Tensions in the Work Context of Teacher Educators in a School of Education in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study

Autor/in	Yamin-Ali, Jennifer
Titel	Tensions in the Work Context of Teacher Educators in a School of Education in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study
Quelle	In: European Journal of Teacher Education, 41 (2018) 1, S.66-85 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-9768
DOI	10.1080/02619768.2017.1393516
Schlagwörter	Teacher Educators; Case Studies; Teacher Role; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Professional Identity; Teamwork; College Faculty; Expectation; Trinidad and Tobago + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerrolle; Ausland; Fakultät; Expectancy; Erwartung; Trinidad und Tobago
Abstract	This research focuses on the perspectives of university-based teacher educators regarding their roles at a School of Education in Trinidad and Tobago. It investigates the tensions between their own expectations of the position they were employed for and their perspectives of the institution's expectations of them. This focus adds to the findings and perspectives of other researchers in the field, indicating that teacher educator roles and identities pose questions in international settings including developing countries. This research utilises a descriptive intrinsic case study approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-one participants and the data were analysed to ascertain in what ways their teacher educator experiences conflicted with their initial expectations of what their roles would have been. Findings indicate that teacher educators at this institution were challenged by expanded roles, conducting research, team work, and insufficient opportunity for growth. Implications are presented including suggestions for a range of necessary skills for teacher educators. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01