"I'm Not so Sure…": Teacher Educator Action Research into Uncertainty

Autor/in	Rogers, Carrie
Titel	"I'm Not so Sure…": Teacher Educator Action Research into Uncertainty
Quelle	In: Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research, 18 (2016) 2, Artikel 3 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2470-6353
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Assignments; Preservice Teachers; Teaching (Occupation); Career Choice; Teacher Characteristics; Student Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Experiential Learning; Writing Assignments; Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; Essays; Self Esteem + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Schülerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Grouping; Gruppenbildung; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	Using a framework of uncertainty that is informed by Hannah Arendt's philosophy this four-semester action research project describes the creation and analysis of an assignment that allows teacher candidates to explore their own uncertainties in regards to the teaching profession. This action research project examines the assignment and its development over time toward the goal of encouraging teacher candidates to have a disposition that frames uncertainty or doubt as an essential and necessary part of teaching. Findings were mixed. While this study reaffirms the theoretical perspective that action research, for me as a teacher educator, is about taking pedagogical risks to improve the quality of educational processes (Elliott, 1991) teacher candidates' dispositions toward uncertainty remain a concern. While many, in this study, saw uncertainty as inherent to teaching many also felt that these uncertainties could be remedied with the right training or experience. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New Prairie Press, Kansas State University Libraries. 137 Hale Library, Manhattan, KS 66506. e-mail: nppress@ksu.edu; Web site: http://newprairiepress.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01