Amy Burns, Linda K. Taylor, Erica R. Hamilton, Alison E. Leonard
{"title":"COVID Conversations: A Collaborative Self-Study of Four Teacher Educators","authors":"Amy Burns, Linda K. Taylor, Erica R. Hamilton, Alison E. Leonard","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2273368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2273368","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis collective self-study chronicles the experiences and reflections of four women teacher educators living and working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collected between March 2020 and December 2021 centered on the following question: what were we, as teacher educators, experiencing professionally and personally as a result of the pandemic? The COVID-19 context presented a unique set of challenges and an additional layer of complexity highlighting intersections of policy, teacher education, and societal expectations. Findings connected to our professional identities as teacher educators included the need to reframe professional expectations and the impacts to historical narratives in teacher education. Personally, the complexity of mixing the personal and professional spheres and increased personal responsibilities emerged. Findings from this study reaffirm that when we have opportunities to access and learn from the lived experiences of others, we are better positioned to understand ourselves and the personal and professional roles we take on. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135411641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirsten Robbins, Veronica Fife-Demski, Jerry Woodward
{"title":"I've Got Your Back! the Importance of Care in Student Teaching in Urban Environments","authors":"Kirsten Robbins, Veronica Fife-Demski, Jerry Woodward","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2270991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2270991","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractResearch has found that the use of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) can improve academic outcomes for students in urban environments. As teacher educators, we are driven by such findings to understand how to best prepare teacher education students to enact CRP. The Elementary Education department in our university offers an urban immersive program that is meant to prepare students to engage in CRP and work successfully with children from a variety of backgrounds. To investigate what helped students in our program successfully enact CRP, we conducted a series of interviews after they completed the program. While we found that not all of our students enacted CRP, we discovered that our participants valued feeling cared for, and we utilized Nel Noddings’ ethic of care to understand how that care helps our preservice teachers (PSTs) care for their students in a way that could lead to the creation of culturally relevant lessons. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"42 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135405664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Epistemic Emotions to Support Canadian Pre-Service Teachers Learning about Classroom Assessment","authors":"Lia M. Daniels, Kendra Wells","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2270278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2270278","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractStudents feel epistemic emotions like surprise or frustration when they encounter content that conflicts with their beliefs or previous knowledge in a way that can facilitate or hinder learning. Pre-service teachers may find that professional perspectives on assessment conflict with their previous knowledge of assessment, creating epistemic emotions. The purpose of this research was to evaluate how frustration, curiosity, and surprise felt during two learning experiences related to self-reported learning of assessment and application to practice. N = 205 pre-service teachers consented for their responses to questions associated with two learning activities to be analyzed. Participants reported experiencing moderate levels of curiosity in both activities, but one garnered more frustration and the other more surprise. Frustration was negatively associated with self-reported learning and application. Whereas, curiosity and surprise had statistically significant positive associations with the outcomes. We discuss the role of epistemic emotions in learning about assessment and offer recommendations for instructors. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada Insight Grant #435-2022-1075 to the first author.","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paula Jakopovic, Jennifer Lemke, Andrea Karpf, Kristina Stamatis
{"title":"Reflecting on Practice: Using Video to Promote Preservice Teacher Development of Professional Noticing and Ambitious Pedagogy","authors":"Paula Jakopovic, Jennifer Lemke, Andrea Karpf, Kristina Stamatis","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2270948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2270948","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractReflection is an important tool to help preservice teachers (PSTs) develop the skills and competence needed for effective teaching. Written and verbal reflections offer opportunities for novices to look back on their lesson implementation, but video allows them to step back “into the moment” to review their actions as they occurred in real time. This study examines PSTs’ perceptions of participating in a video reflection session embedded within a larger, integrated practicum experience as a way to increase their professional noticing of and reflection on salient teaching moments. We report on findings about the ways in which structured sessions such as this can help PSTs strive toward professional noticing of opportunities to employ ambitious pedagogy and provide implications for how this structure can support teacher development and be adapted and adopted in other teacher preparation programs. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135884039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Most of His Teachers Had ‘Given Up’”: Preparing Future Educators to Critically Examine Their Multifaceted Instructional Demands","authors":"Loren Jones, Carmen Durham, Sharon Smith","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2265347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2265347","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis article presents an approach to teacher education that combines case-based pedagogy, action research, and communities of practice, which ultimately conceptualizes preservice teachers (PSTs) as problem solvers. Eleven PSTs conducted research and authored reports during their student teaching experiences in a large, metropolitan school district. This study examined the PSTs’ reports to better understand how they deepened their understanding of the multifaceted demands of teaching in diverse classrooms. The findings demonstrate how PSTs used their research to navigate their role as students/teachers, identify classroom limitations and resources, and persist through challenges. These findings contribute implications for teacher education and new directions for research, including increasing PSTs’ opportunities to collaborate within a professional learning community, providing spaces to self-reflect on actions and biases, and supporting strategic problem-solving. Ultimately, this approach to teacher education reinforced the idea of teachers as continuous learners who partner with their community of educators to meet the fundamental goal of improving student learning in urban schools. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135045885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin M. Torsney, Timothy J. Patterson, Joseph I. Eisman
{"title":"Teacher Motivation Nuances: A Latent Profile Analysis of Personal Utility Value, Civic Mindedness, and Future Professional Development","authors":"Benjamin M. Torsney, Timothy J. Patterson, Joseph I. Eisman","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2263854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2263854","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis study examined motivators of preservice teachers (PSTs) for pursuing a teaching career. We used latent profile analysis to identify four profiles of PSTs based on their scores on personal utility value, civic mindedness, and intentions for future professional engagement. Using logistic regression, we identified motivational differences among PST content areas and latent profiles. We found that early childhood education students had higher motivation scores than students from other certification areas across different profiles. We discussed recommendations related to these findings for teacher education programs, especially for identity development and nurturing the civic motivations of PSTs who aspire to use their teaching to improve their communities. AcknowledgmentThank you to Cheryl B. Torsney, PhD, for her editorial assistance.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Refers to the experience of Tim Patterson.","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135094766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jill G. Ordynans, Madhu Narayanan, Devin Rice, Alexandra Vasquez, S. Wierzbowski, Kristen Ferrari, Sky Hobbs, Tashay Pratt, Amalia Vazquez
{"title":"The Power of Teacher Voice: Developing Agency, Advocacy, and Efficacy amid COVID-19","authors":"Jill G. Ordynans, Madhu Narayanan, Devin Rice, Alexandra Vasquez, S. Wierzbowski, Kristen Ferrari, Sky Hobbs, Tashay Pratt, Amalia Vazquez","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2246705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2246705","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122872254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating How Preservice Teachers Talk and Teach about Race: The Role and Expression of an Antiracist Lexicon","authors":"K. Rombach, K. Barber, Kim Wieczorek","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2224321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2224321","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126051634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Meeting of the Minds: A Needed Transformation in Teacher Education","authors":"James K Daly, Shea Richardson","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2223586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2223586","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131982974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preservice Special Education Teachers’ Experience of a Math Methods Course: Examining the Development of Personal and Pedagogical Efficacy","authors":"Cynthia C. Massey, E. Anthony Muhammad","doi":"10.1080/08878730.2023.2218860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2023.2218860","url":null,"abstract":"Students with disabilities have scored well below their same-aged peers on national mathematics standardized tests for decades. This problem is compounded by special education teachers who lack strong content knowledge, experience math anxiety, and have poor self-confidence in their ability to teach math. This qualitative study explores three preservice special education teachers' experiences in a Math Methods course designed to encourage students to view mathematics through a growth mindset. After the course ended, individual interviews were conducted, and findings revealed personal growth in confidence and pedagogical knowledge. Components that influenced their decision included Socratic conversations centered around a mathematical mindset book study, a focus student project, and extra hands-on application time resulting from the use of the flipped instruction model. This information contributes to educator preparation literature as teacher educators work to best support future P-12 educators to impact their future students and help overcome barriers to learning.","PeriodicalId":349931,"journal":{"name":"The Teacher Educator","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135101157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}