Challenging the Status Quo of Teacher Education Programs

Author(s):  
Michael H. Romanowski ◽  
Thomas E. Oldenski
1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Martha McMillian

Academic advisors and counselors of future teachers can have a great impact on the status of education and its reform by attracting top-notch students into the field and by providing encouragement to those who select teaching as their career. Consequently, advising in teacher education programs should elicit top priority in funding and rewards. In this article, several suggestions are outlined for teacher education advisors who wish to become leaders in the education reform movement and who are concerned about dealing more effectively with students entering the profession of teaching.


Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler

Teacher Education programs worldwide are engaging in a digital conversation around best practices for supporting and teaching teacher candidates in the creation of digital content for a 21st century blended classroom. This chapter examines the status of teacher preparation in technology and explores current trends for instructors of the NextGen educator. Further the authors share how 21 Century Skills and global competencies among pre-service teachers can be applied in an online learning environment in teacher education programs.


2018 ◽  
pp. 2166-2188
Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler

Teacher Education programs worldwide are engaging in a digital conversation around best practices for supporting and teaching teacher candidates in the creation of digital content for a 21st century blended classroom. This chapter examines the status of teacher preparation in technology and explores current trends for instructors of the NextGen educator. Further the authors share how 21 Century Skills and global competencies among pre-service teachers can be applied in an online learning environment in teacher education programs.


1979 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 530-536
Author(s):  
Cherie Adler Aviv ◽  
Thomas J. Cooney

The survey reported here was conducted for the purpose of obtaining information about the status of secondary school mathematics teacher-education programs. The dearth of information about teacher-education programs was emphasized in the NACOME report (1975). The NACOME report particularly pointed out that little evidence exists on activities oriented toward preparation of mathematics teachers. This report represents an attempt to provide such information. In reporting the results, questions will be identified that need to be asked in order to obtain a clearer picture of the dynamics of a teacher-education program. We regret that we did not ask these questions.


Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler

Teacher Education programs worldwide are engaging in a digital conversation around best practices for supporting and teaching teacher candidates in the creation of digital content for a 21st century blended classroom. This chapter examines the status of teacher preparation in technology and explores current trends for instructors of the NextGen educator. Further the authors share how 21 Century Skills and global competencies among pre-service teachers can be applied in an online learning environment in teacher education programs.


Comunicar ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (49) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tiede ◽  
Silke Grafe

Various research works and practitioners conclude that media pedagogy should be integrated in teacher education in order to enable future teachers to use media for their lessons effectively and successfully. However, this realization is not necessarily reflected in actual university curricula, as preservice teachers at some places can still finish their studies without ever dealing with media pedagogical issues. To understand, assess and eventually improve the status of media pedagogical teacher education, comprehensive research is required. Against this background, the following article seeks to present a theory-based and empirical overview of the status quo of preservice teachers’ pedagogical media competencies focusing Germany and the USA exemplarily. To form a basis, different models of pedagogical media competencies from both countries will be introduced and the extent to which these competencies have become part of teacher education programs and related studies will be summarised. Afterwards, method and selected results of a study will be described where the skills in question were measured with students from both countries, based on a comprehensive model of pedagogical media competencies that connects German and international research in this field. The international comparative perspective will help broaden the viewpoint and understand differences, but also similarities. These data serve to identify different ways of integrating media pedagogy into teacher training and draw conclusions on the consequences these processes entail for preservice teachers and their pedagogical media competencies. Varios estudios de investigación y de práctica llegan a la conclusión de que la pedagogía de los medios debe integrarse en la formación de profesores para que estos futuros docentes puedan utilizar los medios de comunicación en sus clases con eficacia y éxito. Sin embargo, estos resultados no se reflejan en los programas universitarios vigentes, de manera que en algunas instituciones los profesores en formación pueden llegar al término de sus estudios sin haber abordado cuestiones de educación en medios. Para comprender, evaluar y más adelante mejorar la situación actual de la formación del profesorado en el ámbito de la pedagogía de los medios se necesitan extensas investigaciones. Teniendo en cuenta esta situación, el siguiente artículo presenta un resumen del «statu quo» de las competencias en pedagogía de los medios de los futuros profesores, centrándose en los ejemplos de Alemania y EEUU. Para crear una base presentamos diferentes modelos de competencias pedagógicas mediáticas de ambos países e intentaremos responder a la pregunta si estas competencias son promovidas por los programas de formación del profesorado. Después, se describirán el método y resultados seleccionados de un estudio que midió las competencias en pedagogía de los medios de estudiantes de ambos países, estudio basado en un modelo generalizador de competencias pedagógicas mediáticas que conectan la investigación alemana e internacional en este campo. La perspectiva internacional comparada ayuda a extender perspectivas y comprender diferencias y similitudes. Los datos de este estudio sirven para identificar diferentes formas de integrar la pedagogía de los medios de comunicación en la formación del profesorado. Además, se pueden sacar conclusiones sobre las consecuencias que implican estos procesos para profesores en formación y sus competencias mediáticas.


2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Colin Bakker ◽  
Kate Dubensky ◽  
Lyndze Harvey ◽  
Graham P. McDonough

In teacher education programs, there is a prevalent belief that having teacher candidates compose personalized ‘my philosophy of education’ (MPE) statements is a valuable exercise that prepares them for the teaching profession. This paper argues that the prevailing intentions for, and common practice of, assigning these MPE statements to teacher candidates are problematic because they distort both the discipline of philosophy and the purpose of philosophy of education courses. The argument’s first section situates the practice of assigning MPE statements within the context of teacher education programs’ strong commitments to social constructivism and the reflective practitioner, and relates the problems associated with those commitments. It then reviews literature that describes the common properties and practices of assigning MPE statements. The second and third sections then develop the arguments that MPEs rely on and reinforce distortions of philosophy as a discipline and misconceptions about the purposes of philosophy of education courses in teacher education programs. Those two arguments share a theme that MPE statements reduce philosophy and philosophizing about education to declaring and clarifying an unexamined personal commitment, and hence drift toward enabling relativism. Finally, the conclusion relates how, in conjunction with those distortions, the use of MPE statements has acquired the function of certifying a teacher’s suitability to fit within the status quo. This situation, it claims, unfortunately distracts candidates and others in the teaching profession from developing their critical philosophical skills in responding to the epistemic, moral, and political realities of education and schooling.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torjer A. Olsen ◽  
Hilde Sollid ◽  
Åse Mette Johansen

Skal du bli lærer i Norge, må du kunne ivareta rettighetene til samiske barn og ungdommer, men også opplæring om samiske forhold for alle elever. Dette slår de nasjonale forskriftene om rammeplan for lærerutdanningene fast. Hva betyr egentlig dette for lærerutdanningene? I denne artikkelen utforsker vi dette spørsmålet ved å se rammeplanens føringer i sammenheng med samiske temaers plass i utdanningssystemet. Innledningsvis presenterer vi det historiske og juridiske grunnlaget for at denne tematikken skal være integrert i lærerutdanningene. Et riss av kunnskapsstatusen på feltet gir imidlertid et klart inntrykk av at den politiske støtten til samiske interesser har vært og er utfordrende å implementere i skolen generelt og i lærerutdanningene spesielt. I forlengelsen av dette oppsummerer vi hva rammeplanene for lærerutdanningene faktisk sier om samiske tema. Vi peker på en uttalt mainstreamingdimensjon, der planbeskrivelsene gjelder for alle lærerstudenter, ikke bare for dem som skal være lærere for samiske elever i samiske skoler. Disse føringene knyttes videre til en refleksjon rundt samiske og urfolksrelaterte temaers plass i et helhetlig utdanningsløp, og vi argumenterer for at både utvikling av interkulturell kompetanse og utdanning i medborgerskap er relevante overordna målsettinger i denne sammenhengen. Avslutningsvis løfter vi fram behovet for et nasjonalt kompetanseløft på veien mot en lærerutdanning som tar samiske forhold på alvor og samiske perspektiver i bruk.Nøkkelord: lærerutdanning, rammeplaner, urfolksutdanning, indigenisering, mainstreaming, interkulturell kompetanseAbstractIf you study to become a teacher in Norway, you are obliged to learn to maintain the rights of Sámi children and youth, as well as to provide education on Sámi issues for all pupils. This is expressed in the national regulations for the teacher education programs. What does this mean for teacher education programs? In this article, we explore this issue by examining the implications of the curriculum with regard to the role of Sámi and indigenous issues in the general educational system. We present the historical and legal basis for the integration of this topic in teacher education. However, a brief overview of the status of knowledge in this field shows that the political support of Sámi interests has been, and still is difficult to implement in education in general, and in teacher education in particular. Next, we summarize what the national curriculum for teacher education actually says about Sámi issues. We point to an explicit mainstreaming dimension where the curriculum goals are obligatory for all teacher students, not only for future teachers for Sámi students in Sámi schools. These guidelines are further connected to a reflexive practice around the place of Sámi and indigenous issues in education, and we argue that both the development of intercultural competence and citizenship education are relevant overarching goals in this context. Finally, we propose a national competence strategy on the road towards developing a Norwegian teacher education that takes Sámi issues and perspectives seriously.Keywords: teacher education, curricula, indigenous education, indigenisation, mainstreaming, intercultural competence


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