ERIC Number: EJ981826
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
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Examining the Training Process of a New Teacher Educator in the Field of the Education of the Hearing Impaired
Gurgur, Hasan
Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, v12 n2 p962-970 Spr 2012
Training of beginning teacher educators has become a popular topic in the literature. This study aimed to investigate the training procedures of a new teacher educator who would be working in the division of the hearing impaired. The study was designed as action research and a new teacher educator, an experienced teacher educator and an academic experienced in the areas of hearing impairments and qualitative research participated in the study. The data collection techniques included researcher diary, documents, interviews, evaluation forms, audio and video tape recordings. The analyses revealed that the process took six phases to complete which were "observation", "evaluation under the control of the experienced teacher educator", "independent evaluation", "re-evaluation under the control of the experienced teacher educator", "semi-independent evaluation" and "full independent evaluation". It was seen that throughout the process, the roles and responsibilities of the teacher educators changed and that these changes were unique to each stage. Another finding was that the procedures were very beneficial for the researcher who was both a teacher educator and a classroom teacher.
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Action Research, Hearing Impairments, Qualitative Research, Teacher Educators, Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Position Papers, Diaries, Interviews, Experienced Teachers, Protocol Materials, Training Methods, Training Objectives, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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