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ERIC Number: EJ1358618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-7069
EISSN: EISSN-1943-5924
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Educators Engaging in Online Educational Marketplaces: A Vision for Teacher Education to Prepare Critical Consumers, Careful Creators, and Discerning Professionals
Shelton, Catharyn; Archambault, Leanna
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, v30 n2 p155-166 Aug 2022
Online teacherpreneurship occurs via popular online educational marketplaces, such as Teacherspayteachers.com (TpT), whereby teachers purchase, sell, and exchange curricular materials created by fellow educators and designed for classroom use. Among the potential benefits of the practice is the ability to offer a teacher-centered and teacher-led approach to curriculum, facilitate collaboration, and provide an opportunity for teachers' financial gain. However, several concerns exist, including resource quality, "power sellers" who may dominate the marketplace, and issues with platforms that extract teacher labor and funds as part of their for-profit model. Given these challenges and opportunities, we provide a vision for new approaches to teacher education that critically explore the growing practices around such platforms. Teacher education should address online teacherpreneurship and online educational marketplaces by preparing teacher candidates to be critical consumers, careful creators, and discerning professionals.
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 719, Waynesville, NC 28786. Tel: 828-246-9558; Fax: 828-246-9557; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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