| Title: |
Teacher Educators as Reformers: Competing Agendas |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Stringer Keefe, Elizabeth (ORCID 0000-0002-9573-4925); Carney, Molly Cummings |
| Source: |
European Journal of Teacher Education. 2018 41(5):572-590. |
| Availability: |
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
19 |
| Publication Date: |
2018 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Teacher Educators; Change Agents; Educational Change; Preservice Teacher Education; Change Strategies; Politics of Education; Leadership Styles; Teacher Characteristics |
| DOI: |
10.1080/02619768.2018.1523391 |
| ISSN: |
0261-9768 |
| Abstract: |
Most of today's reforms of initial teacher education programs, policies, and practices have positioned teachers and teacher educators as the objects, rather than the agents of reform. In contrast, this article focuses on teacher educators as reformers by analyzing three approaches to reform that are initiated, developed, and promoted by teacher educators themselves: "entrepreneurial reform," "managerial reform," and "democratic reform." The article concentrates primarily on "teacher educators as reformers" in the US, but also includes examples from other countries. For each approach, the article considers: who the teacher educator reformers are and how they are positioned; how they construct the 'problem' of teacher education; what reforms they advocate as the 'solution'; and, how these are related to larger policy and political agendas. The article argues that this kind of analysis is critical to understanding the current discourse of reform and the competing agendas that dominate the politics of teacher education. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Number of References: |
71 |
| Entry Date: |
2018 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1195070 |
| Database: |
ERIC |