scholarly journals Schools as Artifacts: Critical Autoethnography and Teacher Renewal

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 1121-1142
Author(s):  
Brian Andrew Benoit
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Teacher Renewal ◽  
Memory Work ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Critical Autoethnography

This article examines how past memories can shape how we see the present and future in the context of teacher education and professional development. Using qualitative inquiry, drawing in particular on self-study and memory-work, I explore the ways in which critical autoethnography can serve as a tool for personal and professional growth in the context of teacher identity.

The Question Teacher and the Case for a Therapeutic Turn Within Teacher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles S. Keck
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Systemic Resistance ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Teacher Renewal ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Relational Difficulties

Reflexivity figures increasingly in teacher education, and different reflexive turns have produced a range of directions for thinking about teachers and teaching. This article problematizes some reflexive practices, including self-study and teacher renewal, as a means of contextualizing a call for the inclusion of a therapeutic reflexivity aimed at the “question teacher.” Derived from the psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic subject, this “question teacher” is vulnerable and motivated by forces not entirely conscious or rational. It is argued that a psychotherapeutic pedagogy enables teachers to address their existential and relational difficulties and contributes to a teacher education that sees teacher identity and practice as highly relational and situated. Examples of a fully committed therapeutic reflexivity are given, alongside some research results of their transformational potential. It is proposed that the generation of empirical evidence for the efficacy of therapeutic reflexivity will permit its advocates to answer critics and overcome a systemic resistance.

scholarly journals ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY IN INDONESIA: Impact to Teacher Education and Professional Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-203
Author(s):  
Satia Prihatni Zen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
International Education ◽  
International Development ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
International Education Policy

The paper discussed the implication of adopting international education policy in Indonesia through international development aid and funding. Specific implications to teacher education and teacher professional development was discussed by analyzing two education reforms enacted in 1980 to 1990’s. The paper describes implementation processes and challenges faced by the programs from local dynamics especially on how social, political and historical influence teacher identity as well as teaching culture. The implications to school, district as well as national policy was discussed in light of uniformity of educational system by dissemination of best practices and model of education through aid and other cooperative projects. Local responses to international education policy is increasingly relevant to ensure education reform will respond local needs and sensitive to local context.Artikel ini mendiskusikan implikasi dari mengadopsi kebijakan international di Indonesia melalui dana dan bantuan international. Khususnya, dampak pada pendidikan guru dan perkembangan professional guru dikaji melalui dua program pendidikan yang diterapkan pada tahun 1980-an hingga 1990-an. Deskripsi dari pelaksanaan dan tantangan yang dihadapi dalam implementasi program tersebut dilihat dari konteks local dimana pengaruh social, politik dan sejarah mewarnai konsepsi identitas guru serta budaya pengajaran di sekolah. Implikasi pada kebijakan sekolah, pemerintah local dan nasional dimana kecenderungan akan penyeragaman system pendidikan terjadi melalui kerjasama dan bantuan juga dijabarkan. Artikel ini menekankan pentingnya respon local yang relevan terhadap penerapan kebijakan pendidikan internasional agar sensitive terhadap kebutuhan dan konteks local itu sendiri.

Using Qualitative Inquiry and Self-Study to Make Sense of Data Use Practices in Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Jahnette Wilson ◽  
Sam Brower ◽  
Teresa Edgar ◽  
Amber Thompson ◽  
Shea Culpepper
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Data Use ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Self Study

Accountability and rigor in teacher education have been the focus of recent policy initiatives. Thus, data use practices have become increasingly critical to informing program improvement. Educational researchers have established self-study as a research methodology to intentionally be used by teacher educators to improve their practice. The purpose of the self-study described in this article was to examine the data use practices of one teacher preparation program in an effort to facilitate improvement of the program's capacity in using program data. The qualitative data gathered in this case study proved to be pivotal in the continuous improvement efforts of the teacher preparation program; thus, the usefulness and value of the findings within this case study have implications for how institutional self-study and qualitative data can support quantitative programmatic data in order to facilitate programmatic improvement initiatives.

scholarly journals From an Active Learner to a Reflective Practitioner: Learning to Become a Professional Indonesian EFL Instructor

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teuku Zulfikar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Reflective Learning ◽  
Reflective Practitioner ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Active Learner ◽  
First Contact

For teachers, professional development is a lifelong journey and a complex and multi-dimensional process. Effective professional development requires practitioners to engage not only in training but also in habitual reflection. However, research on reflective learning within the context of Indonesian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching, at both secondary and tertiary levels, is limited. Using the-Self Study, Qualitative Inquiry this article explores my reflective practices in the Indonesian educational context. It is structured around a narration of my roles as an active EFL learner and instructor which have led me to become a reflective practitioner. The article starts with my first contact with English and then goes on to my later learning-teaching experiences. It highlights the process of my reflective learning experience and its influence on my practices as an EFL instructor. In doing so, it aims to encourage similar awareness and reflective professional development in Indonesian EFL teachers. My reflection reveals that learning from experience allows educational practitioners to improve professional competent.

scholarly journals Design Principles for the Professional Development of Teacher Educators: Illustrations of Narration, Dialogue and Self-study

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Bregje de Vries ◽  
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Anja Swennen ◽  
Jurriën Dengerink ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Inquiry Dialogue

Teacher education has been recognized increasingly as a profession that fundamentally differs from teaching pupils in schools. This has resulted in teacher educator development programs which address the uniqueness of the profession. In this article we depart from this recognition of teacher education as a profession outlining the specifics of teacher education, and we describe a professional development program for teacher educators run in the Netherlands. We describe its building blocks and three design principles – narrative inquiry, dialogue and self-study – and illustrate their value by examples of evaluations taken from the program.

scholarly journals Self-Study Research: Chalenges and Opportunities in Teacher Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kåre Hauge
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Shed Light

This article aims to describe what self-study research is, why self-study can be a good approach to teacher educators’ professional development and improvements in practice and highlight some challenges and opportunities in this research approach. In addition, the article will shed light on some methodological aspects related to self-study. Self-study refers to teacher educators who in an intentionally and systematically way examine their practice to improve it, based on a deeper understanding of practice, as well as the context practice takes place. In the article, I argue that engaging in self-study is a learning and development process and an approach to developing personal professionalism, collective professionalism and improvements in practice.

Mentoring as meaningful professional development

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
William Walters ◽  
Daniel Bruce Robinson ◽  
Jared Walters
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Mentor Teachers ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Teaching Identity ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Study Methodology

Purpose Within teacher education, many experienced in-service teachers routinely mentor pre-service teachers during teaching practicums. Notwithstanding the benefits pre-service teachers are meant to experience from these mentor–protégé relationships and experiences, recent research has demonstrated that mentors, too, may experience some (oftentimes unintended) potential benefits. The purpose of this paper is to further investigate such potential benefits within a Canadian secondary school physical education (PE) context. Design/methodology/approach The researchers employed a qualitative case study methodology. The three primary data sources included field observations/notes, journals and interviews. More specifically, over a ten-week period, the researchers made 26 field visits, observing two mentors’ interactions with five protégés before, during, and after PE class instruction; collected the two mentors’ ten journal entries, all made in response to researcher-provided writing prompts; and interviewed the two mentors, both individually and together. Findings The mentor teachers viewed the mentor–protégé relationship/experience as meaningful professional development, recognizing that it approximated a professional learning community. Relatedly, the mentor teachers experienced professional growth with respect to their own teaching identity and teaching practice. Research limitations/implications This research could inform those who structure and/or coordinate mentoring research within teacher education programs so that they might place a more purposeful focus upon the potential and/or idealized outcomes for mentors (as well as for protégés). Given the single case study methodology, this research may lack generalizability to other educational contexts. Originality/value This research adds to the emerging body of research that investigates how mentoring may provide benefits to mentors. More specifically, this research suggests benefits to mentors relate, especially, to their own teaching identity and practice.

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