Table Of ContentMichael A. Peters
Bronwen Cowie
Ian Menter Editors
A Companion to
Research in Teacher
Education
With the assistance of Richard Heraud
A Companion to Research in Teacher Education
Michael A. Peters Bronwen Cowie
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Ian Menter
Editors
A Companion to Research
in Teacher Education
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Editors
Michael A.Peters IanMenter
Faculty of Education Department ofEducation
University of Waikato University of Oxford
Hamilton Oxford
NewZealand UK
BronwenCowie
Faculty of Education
University of Waikato
Hamilton
NewZealand
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Acknowledgements
The editors would like to acknowledge the generous funding of the Faculty of
Education at Waikato University and the Wilf Malcom Institute of Educational
Research and also thank Richard Heraud for his work in the administration of this
project.Heprovidedthenecessarysupportatcriticalpointsduringthecomposition
of this volume and did so with unfailing politeness and good humour.
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Endorsements
This Companion to Research in Teacher Education, assembled by skilled and
knowledgeableexpertsinteachereducationandresearchinteachereducation,isan
important resource to practitioners, researchers and policy makers. With an
ever-expanding number of international researchers in teacher education, such a
Companion offers a useful guide to what matters in the field.
—D. Jean Clandinin
This book marks a coming of age for the scholarship of teacher education; an
essential resource for everyone seriously interested in the field.
—John Furlong
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Contents
1 A Companion to Research in Teacher Education.. .... ..... .... 1
Ian Menter, Michael A. Peters and Bronwen Cowie
Part I Becoming a Teacher: Teacher Education
and Professionalism
2 Developing the Thoughtful Practitioner.. .... .... .... ..... .... 23
Donald Gillies
3 VariationsintheConditionsforTeachers’ProfessionalLearning
andDevelopment:TeacherDevelopment,RetentionandRenewal
over a Career.. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 37
Qing Gu
4 Clinical Praxis Exams: Linking Academic Study with
Professional Practice Knowledge ... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 53
Barbara Kameniar, Larissa McLean Davies, Jefferson Kinsman,
Catherine Reid, Debra Tyler and Daniela Acquaro
5 A Role of Doing Philosophy in a Humanistic Approach to
Teacher Education . .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 69
Duck-Joo Kwak
6 The Development of Accomplished Teaching . .... .... ..... .... 87
Margery A. McMahon, Christine Forde and Rosa Murray
Part II Initial Teacher Education
7 Towards a Principled Approach for School-Based Teacher
Educators: Lessons from Research . .... .... .... .... ..... .... 105
Katharine Burn, Trevor Mutton and Hazel Hagger
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8 The Strathclyde Literacy Clinic: Developing Student Teacher
Values, Knowledge and Identity as Inclusive Practitioners ... .... 121
Sue Ellis
9 You Teach Who You Are Until the Government Comes
to Class: A Study of 28 Literacy Teacher Educators
in Four Countries .. .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 135
Clare Kosnik, Lydia Menna, Pooja Dharamshi
and Clive Beck
10 Clinical Practice in Education: Towards a Conceptual
Framework ... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 153
Jeana Kriewaldt, Larissa McLean Davies, Suzanne Rice,
Field Rickards and Daniela Acquaro
11 Initial Teacher Education in Ireland—A Case Study... ..... .... 167
Teresa O’Doherty and Judith Harford
12 Doing Harm to Educational Knowledge: The Struggle
over Teacher Education in Sweden and Norway .. .... ..... .... 179
Carl Anders Säfström and Herner Saeverot
13 The Pre-service Education of Disability Pedagogues
in Norway: Maximising Social Pedagogic Ambition.... ..... .... 193
Paul Stephens
Part III Teacher Education, Partnerships and Collaboration
14 Repositioning, Embodiment and the Experimental Space:
Refiguring Student–Teacher Partnerships in Teacher
Education. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 209
Helen Cahill and Julia Coffey
15 Redesigning Authentic Collaborative Practicum Partnerships:
Learnings from Case Studies from Two New Zealand
Universities ... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 223
Beverley Cooper and Lexie Grudnoff
16 Researching the Intersection of Program Supervision
and Field Placements: Interactional Ethnographic
Telling Cases of Reflexive Decision-Making Process.... ..... .... 237
Laurie Katz and Judith Green
17 Networked Teaching and Learning for Life-Long
Professional Development..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 253
Mandia Mentis and Alison Kearney
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18 Teacher Agency and Professional Learning Communities:
What Can Learning Rounds in Scotland Teach Us? ... ..... .... 269
Carey Philpott
19 Supporting Mentoring and Assessment in Practicum Settings:
A New Professional Development Approach for School-Based
Teacher Educators . .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 283
Simone White and Rachel Forgasz
20 Research in the Workplace: The Possibilities for Practitioner
and Organisational Learning Offered by a School-University
Research Partnership ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 299
Leon Benade, Bill Hubbard and Leanne Lamb
21 A QUEST for Sustainable Continuing Professional
Development .. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 315
Birgitte Lund Nielsen
Part IV Global Education Reform and Teacher Education
22 Teachers, Curriculum and the Neoliberal Imaginary of
Education. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 333
Steven Hodge
23 Re-Casting Teacher Effectiveness Approaches to Teacher
Education. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 347
Andrew Skourdoumbis
24 The Paradox of Teacher Agency in a Glocalised World. ..... .... 359
Tom Are Trippestad
25 The Marketization of Teacher Education: Threat or
Opportunity?.. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 373
Geoff Whitty
26 Postfeminist Educational Media Panics, Girl Power
and the Problem/Promise of ‘Successful Girls’ .... .... ..... .... 385
Jessica Ringrose and Debbie Epstein
27 Helping Teachers and School Leaders to Become
Extra-Critical of Global Education Reform... .... .... ..... .... 401
Martin Thrupp
Part V Teacher Education as a Public Good
28 Quality of Education and the Poor: Constraints
on Learning... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 417
Poonam Batra
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29 The Future of Teacher Education: Evidence, Competence
or Wisdom?... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 435
Gert Biesta
30 Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Teachers in High
Need Areas: A Science as Inquiry Model of Teacher
Education. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 455
Cheryl J. Craig, Paige Evans, Simon Bott, Donna Stokes
and Bobby Abrol
31 Teacher Education, Research and Migrant Children... ..... .... 471
Nesta Devine, Jeanne Pau’uvale Teisina and Lorraine Pau’uvale
32 Reforming Teacher Education in England—‘An Economy
of Discourses of Truth’.. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 483
Meg Maguire
33 Teacher Educators’ Responsibility to Prepare Candidates
for Classroom Realities.. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 495
John O’Neill
34 Complexity and Learning: Implications for Teacher
Education. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 507
Mark Olssen
35 The Prevailing Logic of Teacher Education: Privileging
the Practical in Australia, England and Scotland.. .... ..... .... 521
Trevor Gale and Stephen Parker
Part VI Research, Institutional Evaluation and Evidence-Based
Research
36 On the Role of Philosophical Work in Research
in Teacher Education ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 541
David Bridges, Alis Oancea and Janet Orchard
37 Relational Expertise: A Cultural-Historical Approach
to Teacher Education ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 555
Anne Edwards
38 Researching Teacher Education Policy: A Case Study
from Scotland . .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 569
Aileen Kennedy
39 Researching Practice as Education and Reform... .... ..... .... 583
Colleen McLaughlin
40 Representing Teaching Within High-Stakes Teacher
Performance Assessments..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 597
Kevin W. Meuwissen and Jeffrey M. Choppin
