Field Based Teacher Education: Implementation Issues.
1976
Konferenz
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The process of field-based teacher education (FBTE) over a five-year period at the Washington University (St. Louis) is reviewed, with emphasis on two areas: (1) shifting philosophical bases upon which the program was constructed and (2) recurring implementation problems impeding full program development. Three philosophies are identified as providing primary direction at different periods: first, an inquiry-personal commitment model of teacher education with the student-teacher as originator of much of the program direction and content. The second direction viewed decision making as a shared process, and the third saw a predefined "good teacher" as the result of program participation, thus feeling little need for a process of shared decision making. The changing philosophical view is summarized as representing differences across cycles in the expectations held for students and attitudes toward the planning of curricular activities. Six implementation problems prominent in at least two of the three philosophical cycles are identified: university staff disagreement, interpersonal crises, surprise events, the dominance of logistics, typical student teacher problems, and the dilemma of teacher involvement. The occurrence and reoccurrence of each of these problems over the five-year period are described and analyzed. Implications for future FBTE programs are examined, beginning with an analysis of the limitations of the concept, and an analysis of one factor--decision making--identified as common to four of the six problem areas. Recommendations for coping with these problems include: (1) development of ground rules for decision making; (2) formation of a small group of core FBTE faculty; (3) control of decision making complexity; (4) development of slack space built into staff meeting schedules; and (5) preparation for decision and conflict. (MJB)
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Field Based Teacher Education: Implementation Issues.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tom, Alan R. |
Veröffentlichung: | 1976 |
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