A Layered Approach to Critical Friendships in Self-Study for Investigating Co-Teaching in Field Experiences

• In Event: 54.078 - Using Self-Study to Navigate School/University Partnerships

Abstract

I investigated my role as a mentor coteaching with an intern in a Professional Development School context through the use of self-study. This ten-month study illustrated my coteaching experience with my intern to determine what conditions I found necessary to foster a successful partnership and whether I experienced transformations in my beliefs and practices about teaching and learning. Cogenerative dialogues through critical friendships were important to gaining a holistic view of our coteaching experience.

Authors

• Nicole Titus, State College Area School District

• Bernard J. Badiali, The Pennsylvania State University