TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying school-based teacher educators’ professional learning needs
T2 - an international survey
AU - Czerniawski, Gerry
AU - Guberman, Ainat
AU - MacPhail, Ann
AU - Vanassche, Eline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Though teachers in schools are increasingly being asked to take responsibility for the education and training of prospective and practicing teachers, little empirical research has been undertaken into the support that they require to perform their duties effectively. This study provides an international needs analysis of the professional learning needs of this occupational group through a survey of 1680 school-based teacher educators (SBTEs) conducted in 12 countries. While the findings from this study reveal that most SBTEs receive some form of preparation for their role, they require that preparation to be more collaborative and target the pedagogic and research-related aspects of their work. The findings also indicate how much more needs to be done to recognise, address and support SBTEs’ learning needs in relation to the rapidly-changing socio-economic, cultural and technological contexts that underpin the work of all teacher educators.
AB - Though teachers in schools are increasingly being asked to take responsibility for the education and training of prospective and practicing teachers, little empirical research has been undertaken into the support that they require to perform their duties effectively. This study provides an international needs analysis of the professional learning needs of this occupational group through a survey of 1680 school-based teacher educators (SBTEs) conducted in 12 countries. While the findings from this study reveal that most SBTEs receive some form of preparation for their role, they require that preparation to be more collaborative and target the pedagogic and research-related aspects of their work. The findings also indicate how much more needs to be done to recognise, address and support SBTEs’ learning needs in relation to the rapidly-changing socio-economic, cultural and technological contexts that underpin the work of all teacher educators.
KW - comparative education
KW - continuing professional development
KW - professional learning
KW - school-based teacher educators
KW - teacher education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85169668907&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02619768.2023.2251658
DO - 10.1080/02619768.2023.2251658
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85169668907
SN - 0261-9768
VL - 47
SP - 1005
EP - 1020
JO - European Journal of Teacher Education
JF - European Journal of Teacher Education
IS - 5
ER -