The participants’ involvement in the CCD program had established that with proper
scaffolding and guidance from senior teachers and by placing the PSTs in the Zone of
Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1978), IPSTs are able to build on their confidence,
improve on their communicate ability, link theory and practice and get accustomed to the
Australian curriculum and education system. Incorporating a support mechanism like the
CCD program in teacher education could overcome the lack of cohesion that is often
identified in the literature between education programs in universities and placement
facilitators (House of Representatives, 2007).