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Pedagogy of Teacher Education in Exemplary Programs

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The self-study of teacher education practices (S-STEP) plays an important role in improving practices and enhancing pre-service teacher education. While enhancing one’s practice and improving program components are important, there is a need for greater understanding of programs as a whole and, particularly, how theory, practice, and reflection are enacted in them. Much can be learned from teacher education programs – generally cohorts, small programs, and professional development schools – that are identified as innovative and exemplary in the education literature. Three exemplary approaches recognized in the education literature are introduced – the Midtown Option at the University of Toronto, Bank Street School of Education, and Mills College – and their exemplary qualities highlighted. Research studies, particularly self-studies, are examined to offer insights into the programs and into the role of S-STEP in enhancing practice across these programs. Five themes that emerge from this review are identified in the hope that they can help self-study practitioner-researchers contribute to the enhancement of teacher education programs locally and around the globe.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Brock University Faculty of Education, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

    Julian Kitchen

  2. School of Education, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology School of Education, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

    Amanda Berry

  3. School of Education, University of Iceland School of Education, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir

  4. Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University Faculty of Education, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Shawn Michel Bullock

  5. Dept. of Secondary and Special Education, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA

    Monica Taylor

  6. College of Education, Kent State University College of Education, Kent, OH, USA

    Alicia R. Crowe

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Kitchen, J. (2019). Pedagogy of Teacher Education in Exemplary Programs. In: Kitchen, J., Berry, A., Guðjónsdóttir, H., Bullock, S., Taylor, M., Crowe, A. (eds) 2nd International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1710-1_39-1

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