Investigating Early Career Urban Teachers' Perspectives on and Experiences in Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Lauren; Olsen, Brad
Titel	Investigating Early Career Urban Teachers' Perspectives on and Experiences in Professional Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education, 57 (2006) 4, S.359-377 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4871
DOI	10.1177/0022487106291565
Schlagwörter	Teacher Education Programs; College Graduates; Urban Teaching; Urban Education; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Experience; Professional Development; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Urban education; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Despite their interconnectedness, teacher education, teacher development, and teacher retention are often treated as discrete domains of inquiry. This article and the research on which it reports resist such compartmentalization and instead focus on relationships between teachers' pasts, presents, and futures. In particular, this qualitative study of 15 specialized teacher education program graduates examines urban teachers' perspectives on and experiences in professional development. Specific attention is paid to the role of professional development--in conjunction with other forces, including preservice preparation and workplace conditions--in shaping teachers' attitudes about their work and their professional futures. Findings illuminate four kinds of complexity underlying teachers' early career needs that are discussed and used to generate suggestions for how universities might better support teacher education program graduates to build rewarding and effective long-term careers in education. (Contains 10 notes and 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10