Teacher Education Standards Across Disciplines: Similarities, Differences, and Implications for Teacher Preparation

• In Event: Not Siloed: Working Across Disciplines to Improve Teacher Preparation

Abstract

Teacher preparation is riddled with subject-specific standards that are isolated from one another. With current calls to actualize clinically based teacher education, such standards can no longer operate in isolation. The purpose of this study was to understand what subject area standards for teacher education exist, on what key concepts, topics, and ideas do they collectively agree, what is unique to each, and what the implications are for teacher education. Using document analysis (Bowen, 2009), we examined seven sets of standards for teacher education across five subject areas. Findings show that while there are distinctions among most subject areas, there are more similarities, which shows a common understanding of basic information and skills teacher candidates need to be successful teachers.

Authors

• Craigory Nieman, University of South Florida - Tampa

• Alyssa Batastini, University of South Florida - Tampa

• Amber Brown, University of South Florida - Tampa

• Olwyn Watson, University of South Florida - Tampa

• Daina Kelly, University of South Florida - Tampa

• ARWA DAKHILALLAH ALAZWARI, University of South Florida - Tampa