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ERIC ED417169: The Policy-Making Influence of Teacher Educators on ... |
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A survey examined the perceived influence of teacher |
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educators on the 13 autonomous state teaching standard |
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boards now in existence. A total of 125 board members, |
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selected at random from the directories of the boards, |
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received the mailed survey, and 73 percent responded. |
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According to the results, all non-teacher educator board |
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members rated the influence of teacher educators higher |
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than did the teacher educators themselves. Non-teacher |
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educators identified four themes that inhibited expanded |
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influence among board members: (1) defensiveness about |
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criticisms of the quality of teacher education, (2) |
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inclinations of teacher education institution |
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representatives to represent positions of their home |
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institutions to the exclusion of broader perspectives, |
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(3) general resistance to considering alternative means |
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of acquiring knowledge and competencies necessary to |
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qualify for initial teacher licensure, and (4) |
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insufficient demonstration of commitment to the board's |
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work. Most teacher educators expressed malaise regarding |
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their influence or the possibility of expanded influence |
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on the board. They stated a belief that teachers and |
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narrowly-defined teacher interests dominated board |
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decisions. They felt that their influence was limited by |
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their role, which put them outside of the most |
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influential realm. Both teacher educators and non-teacher |
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educators believed that teacher educators could make |
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greater contributions to the work of professional |
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teaching standards boards, but both groups believed |
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teacher educators were limited in their influence by |
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different factors. (SM) |
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Date Published: 2015-12-24 02:34:42 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED417169 |
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Item Size: 8073922 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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