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Teacher Education for the 21st Century: Fostering Growth in Teacher Professionalism and Practice
Sat, April 9, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Room 141Session Type: WERA Symposium
Abstract
Teacher education in the 21st century needs to prepare teachers to be adaptive to the changing demands of the education environment. This symposium synthesized the studies and findings of pre-service teachers’ training from the perspectives of teacher professionalism through practicum exchange programs, transformative practices of collaboration across professional communities to facilitate innovative improvements in teacher education programs, the effectiveness of the Professional Practice and Inquiry in facilitating pre-service teachers’ growth in teacher professionalism and finally, pre-service teachers’ ethical reasoning and factors that may affect their reasons to be a teacher.
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Shifting Perspectives and Pedagogy: Impacts of an International Student Teaching Practicum - Tine F. Sloan, University of California
Transformative Practice: Learning in Professional Teacher Education Programs - Katherine J. Sanford, University of Victoria
Professional Practice and Inquiry: Preservice Teachers' Experience and Perceived Ability to Inquire Into Practice - Bee Leng Chua, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University; Woon Chia Liu, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University
Tracking Teacher Students' Ethical Reasoning on Digital Situational Cases - JiaLi Huang, Office of Teacher Education and Career Services at Natioanl Taiwan Normal University, Associate Prof