 2022 and the evidence of their impact. Of the 15 articles identified, this review revealed that federally and state-funded alternative pathways, as well…
Developing quality community connections through a regional preservice teacher placement program
The recruitment and retention of teachers in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia remains a persistent challenge. Greater awareness of and experience in regional, rural and remote schools is a common strategy adopted by initial teacher education providers to mediate this challenge. This paper examines the quality of connection between preservice teachers and a regional community developed through a multi-university placement program. The…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Rural area (2 works) · Teacher education (2 works) · Teacher Preparation (2 works)