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Addressing the need for practice-based teacher education to attend to context, we describe anticipations of a lesson as a case of approximations of practice that may anchor practice to its disciplinary context. After providing a general framework for how to think about anchoring practice in context we consider the StoryCircles process as an approximation of practice and illustrate the variability in anticipations of a lesson that can be generated by different StoryCircles. We use this variability to propose a conceptualization of lesson which is of particular value to practice-based teacher education.
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Learning in Context and Practicing in Place: Engaging Preservice Teachers in Urban-Focused Context Specific Teacher Education
Teacher education programs are increasingly taking up commitments to prepare new teachers for equitable teaching. Despite best intentions, programs feel challenged to help candidates translate these commitments into classroom practice. Using a context-specific teacher education framework, we conducted a mixed-methods study of seven urban-focused programs to understand how they targeted preparation for urban contexts. We found that while programs offer multiple opportunities to learn about content embedded in context, fewer opportunities exist for candidates to practice in context, and that faculty play a critical bridging role in designing practice opportunities that are informed by program vision.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1852787
- PAR ID:
- 10332629
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Urban Education
- ISSN:
- 0042-0859
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 004208592110651
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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