Safety Training for Career and Content Switchers

Autor/inn/en	Reed, Philip A.; Ferguson, M. Kathleen
Titel	Safety Training for Career and Content Switchers
Quelle	In: Technology and Engineering Teacher, 80 (2021) 7, S.16-19 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-0502
Schlagwörter	Teacher Shortage; Engineering Education; Career Education; Teacher Certification; Alternative Teacher Certification; Career Change; Teacher Education Programs; Epistemology; Laboratory Safety; Safety Education; Laboratory Equipment; Maintenance; Teacher Workshops; Faculty Development; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrermangel; Ingenieurausbildung; Arbeitslehre; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Erkenntnistheorie; Sicherheitserziehung; Laborausstattung
Abstract	Tremendous teacher shortages and shifts in the preparation of technology and engineering (T&E) teachers have been occurring for some time (Litowitz, 2014; Moye, 2009; Volk, 1997, 2019). The training and certification of these teachers is extremely varied since each state certifies T&E teachers independently and most states offer several pathways to certification. Virginia, for example, has approved collegiate programs leading to licensure as well as several alternative routes for career and content switchers (i.e., teachers holding a license in one area of education who are working to get licensed in T&E education) (Commonwealth of Virginia, 2019). While alternative licensure provides streamlined pathways for educators to become certified in T&E education, participants likely do not receive the depth of training that preservice teachers do in formal T&E teacher preparation programs. Put another way, alternative licensure programs certify individuals to become teachers, but they do not guarantee that they are fully qualified (Love & Roy, 2017). Discipline-specific history, epistemology, and laboratory safety and maintenance require extensive training in T&E education (Ferguson & Reed, 2019). The article will describe T&E education workshops implemented in Virginia to aid career and content switchers not formally trained in laboratory safety. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. 1914 Association Drive Suite 201, Reston, VA 20191-1539. Tel: 703-860-2100; Fax: 703-860-0353; e-mail: iteea@iteea.org; Web site: https://www.iteea.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01