Rickard, Angela and Walsh, Thomas
(2019)
Policy, practice and process in team teaching: a pilot project with co-operating teachers and student teachers on school placement.
Irish Educational Studies, 38 (3).
pp. 309-326.
ISSN 0332-3315
Abstract
In Ireland, at present, the roles and responsibilities of the educational partners
regarding initial teacher education (ITE) are in transition. ITE routes have been
extended allowing for additional focus to be placed on the central component of
school placement. This material change, as well as policies promoting
collaborative practice, teachers as researchers and professional learning
communities (PLCs), prompted us to reflect on our practice and to challenge
assumptions in relation to teaching and learning. Among the outcomes of the
work was a reassessment and reorientation of current approaches on the
Professional Master of Education (PME) programme to better prepare student
teachers for their future careers in post-primary schools.
This article reports on the development of and findings from a team teaching
pilot project in the Department of Education of Maynooth University for
student teachers and their co-operating teachers. The project was undertaken to
provide space for the participants, including the authors, to reappraise the
approach to teacher education, to explore the team teaching process, to focus on
its affective dimension and foster collaborative practices in education.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
initial teacher education (ITE); team teaching; collaboration; school
placement; university-school partnership; post-primary education; professional
learning communities; PLCs; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
13887 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2019.1625798 |
| Depositing User: |
Angela Rickard
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| Date Deposited: |
01 Feb 2021 12:13 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Irish Educational Studies |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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