کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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374174 | 622479 | 2012 | 11 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
The framing of teaching standards within restrictive managerial or collaborative democratic ideologies impacts significantly on initial teacher education. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore teacher educators’ (n = 13) perspectives on beginning teacher standards for physical education teacher education in Ireland. Teacher educators favoured a standards-based approach to support consensus within the profession and clear expectations for beginning teachers. They suggested that provision of quality assurance through increased accountability and regulation could enhance the status of the profession based on a democratic ideology of teacher professionalism. The potential of standards to foreground a particular ideology of teacher professionalism is discussed.
► Teacher educators are supportive of adoption of a standards-based approach.
► Standards will support consensus and set clear expectations for beginning teachers.
► Standards will support quality assurance and accountability.
► Standards will support a democratic ideology of teacher professionalism.
Journal: Teaching and Teacher Education - Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 78–88