The Significance of Race and Social Class for Self-Study and The Professional Knowledge Base of Teacher Education$*$

2004 ◽  
pp. 517-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enora Brown
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Self Study

scholarly journals Når kunnskap blir styrende: Læreres rekontekstualisering av nye kunnskapsformer

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hege Hermansen ◽  
Sølvi Mausethagen
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

I de senere årene har blant annet norske elevers resultater på internasjonale og nasjonale undersøkelser blitt brukt til å legitimere politiske initiativer for å styrke læreres kunnskap, hvor vektlegging av forskning og elevresultater har stått sentralt. Disse kunnskapsformene, som karakteriseres av å være abstrakte og generiske, står på mange måter i kontrast til de mer kontekstuelle og erfaringsbaserte kunnskapsformene som lenge har stått sentralt i lærer­profesjonen. I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi ulike utfordringer som denne utviklingen skaper, på bakgrunn av læreres oppfatninger og erfaringer rundt disse endringene i deres kunnskapsgrunnlag. Mer spesifikt belyser vi hvordan lærere tilnærmer seg nye kunnskapsformer og setter dem i sammenheng med eksisterende praksis, en prosess vi omtaler som rekontekstualisering. Artikkelen er et teoretisk bidrag som har som formål å belyse læreres samhandling med nye kunnskapsformer. Med støtte i empiri fra to doktorgradsavhandlinger, viser vi hvordan abstrakte kunnskapsformer fordrer at lærerne må utøve et betydelig “oversettelsesarbeid” for at ny kunnskap skal oppleves som relevant. Videre diskuterer vi hvordan dette oversettelsesarbeidet får konsekvenser for hvordan læreres autonomi og ansvarsområder formes, og for hvordan profesjonens kunnskapsbase videreutvikles. Til slutt diskuterer vi implikasjoner for lærer­utdanningen, med vekt på hvordan lærerstudenter kan utvikle et grunnlag for å håndtere dilemmaer i spenningsfeltet mellom profesjonskunnskap, ansvar og autonomi.Nøkkelord: lærerarbeid, profesjonskunnskap, lærerutdanning, læreres kunn­skapsbase, utdanningsreformer, lærerprofesjonalitetAbstract In recent years, Norwegian students’ results on national and international tests have been used to legitimise political initiatives aimed at strengthening teachers’ knowledge, emphasising the importance of research and systematic analysis of student results. These abstract and generic forms of knowledge represent a contrast to the contextual and experience based knowledge that has historically been important in the teaching profession. In this article we discuss some of the challenges associated with this development, based on teachers’ perceptions about and experiences with these changes to their knowledge base. More specifically, we examine how teachers approach new forms of knowledge and relate them to existing forms of practice, a process we refer to as recontextualisation. The article is a theoretical contribution which aims to shed light on teachers’ interactions with new forms of knowledge. Using data from two PhD dissertations as empirical illustrations, we show how abstract forms of knowledge require that teachers conduct significant “translation work” for new knowledge resources to be experienced as relevant to established practice. We also discuss the implications of these processes of translation for how teachers’ autonomy and responsibilities are shaped, and for how the profession’s knowledge base is developed. Finally, we outline implications for teacher education, emphasising how student teachers can develop a basis for handling dilemmas that emerge from the tensions between professional knowledge, responsibility and autonomy.Keywords: professional knowledge, teacher education, teachers’ knowledge base, educational reforms, teacher professionalism

Missing a S-STEP? How self-study of teacher education practice can support the language teacher education knowledge base

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Madigan Peercy ◽  
Judy Sharkey
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Teacher Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Self Study

Inspired by the recognition of teachers and teacher learning in the knowledge base and the calls for greater attention to the pedagogies and development of teacher educators, in this brief essay we posit that a deeper understanding of the teacher educator as scholar, as practitioner, as researcher, is critical to the LTE knowledge base.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (PCK): SOME USEFUL MODELS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS’ TRAINING

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Carmen Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Good Teacher ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Teaching Activity ◽  
Teachers Training

In recent years the profession of teaching has reached a maturity to the point of being considered a producer of own knowledge necessary to the practice. The teacher is no longer seen as a technician, but as an intellectual actor and the specialized literature advocates teaching as a profession, and it recognizes that the teacher has “knowledge base”, a set of skills that are developed during his teaching activity. The Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is a concept that seeks to represent the teachers’ professional knowledge and it has been widely used in the literature about teachers' knowledge. It has proved a fruitful model for investigations aimed to document the knowledge that makes one a good teacher. Despite the relevance that the PCK is, the consensus on what is the PCK is still far from being achieved and many researches propose different models and concepts for the PCK, sometimes conflicting. Many works brings the PCK and speak of it as if it were a clear concept and do not clarify which model / conception are using, which makes investigations on the PCK difficult and ends up attracting a lot of criticism. Thus, this study aims to look critically at the various models proposed in the literature most used and point differences and similarities so that an overview can be built with more insight and analyze their use and validity. The study will also present some ways to have access to PCK and the relation between PCK and teacher education is also discussed. Key words: knowledge base of teaching; pedagogical content knowledge; professional knowledge; teachers’ education; teachers’ knowledge.

A Collaborative Self Study of Critical Digital Pedagogies in Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-182
Author(s):  
Jamilee Baroud ◽  
Pooja Dharamshi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Digital Pedagogies

Reaching to Transgress: A Critical Self-study of a Teacher Education Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 105708372110536
Author(s):  
Diana R. Dansereau ◽  
Andrew Goodrich ◽  
Karin S. Hendricks ◽  
Tawnya D. Smith ◽  
Kinh T. Vu
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Assembly Line ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Music Teacher Education ◽  
Bell Hooks ◽  
Self Study ◽  
The Mind

Teaching to transgress, according to bell hooks, entails educators moving beyond an assembly-line approach to embrace integration of the mind, body, and spirit, and engaging in ways that honor the uniqueness of all students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate our music teacher education program in order to critically analyze how our practices may or may not transgress. In keeping with principles of S-STEP (Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices), we share the provocation for the study and its multiple overlapping stages. We present themes from the S-STEP process resulting from the data, and then reconsider those data using scholarly literature. Findings include the intellectual and spiritual growth of students and educators, and the challenges inherent in teaching to transgress within an online environment.

scholarly journals Preparing teachers for HIV/AIDS education: integrated and interdisciplinary pre-service teacher education

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Van Laren
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Intermediate Phase ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Integrated Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Hiv Aids

This article focuses on the views of pre-service teachers regarding an appropriate model for integrating HIV/AIDS education at a Faculty of Education. The final-year foundation and intermediate phase teachers were introduced to integrating HIV/AIDS education in Mathematics education and reflected on their four years of training. By using self-study methodology, the opinions and experiences of pre-service teachers of the two models of HIV/AIDS education in teacher preparation were explored, aiming to improve the manner in which pre-service teachers could be prepared to teach in the social and educational context of HIV/AIDS. The pre-service teachers indicated that they are under-prepared to teach in this context. Pre-service teachers were of the opinion that they could, however, be better prepared through HIV/AIDS teacher education that includes both discipline/subject and integrated models of teacher education

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