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Studying Teacher Education
A journal of self-study of teacher education practices
Volume 15, 2019 - Issue 2
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Self-Study Enabling Understanding of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: An Exploration of Collaboration among Teacher Educators for Special and Inclusive Education

El self-study como posibilitador de la comprensión del conocimiento de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje: una exploración de la colaboración entre formadores de docentes para la educación especial e inclusiva

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Pages 118-138 | Received 11 Jan 2018, Accepted 17 Oct 2018, Published online: 08 Mar 2019
 

ABSTRACT

While teaching is increasingly being accepted as a discipline, there is a growing emphasis on teacher educators researching their own practice to advance the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). This study sought to explore the extent to which self-study contributes to teacher educators’ understanding of the SoTL within the discipline of teaching. While self-study is generally accepted as a scholarly approach, the aim here is to address the call in the literature for self-study researchers to evince a commitment to a practice-based and theory-building research agenda by linking with public theories, in this case the SoTL. Additionally, given that self-study is collaborative in nature, findings here may help to address the dearth of knowledge reported in the literature about teacher educator collaboration. A self-study approach was adopted to explore a journey of two teacher educators as they designed, implemented and evaluated new modules in special and inclusive education within an initial teacher education programme in the Republic of Ireland. Analysis and synthesis of data from 24 student teachers and two teacher educators provide insights and understandings into the collaborative interactions and factors that enabled and hindered these interactions. This may support other teacher educators in developing a collaborative pedagogical culture to enhance greater understanding of the SoTL We argue for adopting self-study as a scholarly approach to engage with other theories, such as the SoTL, thus contributing to the broader field of teacher education research.

Desde que la enseñanza se acepta cada vez más como una disciplina hay un creciente énfasis en que los formadores de profesores investiguen sus propias prácticas para desarrollar el conocimiento en torno a la enseñanza y el aprendizaje (E y A). Este estudio buscó explorar en qué medida el self-study contribuye a la comprensión de la E y A en los formadores de docentes al interior de la disciplina de la enseñanza. Mientras que el self-study se acepta generalmente como una aproximación teórica, el objetivo aquí es responder al llamado de la literatura a que los investigadores de self-study evidencien un compromiso con una agenda de investigación basada en la práctica y generadora de teoría, por medio de la asociación a teorías públicas, en este caso las de E y A. Adicionalmente, dado que el self-study es colaborativo por naturaleza, estos hallazgos pueden ayudar a mitigar la escasez de conocimiento reportada en la literatura respecto a la colaboración entre formadores de docentes. Se adoptó una aproximación de self-study para explorar el recorrido de los formadores de docentes mientras diseñaban, implementaban y evaluaban nuevos módulos en educación especial e inclusiva al interior de un programa de formación inicial docente en la República de Irlanda. El análisis y síntesis de los datos de 24 estudiantes de pedagogía proveen comprensiones acerca de las interacciones colaborativas y los factores que facilitaron y dificultaron tales interacciones. Los hallazgos pueden apoyar a que otros formadores desarrollen una cultura pedagógica de colaboración para mejorar la comprensión de la Ey A. Recomendamos la adopción del self-study como aproximación para conectar con otras teorías, como la de E y A, y así contribuir al campo más general de la formación docente.

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