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Original Articles

Teachers as Teacher Educators

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ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

Pages 63-74 | Published online: 06 Jul 2006
 

SUMMARY

Why don't teachers in mentor-type roles see themselves as teacher educators? How can we help teachers become thoughtful and serious mentors of novices’ learning? What does this kind of “educative” mentoring look like and what does it entail? Drawing on personal anecdotes and findings from a comparative, cross cultural study of mentored learning to teach, the author explores these questions.

[1] An early version of this paper was presented as a keynote address at the Second International Conference, Teacher Education: Stability, Evolution and Revolution, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, MOFET Institute, Wingate Institute, Israel. The research reported in this chapter was supported in part by the National Center for Research on Teacher Learning, Michigan State University. The National Center for Research on Teacher Learning is funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the position of OERI or the Department.

Pourquoi les enseignants ayant des roles de moniteurs n'ont pas la perception de soi-memes comme formateurs d'enseignants? Que pouvons faire pour aider les enseignants à devenir moniteurs conscients et serieux de l'apprentissage par les novices? Quelle est la forme de ce type de monitorat “éducatif” et à quoi cela mène? A partir d'expériences personnelles et des résultats d'une étude comparative transculturelle sur le monitorage d'apprentis enseignants l'auteure analyse ces questions.

La idea de que profesores de escuela (llamados “maestros” en algunas partes de latinomerica) deben jugar un rol importante en la preparación de profesores ha ganado bastante atenciôn tanto de parte de líderes como políticos de la educación. Desfortundamente, muchos profesores de escuela en el rol de mentores no se ven como “profesores de profesores”. La epistemología tradicional de la formación de profesores junto a la organización social y cultural de la educación ayudan a explicar ésta situación. Al mismo tiempo, algunos profesores-mentores han podido desarrollar prácticas profesionales como mentores. Basandose en la experiencia personal de varios profesores (novicios) y de profesores de profesores, asi como de resultados de investigación provenientes de diferentes contextos culturales, la autora ofrece una visión de lo que significa ser mentor, estos es, ayudar a nuevos profesores a aprender a enseñar, en y desde su propia práctica educativa. La autora considera que ésta clase de aprendizaje presenta oportunidades que permiten a los profesores convertirse en serios y reflectivos mentores.

Die Idee dass Lehrer eine wichtige Rolle als Lehrer Ausbilder spielen sollen erhaelt mehr und mehr Bedeutung bei fuehrenden Erzieher in vielen Laendern. Leider fuehlen sich viele Lehrer die als Mentoren von anderen Lehrer dienen nicht als “Lehrer vom Lehren”. Die traditionelle Epistemologie von Lehrer Ausbildung und die sociale Organization und Kultur des Lehren fuehren zu dieser Situation. Unterdessen haben einige Mentoren eine Professionelle Praxis entwickelt. Auf Grund ihrer personellen Erfahrung als Lehrerin und Lehrer-Ausbilderin, und auf der Basis von den Resultaten einer interkulturellen Studie von Mentoren, bietet die Autorin eine Vision von Mentoren an die Novizen ermoeglicht von der Expertise der Mentoren zu lernen. Die besonderen Lehr Moeglichkeiten die Lehrer helfen koennen professionelle Mentoren zu werden, sind beschrieben und analysiert.

Notes

[1] An early version of this paper was presented as a keynote address at the Second International Conference, Teacher Education: Stability, Evolution and Revolution, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, MOFET Institute, Wingate Institute, Israel. The research reported in this chapter was supported in part by the National Center for Research on Teacher Learning, Michigan State University. The National Center for Research on Teacher Learning is funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the position of OERI or the Department.

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