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Author: Cullen, Carmel Ann × End date: 1998 × Start date: 1990 × Subject: Training of ×

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    A detailed case study of one reading recovery tutor training program
    Cullen, Carmel Ann ( 1995)
    The purpose of this study was to closely monitor the implementation of the Reading Recovery Tutor Training Program at the University of Melbourne during 1994. This case study was designed to investigate the Reading Recovery Tutor and Teacher Training Program in the light of the apprenticeship model. The notions of change and reflective practice were clearly identified as being major components of the Reading Recovery training model and were therefore investigated as part of this study. This small case study produced a large quantity of research data, which included individual reflective journals and writing, transcripts of initial and final interviews, work samples and program data, the researcher's journals and observational notes. The key findings of the study revealed that this Reading Recovery Tutor Training Program has much to offer future training programs with its deliberate attention to the understandings of mentoring and reflective practice. The study highlighted a dichotomy between the apprenticeship model of training as reported in the literature reviewed, and this Reading Recovery Tutor Training Program. This Reading Recovery Training Program placed great importance on the understanding that competent professionals need to have a sound 'confidence of judgement'. The valuing of the notion of 'confidence of judgement' along with, conscious and deliberate reflection have wide implications for future Reading' Recovery Tutor and Teacher Training Programs.