Teacher Education Pedagogies

Using video to see and analyze practice

Pedagogy

Use video to help novices learn about teaching practice and analyze their teaching. This might include video from many different classrooms, as well as videos of novice teachers’ own practice.

Using student work to see, analyze, and practice practice

Pedagogy

Use representations to help novices learn about children and identify important patterns in children’s thinking and understanding.

Using transcripts to see and analyze practice

Pedagogy

Use diverse transcripts to help novices learn about teaching practice and analyze their teaching. This might also include transcripts of novices’ own teaching interactions.

Pedagogy

Teacher educator modeling of teaching practice

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Pedagogy

Use teacher educator modeling of teaching practice to highlight critical aspects of teaching practice, important content knowledge, and considerations for advancing justice in the classroom.

Teacher Education Pedagogies

Using approximations to practice practice

These are pedagogies teacher educators can use to engage novice teachers in simulating and otherwise trying out aspects of teaching practice inside the teacher education classroom.

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Using student work to see, analyze, and practice practice

Pedagogy

Use student work to help novices practice practice.

Using video to practice practice

Pedagogy

Use video to help novices practice critical parts of teaching practice.

Using transcripts to practice practice

Pedagogy

Use transcripts of teaching or of children’s thinking to help novices practice critical parts of teaching practice.

Coached rehearsals

Pedagogy

Use whole class or small group coached rehearsals during teacher education coursework to give novices opportunities to simulate and receive feedback on important parts of teaching practice.

Peer run-throughs

Pedagogy

Use small group role-plays and other informal rehearsals with novice teachers to help them learn critical parts of teaching practice.

Simulated student interactions

Pedagogy

Use simulated student interactions, in which the teacher educator typically plays the role of “student,” to help novice teachers learn to enact critical parts of teaching practice.