Using Photovoice to Initiate Improvement in a PETE Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Walker ◽  
Jody L. Langdon ◽  
Gavin Colquitt ◽  
Starla McCollum
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Curricular Change

There is limited research that includes democratic practices to evaluate the PETE program in its ability to prepare preservice teachers (PTs). In other areas such as community health, methodologies have been used to provide a voice to individuals living the experience. The purpose of this study was to examine PTs’ perceptions of a teacher education program during the student teaching experience using Photovoice. A group of PTs (N = 16) from a university in southeast Georgia were given 14 days to capture the strengths and weakness of their teacher preparation program through photography. The PTs then discussed their photographs during two focus groups with the researcher. The focus groups were audio recorded and transcribed. Data analysis included an evaluation of interview transcripts and photographs using content analysis to identify significant themes that emerged. An action plan to promote curricular change was created by the PTs and presented to PETE faculty.

The PDSA Overhaul

2017 ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Joy N. Stapleton ◽  
Kristen C. Cuthrell ◽  
Christina M. Tschida ◽  
Elizabeth A. Fogarty
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Pdsa Cycle ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

This chapter describes how faculty in a large, rural teacher preparation program adopted a model for change built upon the tenets of improvement science and the PDSA cycle. Using PDSA in teacher preparation allows programs to pilot the innovations and test refinements quickly. Data are collected and analyzed as the innovations are implemented so changes can be made on an ongoing basis and the innovations can become increasingly effective. A case study surrounding critical reform areas for teacher preparation will be described to show how elementary education faculty moved through multiple PDSA cycles while reforming teacher candidate support in the year-long student teaching experience. The considerations, challenges, and opportunities for using the PDSA cycle in teacher preparation programs will also be presented. This case study can serve as a model for other teacher preparation programs looking to use disciplined inquiry to drive program improvement.

scholarly journals US elementary preservice teachers’ experiences while teaching to students in Taiwan

2014 ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiu-Lien Lu ◽  
Lina Soares
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
International Student ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers ◽  
International Student Teaching

The idea to prepare prospective teachers to teach in increasingly diverse US schools still raises a number of questions about how an international student teaching experience can be important and beneficial to student learning. What do preservice teachers perceive to be the benefits from an international student teaching experience? What do preservice teachers perceive as challenges during an international student teaching experience? This paper shares findings from a phenomenological study of four U.S. elementary preservice teachers’ experiences during a five-week international student teaching opportunity in Taiwan. The findings of this study support the scholarship of teaching and learning that is grounded in the quest to understand the connection between students’ experiences and learning (Hutchings, 1999). The findings could further provide insights into the implementation process and the support that student teachers need in order to gain a successful experience from an international student teaching opportunity provided by the teacher education program.    

scholarly journals Implementing Action Research in a Teacher Preparation Program: Opportunities and Limitations

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-71
Author(s):  
Glenda L. Black
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Action research has the potential to reconstruct schools into professional learning communities that are able to identify educational issues and develop appropriate solutions for 21st century learning. Increasingly, teacher education programs are providing action research experiences to encourage analytical thinking and problem-solving skills (Darling-Hammond, 2009, 2012). The purpose of this study was to critically examine the experiences of the teacher educator and teacher candidates involved in the implementation of an action research component over four years in a revised consecutive initial teacher preparation program. A case study design using action research methodology was used in the research, which provided the tools to explore a complex phenomenon within its context: the implementation of an action research assignment in a core course in a teacher preparation program. The perceptions of the faculty teaching the course and the teacher candidates (n=544) in each of the four years provided insight into challenges, benefits, and lessons learned.  The discussion centers on the implementation of action research in a compulsory course in a teacher education program; identifying opportunities and limitations settled into four main categories: structural incongruence, reflection, growth, and recommendations.

The Systematic Development of Teaching Skills: A Sequence of Planned Pedagogical Experiences

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Taggart
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Field Experiences ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education

Clinical and field experiences in physical education teacher education programs have gradually been added to the student teaching experience to allow student teachers more opportunities to develop teaching skills. The quality of these experiences appears to depend largely on the many contextual variables the student teachers confront rather than the successful performance of the teaching skills being practiced. If beginning physical education teachers are to share in a pedagogy developed from research in classroom management, instructional time, and teaching strategies, and if teaching skills are to be developed specific to these areas, then repeated supervised practice in a variety of settings is needed. The teacher education program described contains a sequentially arranged pattern of nine clinical and field experiences culminating in the final student teaching experience. The essential features of the pedagogical experiences are detailed, emphasizing time engaged in practice teaching, teaching skill focus, supervisory/data collection focus, and pupil teacher ratio.

Promoting Culturally Responsive Pedagogical Competence among Preservice Teachers

2017 ◽  
pp. 643-664
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Adjei-Boateng
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Preservice Teacher ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Preservice Teacher Preparation ◽  
Pedagogical Competence

This chapter examines primary issues confronting preservice teacher preparation in the US public schools. There are several issues confronting teaching and teacher education programs. However, this chapter explores cultural and linguistic diversity issues given the critical need for inclusive education. The increasing nature of demographic changes in the schools and the U.S. society also has ramifications for students' learning and preservice teacher preparation. To that end, this chapter examines efforts by organizations and educational researchers to respond to the phenomenon of demographic changes in US public schools and the need to equip teachers with competencies needed to help students become successful in schools. The author examines how one teacher education program is preparing teachers to meet the demands of teaching culturally and linguistically diverse student population. Finally, the author provides suggestions on how to improve and enhance culturally responsive pedagogical competence among preservice teachers.

Exploring Digitally Enhanced Literacy Practices With Preservice Teachers

2020 ◽  
pp. 394-416
Author(s):  
Meredith J. C. Swallow ◽  
Kathryn Will-Dubyak
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Elementary Student ◽  
Instructional Decisions ◽  
Integration Of Technology

Two professors in a teacher preparation program purposefully examined their courses for ways in which the learning opportunities in each separate course could be connected to facilitate development of preservice teachers' understandings of purposeful integration of technology within literacy instruction for elementary student learners. Preservice teachers in the courses used their knowledge of children's literature and best practices to create rich learning opportunities before examining them through the lens of the TPACK framework and SAMR model. This process enhanced and transformed preservice teachers' instructional decisions to illuminate educational technology as part of literacy instruction.

Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Perceived Physical Literacy and Teaching Efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-156
Author(s):  
Siu-Ming Choi ◽  
Raymond Kim-Wai Sum ◽  
Tristan Wallhead ◽  
Amy Sau-Ching Ha ◽  
Cindy Hui-Ping Sit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Teaching Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Physical Literacy ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Education Teacher

Physical education teacher education is a time when preservice teachers can reinforce their physical literacy (PL). Professional coursework within the teacher preparation program should also develop their teaching efficacy. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to examine the predictive relationship between preservice physical education teachers’ perceived PL and teaching efficacy. The findings revealed that the PL dimension of self-expression and communication with others was the most significant predictor of teaching efficacy in developing content knowledge, applying scientific knowledge to teaching, teaching students with special needs, and using technology. Furthermore, preservice teachers’ knowledge and understanding of PL predicted their teaching efficacy in accommodating skill level differences within instruction. These predictive relationships suggest that preservice teachers’ PL influences their efficacy to enact effective teaching behaviors and should remain an ongoing priority of physical education teacher preparation programming suggested by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Preparing Native American Special Education Teachers: Lessons Learned from the Rural Special Education Project

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Delany-Barmann ◽  
Greg Prater ◽  
Sam Minner
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Native American ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Navajo Nation ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Education Project

Twelve Navajo preservice teachers in the Rural Special Education Project on the Navajo Nation in Kayenta, Arizona, shared their perceptions regarding the factors which enabled them and constrained them as they completed a special education teacher preparation program. Several themes emerged during the process of interviewing the students including the importance of cultural teachings and family support; the influence of language factors, financial constraints, and cultural responsibilities; and the lack of availability of educational opportunities on the Navajo Nation. Each of these factors is discussed in this article and recommendations are made for others interested in establishing successful teacher preparation programs for Native American students.

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