Collaborative approaches to teacher education

Collaboration is central to the work of a teacher; however, in traditional teacher education programs, there has been a tendency, particularly in the subject disciplines, for each academic to view their area as discrete from other course components. In order for pre-service teachers to see the value of collaboration, not only within but across disciplines, collaborative approaches should be modelled in teacher education programs. Examples of collaborations include the integration of literacy across coursework subjects, interdisciplinary workshops and combined assessment tasks.