Making a Difference in Teacher Education Through Self-Study

by Kosnik, Clare Madott; Beck, Clive; Freese, Anne R.; Samaras, Anastasia P.

• ISBN13: 9781402035272
• ISBN10: 1402035276
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-16
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The challenges teacher educators are now facing are of a different nature from those of the past few decades. They have taken on an urgency and a magnitude not witnessed before. Strict government control of education is increasing, the social problems in the schools are more severe, the budget restrictions we face in the university are greater, and the public disillusionment with education, in general, is more than just a passing malaise. This period will be crucial to the future of teacher education; we need to rally together to examine our practice, renew our programs accordingly, collaborate with others, and offer examples of programs that do make a difference. Making a difference in Teacher Education through Self-Study: Studies of Personal, Professional, and Program Renewal describes the systematic efforts of committed and creative teacher educators to improve their teacher education programs. It describes the accomplishments of individuals (and in part the programs in which they work) who have overcome many of the hurdles teacher educators typically face. These individuals have made a difference in the lives of their students, their colleagues, and many classroom teachers. The book presents research on 15 different teacher education programs and describes individual renewal efforts. The stories -- including both the successes and challenges -- are inspiring and informative. In this age of accountability these teacher educators have used a range of research methods to gather data on their work and in turn used it to guide future decisions. The text includes examples of both large scale research and individual efforts. The common thread among the authors is a commitment to "walking the talk."

Table of Contents

Series Editor Introduction	ix
John Loughran
Foreword	xiii
Ken Zeichner
Introduction	xvii
Acknowledgements	xxi
Contributing Authors	xxiii
Section One -- Personal Renewal	1	(80)
Anne Freese
Clive Beck
How 20 Years of Self-Study Changed My Teaching	3	(16)
Tom Russell
From the Inside Out, and the Outside In: Co/Autoethnography as a Means of Professional Renewal	19	(16)
Lesley Coia
Monica Taylor
Using an Existential Form of Reflection to Understand My Transformation as a Teacher Educator	35	(16)
Allan Feldman
Exploring the Concept of Dialogue in the Self-Study of Teaching Practices	51	(14)
Peggy Placier
Stefinee Pinnegar
Mary Lynn Hamilton
Karen Guilfoyle
Transformation Through Self-Study: The Voices of Preservice Teachers	65	(16)
Anne R. Freese
Section Two -- Professional Renewal	81	(84)
Anastasia P. Samaras
From Self-Study to Collaborative Self-Study to Collaborative Self-Study of Collaboration: The evolution of a Research Team	85	(16)
Renee T. Clift
Patricia Brady
Raul A. Mora
Soo Joung Choi
Jason Stegemoller
Is Virtual Teaching, Real Teaching? Learnings from Two Self-Studies	101	(16)
Vince Ham
Ronnie Davey
In My Own Handwriting: Textual Evidence and Self-Study	117	(14)
Claudia Mitchell
Theater of the Oppressed as an Instructional Practice	131	(16)
Peggy Placier
Karen S. Cockrell
Suzanne Burgoyne
Sharon Welch
Helen Neville
Jite Eferakorho
Spheres of Learning in Teacher Collaboration	147	(18)
Anastasia P. Samaras
Elizabeth K. DeMulder
Mary A. Kayler
Laura Newton
Leo C. Rigsby
Karen L. Weller
Dawn Renee Wilcox
Section Three -- Program Renewal	165	(78)
Clare Kosnik
Through a Murky Mirror: Self Study of a Program in Reading and Literacy	167	(18)
Helen Freidus
Unsquaring Teacher Education: Reshaping Teacher Education in the Context of a Research I University	185	(18)
Judith McVarish
Frances Rust
Learning about Teaching	203	(24)
John Loughran
Amanda Berry
Libby Tudball
Course Assignments for Self and Program Renewal: Learning to Lesson Plan	227	(16)
Vicky Kubler LaBoskey
The Impact of a Preservice Teacher Education Program on Language Arts Teaching Practices: A Study of Second-Year Teachers	243
Clare Kosnik
Clive Beck