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Improving Coherence in Teacher Education: Features of a Field-Based Methods Course Partnership

Improving Coherence in Teacher Education: Features of a Field-Based Methods Course Partnership

Tracy L. Weston
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781522562498|ISBN10: 1522562494|EISBN13: 9781522562504
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6249-8.ch007
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Weston, Tracy L. "Improving Coherence in Teacher Education: Features of a Field-Based Methods Course Partnership." Handbook of Research on Field-Based Teacher Education, edited by Thomas E. Hodges and Angela C. Baum, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 166-191. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6249-8.ch007

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Weston, T. L. (2019). Improving Coherence in Teacher Education: Features of a Field-Based Methods Course Partnership. In T. Hodges & A. Baum (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Field-Based Teacher Education (pp. 166-191). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6249-8.ch007

Chicago

Weston, Tracy L. "Improving Coherence in Teacher Education: Features of a Field-Based Methods Course Partnership." In Handbook of Research on Field-Based Teacher Education, edited by Thomas E. Hodges and Angela C. Baum, 166-191. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6249-8.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter describes the author's work as a teacher educator to establish, sustain, and improve a methods course partnership with a local K-6 school using an integrated school-situated, practice-based model. The model was designed with an aim of improving the coherence of teacher candidates' experiences and learning to better prepare them for the complicated work of equitable teaching. Coherent field-based components in teacher education offer opportunities to mitigate divisions between 1) theory and practice and 2) coursework and fieldwork. The chapter begins with a definition of coherence, describes how this definition of coherence was used to design an elementary literacy/social studies methods course, shares data to evaluate the course from the perspective of the teacher candidates, and describes what candidates learned by participating in the course.

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