Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Middle-Level Teacher Preparation: Trends and New Directions

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Sunday 11:40 am Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
  In Roundtable Session: Middle Level Research on Teacher Development (Table 4)

Abstract

We reviewed the literature and posed questions related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment as part of the updated Middle Level Educational Research SIG’s research agenda (Brinegar et al., in press). Then, we engaged in a literature review to identify themes in recent research (2015 - present) and to propose directions for future scholarship. We draw on previous scholarship to propose new directions for possible research foci, contexts, and methodologies. We organize our recommendations holistically as curriculum, instruction, and assessment are intertwined. Throughout, we emphasize signature pedagogies (Previts et al., 2013; Shulman, 2005) of teacher education at the middle level.

Authors

• Amanda Wall, Georgia Southern University

• Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland

• Stacie Kae Pettit, Georgia College & State University