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This article presents a case study from a larger research study which examined teachers’ experiences as supervisors of preservice teachers. This case study focuses on the experiences of two female supervisors, Kathy and Sally. The findings reveal that three contextual factors are significant to the supervisors' stories: the mature age of the preservice teachers; the preferred collegial practice of the supervising teachers; and the professional recognition they had been afforded by the school.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 27, 2012
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This article describes the experiences of a new teacher educator in a Graduate Teacher Programme in UK university. The author has examined some of her beliefs about teaching, in order to establish her own professional identity.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 14, 2012
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This paper aims to show the process of engaging with the question ‘How do I improve what I am doing as a teacher, teacher educator and action-researcher through reflection?’ The analysis of the students’ written assignments helped the author sees ‘living contradictions’ in-between her theoretical framework, her teaching and her researching practice. The paper shows that the author has more rhizomatic thought in her teaching than in her researching.
Published: 2011
Updated: Oct. 29, 2012
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In this article, the authors were interested to examine how their different cultural backgrounds influenced the formation of their perspectives. Furthermore, the authors wanted to explore how their exchange of views of teaching and learning supported their teaching practice. The authors conclude that differences in their teaching perspectives demonstrated the different points of view in the educational systems in the two countries. However, through this collaborative self-study experience, the authors obtained a better understanding of the teaching values of their own and another culture.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 24, 2012
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In this article, the authors examine the research activity of Saudi university teacher educators. Survey results collected from eighty-two teacher educators at a leading university in Saudi Arabia. The results pointed to modest levels of research activity and also suggested that these individuals held largely technical views of what research is.
Published: 2012
Updated: Aug. 29, 2012
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The work of critical teacher education centers on making sure future teachers learn to be critically-oriented practitioners. In this article, the author asserts that this sort of learning must first begin with the critical teacher educators themselves, and that much of the most fruitful learning manifests itself in the teacher educator’s compulsions.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jul. 30, 2012
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The work of teacher education during student teaching typically takes place in two distinct “spaces”: placement sites and college/university settings. University supervisors created a unique pedagogical space for student teachers. This space allowed student teachers to learn across different discourse communities. Yet this configuration led the university supervisors, whose work primarily took place in the field, to feel like “outsiders.” To redress this concern, a third learning space was incorporated into the authors' student teaching seminar.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jun. 28, 2012
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This study addresses the problem of professional development for teacher education supervisors. It explores whether features associated with effective professional communities among K-12 teachers are relevant and sufficient for improving the practice of supervisors in teacher education programs.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jun. 27, 2012
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This article outlines the professional development of pre-tenure teacher educators through the establishment of a self-study group. Through reflecting on three significant events, a discussion is offered as to how members contributed to the self-study of teacher education practices and experienced enhancement as a community of scholars.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jun. 26, 2012
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The purpose of this article is to examine how teacher educators in Israel perceive current practices in teacher education. The authors designed a questionnaire to determine what teacher educators consider the basic components of teacher education and what they think about teacher education as practiced in their teaching institutions. The authors also asked them to provide metaphors that describe teacher education. Based on the findings, the authors claim that teacher educators in Israel generally believe in the importance of teacher education. The metaphorical level reveals tension between what exists and what is desired, representing a more pessimistic view.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 19, 2012