Your Professional Experience Handbook, 2nd Edition

Associate Professor Michael Cavanagh is Director of Learning and Teaching in the School of Education at Macquarie University. He has been a teacher and academic for more than 30 years, with extensive experience in teacher education and as a mentor of preservice teachers. Michael is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has received national recognition for his contribution to student learning in higher education. His current research interests include investigating how best to support the development of preservice teachers’ reflective practice and the professional learning of teachers in universities and schools.

Associate Professor Anne Prescott has been working at the University of Technology, Sydney, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences since 2004. She has been teaching in schools and universities for over 30 years, including working with preservice teachers on professional experience. Her research interests include supporting preservice teachers on professional experience and teachers in their early years of teaching. Over the past 10 years, Anne has also been working with teachers in a remote region of Nepal to improve the educational outcomes for students.