A Practicum Turn in Teacher Education

Challenges to practicum! The authors have explored professional practice knowledge and the ways practicum is dealt with in teacher education. They report from Research and Development projects based on collaboration between universities and school communities. Empirical studies have been carried out...

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Other Authors: Tor Vidar Eilertsen,, Doreen Rorrison,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : SensePublishers 2011.
SensePublishers, 2011.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Pedagogy, education and praxis ; 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""A Practicum Turn in Teacher Education""; ""CONTENTS""; ""SERIES INTRODUCTION: Pedagogy, Education and Praxis""; ""FOREWORD TO A PRACTICUM TURN IN TEACHER EDUCATION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""1. WHAT IS PRACTICE IN TEACHER EDUCATION?""; ""AIMS AND PERSPECTIVES""; ""PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE""; ""THEORY AND PRACTICE""; ""COMMUNITIES OF ENQUIRERS""; ""MODELS FOR PRACTICUM""; ""NEW MANAGERIALISM""; ""CHAPTER BY CHAPTER""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PART I: BORDER CROSSING AND NARRATIVES""; ""2. BORDER CROSSING IN PRACTICUM RESEARCH: Reframing how we talk about practicum learning""
  • ""THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES""""A â€?CRITICALâ€? THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""PRACTICES, PROCEDURES AND REASONING""; ""WORKING ACROSS CULTURAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES""; ""NARRATIVE AS METHOD""; ""THEORY BUILDING-PRESENTING RESULTS""; ""Analysis of data through applying the critical questions to the (now) seven principles of practicum learning""; ""Guiding principle 1 (Theories of Learning)""; ""Guiding Principle 2 (Collaborative Relationships)""; ""Guiding Principle 3 (Recognition of Different Learning Needs)""; ""Guiding Principle 4 (Transparency)""; ""Guiding Principle 5 (Learning Community)""
  • ""Guiding Principles 6 (Reflective Dialogues) and 7 (International Perspectives)""""COMPARISONS THAT EMERGE""; ""DIFFERENCES IN CLASSROOM DYNAMICS/ECOLOGY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX 1""; ""Guiding Principles""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3. MEMORABLE ENCOUNTERS: Learning Narratives From Preservice TeachersÂ? Practicum""; ""ABOUT PRACTICUM""; ""METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""NARRATIVES AS A WAY TO AUGMENT PRESERVICE TEACHER PERSPECTIVE""; ""THREE DIFFERENT PRACTICE ARCHITECTURES FRAMING PRACTICUM""; ""The context of the Australian students""; ""The context of the Chinese students6""
  • ""The context of the Swedish students""""Varying contexts""; ""MEMORABLE MOMENTS â€? NARRATIVES FROM PRACTICUM""; ""Listening to the preservice teacher voice""; ""Practicum as enactment""; ""Development of Teacher Identity""; ""Revelation of range of pedagogical and subject knowledge""; ""Little focus on support and guidance""; ""Critical encounters with pupils""; ""Ideological transformations""; ""About the individual particularities of becoming a teacher""; ""About the integration/dis-integration of becoming a teacher""; ""About the universalities of becoming a teacher""
  • ""Critical encounters as learning opportunities""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PART II DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS""; ""4. LEARNING BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL: Preservice teachers as partners in school development""; ""TEACHING AND RESEARCHING â€? CAN THE TWAIN MEET?""; ""PRACTICUM AS AN INTEGRATIVE ELEMENT IN TEACHER EDUCATION: THE PIL PROJECT""; ""LEARNING SCHOOLS AND THE FRAMEWORK OF TEACHER EDUCATION""; ""PRESERVICE TEACHERSÂ? R&D PARTICIPATION: TWO CASES""; ""NAVIGARE: Developing the learning environment by promoting childrenÂ?s social competence""