ERIC Number: EJ1424721
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May
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Bridging Theory and Practice within an Alternative Teacher Education Program
Gulistan Gursel-Bilgin
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v48 n5 p62-85 2023
This study examines the commitments of an alternative teacher education program in linking theory and practice, one of the most prominent problems of the field. This qualitative phenomenological study drew from semi-structured interviews with seven faculty members and associate instructors, electronic surveys with seven program students, participant observation and field notes in seminar sessions, one program faculty meeting, and one community meeting, and curriculum materials. The findings suggest that the design of the program and the roles and (inter)actions of the stakeholders within the program created a dialectical interplay. Linked with this interplay, Teachers' Society provided a setting for collaborative learning during which theory is extracted from experience.
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Theory Practice Relationship, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Nontraditional Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Meetings, Cooperative Learning, Learning Experience, Phenomenology, Practicums, Communities of Practice, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Associations
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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