Transformation of Interdisciplinary Teacher Educators: Collaborating to Develop Online Teacher Training for the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards

• In Event: 66.079 - Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: 66.079-1 - Self-Study for Faculty Growth

Abstract

Four tenure-track faculty members in three disciplines: education, writing, and mathematics engaged in a self-study project to examine how they were transformed in belief, knowledge, and practice as they faced the challenge and demand of providing online training in CCSS and NGSS to K-12 teachers in various regions in the state. The critical collaborative environment provided social support for faculty professional development and analytical audience for explicit articulation of participants’ taken-for-granted views about teaching and learning. Personal reflective essays, detailed notes on group discussion meetings, and interviews provided data source for in-depth within-case and cross-case analyses. As a result, professors know more clearly the rationale and the areas to improve in their teaching practices, including instruction in the online environment.

Authors

• Belinda Louie, University of Washington - Tacoma

• Jose M. Rios, University of Washington - Tacoma

• Riki Thompson, University of Washington - Tacoma

• Mei Zhu, Pacific Lutheran University