Learning to Improve Teacher Education: Designing for Learning in Elementary Classrooms

• In Event: Redesigning and Theorizing Teacher Preparation Programs Using a Democratic Approach

Abstract

This design research project involves an interdisciplinary team of faculty, field partners, teacher candidates, program graduates, and software designers focusing on an innovative field-centric curriculum model supported by a mobile technology platform. The paper describes outcomes from the second design research cycle and illustrates how the design team is using a dynamic framework to integrate feedback across discipline and institutional boundaries to achieve a more coherent learning environment for teacher candidates.

Authors

• Diane E. Salmon, National-Louis University

• Ruth Freedman, National Louis University

• Sophie Degener, National-Louis University

• Deborah O'Connor, National-Louis University

• Eunkyung Ko, National-Louis University

• Madi Phillips, National Louis University

• George Litman, National Louis University

• Mark Newman, National-Louis University