Enriching Research and Innovation Through the Specification of Professional Practice: The Core Practice Consortium

Session Type: Invited Session

Abstract

The lack of a specific and common understanding of key elements of teaching has impeded the progress of research and practice in teaching and teacher education for decades. Our group, the Core Practice Consortium, takes an innovative view on the power of education research by collaboratively defining and enacting the core practices of teaching and teacher education across institutions. Our work is innovative in two ways: (1) by focusing on the work of teaching, we aim for a common language of practice, and (2) we reimagine how teacher education might be re-organized to put practice at its center. This work is highly relevant to researchers, teacher educators, teachers, and policy makers, as it focuses on the central activities of teaching.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Pamela L. Grossman, Stanford University

Participants

• Bradley Fogo, Stanford University

• Hala N. Ghousseini, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Sarah Schneider Kavanagh, University of Washington - Seattle

• Matthew J. Kloser, University of Notre Dame

• Jamie O'Keeffe, Stanford University

• Jessica J. Thompson, University of Washington

Presenters

• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Francesca Forzani, University of Michigan

• Megan L. Franke, University of California - Los Angeles

• Magdalene Lampert, Boston Teacher Residency

• Pamela L. Grossman, Stanford University

• Morva McDonald, University of Washington

• Elham Kazemi, University of Washington

• Mark A. Windschitl, University of Washington

Discussant

• Anthony S. Bryk, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching