The Juxtaposition of Education Policy and Teacher Education: Perceptions From Teacher Education Stakeholders

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Abstract

This study explored the perceptions of education policy stakeholders (i.e., policy makers, teacher educators, student teachers and in-service teachers) on teacher education in Oman and the Philippines. It also investigated how these perceptions among stakeholders differ and how their understanding of the said policies compared to what was actually written in official policy document. The researchers utilized an informed grounded theory approach in analyzing qualitative interview data from 106 participants and education policy documents. Findings suggested that the negative perceptions stakeholders had stem from irrelevance to personal context, misinterpretation and mis-implementation of the said education policies.

Authors

• Marian Patricia Bea Francisco, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde

• Shariffa Khalid Al-Said, Ministry of Education, Oman

• Muna Yousuf Abdullah Al Bulushi, Ministry of Education- Oman

• Young Ah Lee, The Ohio State University - Lima

• Ye Wang, Teachers College, Columbia University