Dr Lee Rusznyak’s research investigates the knowledge bases that support pre-service teachers and novice teachers as they learn to teach. Her present focus is on how different types of teacher knowledge are best taught and assessed, so that they can be used by novice teachers as a basis for pedagogic decision making in their developing practice. This research focus therefore spans the theoretical and practical learning of prospective teachers as they move into and through pre-service teacher education programmes, and into diverse schooling contexts as beginner teachers.Lee is a member of the forum of the Unesco Chair in Teacher Education for Diversity and Development at the Wits School of Education. She convenes the special interest group in initial teacher education at SAERA, the South African Education Researchers Association. She was a researcher on the Initial Teacher Education Research Project coordinated by JET Education Services. She is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Centre of Knowledge Building, University of Sydney and regularly acts as a peer reviewer for a range of international and national journals. She is currently working with the South African Council of Educators to develop a set of national standards for Professional Teachers in South Africa.
