Inside Teacher Education: Challenging Prior Views of Teaching and Learning

Cover......Page 1
Inside Teacher Education......Page 4
ISBN: 9789460914027 (hardback)......Page 5
DEDICATION......Page 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: BECOMING A TEACHER......Page 12
CONTEXT FOR THE STUDY......Page 15
OUTLINE OF THE STUDY......Page 18
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK......Page 19
EDUCATION AS A CULTURAL PROCESS......Page 22
THE CULTURE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING......Page 25
SUMMARY: THE CULTURE OF SCHOOLS......Page 30
TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 32
THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF PROPOSITIONAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 34
CHALLENGING THE THEORY-INTO-PRACTICE ASSUMPTION......Page 39
THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 41
THE CULTURE OF SCHOOL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 47
CHAPTER 4: DISRUPTING INITIAL ASSUMPTIONS......Page 50
CONTEXTUAL FEATURES OF THE PHYSICS METHODS COURSE......Page 51
Prior Assumptions......Page 52
Lesson Study......Page 54
Learning from Peers......Page 57
Learning from Tom......Page 59
Looking Ahead to the Practicum Experience......Page 60
Setting the Stage for Lesson Study......Page 62
Beginning Lesson-study Presentations......Page 64
Difficulty Identifying Learning Effects......Page 65
Making Suggestions after Some Initial Teaching Experiences......Page 66
CONSTRUCTING PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES......Page 68
CHAPTER 5: CANDIDATES IN CRISIS......Page 72
LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE PHYSICS CLASS: TEACHER CANDIDATES......Page 73
Learning from the Program......Page 74
Learning from Peers......Page 76
Learning from Tom......Page 78
Theorizing Teaching and Learning......Page 80
Narratives from the Practicum......Page 84
Associate Teachers......Page 86
Tensions during the Practicum......Page 88
LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE PHYSICS CLASS: TEACHER EDUCATORS......Page 89
Revisiting PEEL......Page 90
Learning about Teaching Physics from a Physicist......Page 92
Processing Learning in the Physics Course......Page 93
Consolidating November and Looking Ahead to January......Page 95
CONSTRUCTING PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES......Page 96
CHAPTER 6 :CREATING A CLEAR SIGNAL AGAINST A NOISY BACKGROUND......Page 100
LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE PHYSICS CLASS: TEACHER CANDIDATES......Page 101
Learning from the Program......Page 102
Learning from Tensions......Page 103
Learning from Tom......Page 106
Theorizing Teaching and Learning......Page 110
James’ Narrative of Fall Practicum Experiences......Page 113
Max’s Narrative of Fall Practicum Experiences......Page 114
Irene’s Narrative of Practicum Experiences......Page 115
David’s Narrative of Practicum Experiences......Page 116
Paul’s Narrative of Practicum Experiences......Page 118
Summary of Narratives of Fall Practicum Experiences......Page 119
Setting the Stage for Self-directed Learning......Page 120
Learning from Self-directed Learning......Page 121
Learning from Guest Speakers......Page 123
Processing January Classes......Page 124
CONSTRUCTING PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES......Page 125
CHAPTER 7: CONSOLIDATION AND LOOKING AHEAD......Page 130
CONTEXTUAL FEATURES OF THE PHYSICS METHODS COURSE......Page 131
Learning from the Program......Page 132
Learning from Tensions......Page 134
Theorizing Teaching and Learning......Page 143
LOOKING AHEAD TO FUTURE TEACHING EXPERIENCES......Page 146
Max’s Narrative of his Future as a Teacher......Page 147
Irene’s Narrative of her Future as a Teacher......Page 148
David’s Narrative of his Future as a Teacher......Page 150
Paul’s Narrative of his Future as a Teacher......Page 152
Learning from Literature......Page 154
Processing the Program......Page 155
Relationships in Teaching and Learning......Page 156
Processing the April Block......Page 157
CONSTRUCTING PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES......Page 158
CHAPTER 8: DISRUPTING THE APPRENTICESHIP OF OBSERVATION......Page 162
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 163
Narratives of Experience......Page 164
Attending to Metaphors, Developing Knowledge-in-action......Page 165
Constructing Professional Knowledge from Learning Experiences in a Physics Methods Course......Page 169
Constructing Professional Knowledge from Teaching Experiences during Practicum Placements......Page 170
Constructing Professional Knowledge from Collaborative Self-study......Page 171
REVISITING THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TEACHER EDUCATOR......Page 172
DEVELOPING THE AUTHORITY OF EXPERIENCE......Page 175
DISRUPTING THE APPRENTICESHIP OF OBSERVATION......Page 177
DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 180
Data Collection......Page 182
Ethical Dilemmas in the Research......Page 184
DATA ANALYSIS......Page 186
REFERENCES......Page 189