Abstract
Beginning Teachers are confronted with numerous challenges especially in their first year of teaching. Therefore, many regions implement a policy of internship to support beginning teachers. In Hong Kong, the Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications (ACTEQ) proposed an internship scheme for beginning teachers in 2003; however, kindergarten teachers were excluded from the scheme. This paper examines the experiences of England and Taiwan and explores the feasibility of implementing such an internship scheme for beginning kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong. If a professionally-led internship scheme is implemented for beginning kindergarten teachers, the quality of kindergarten education will be enhanced.
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