Assessing Teacher Education: The BC TNE Project

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Assessing Teacher EducationThe BC TNE Project

• University of Auckland,
• Auckland, New Zealand
• February 2006
• Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Larry Ludlow
• Boston College

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U.S. Context The new teacher education
The Teachers for a New Era project Boston
College TNE Issues in assessment and
evaluation in TE
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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• Teachers for a New Era
• Respect for research decisions driven
• by evidence
• Full engagement of AS faculty in TE
• Teaching as a clinically taught practice
• profession
• BC TNE-Evidence Team

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A Conceptual Framework for Assessing TEs Impact
TC Entry Charac- teristics
Teacher Learning (knowledge of
content, pedagogy, learning, schooling beliefs a
ttitudes) TL
Teaching Practices (in schools and
class- rooms) TP
School Outcomes O
Pupil Learning PL
TE Program (oppor- tunities to learn)
Social Justice SJ
Teacher Retention Ret
Pupil charac- teristics PC
Classroom, school, community, university,
accountability Contexts
Induction/mentoring, years 1-2 of teaching------gt
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  Evidence Portfolio
A Conceptual Framework
             

 
                      Contexts
TC
PL
TE
TL
TP
O    
SJ
  Social Justice   TC?TE?SJ   TE?TP?SJ   TE?TL/SJ
  TE?TP/SJ    

  Surveys and Tracking TC   TC?TE?TL   TE?TP?Ret  
TC?TE ?TL ?TP?Ret      
12 Survey Items
I/M
Rett
PC
Entry
Vignettes
Exit
Analysis of Inquiries
Year-Out
Observation of Teaching Practice
  VAM/Cross-sectional     TC/TE ?PL     TC/TE
?PL  
Cohort Analyses
VAA
Cross-sectional Comparison  
Simulation
  Content Analysis of Inquiry Projects  
TP   TL
PL   SJ
     
  Comparison Study    
TE?TP?PL    
  Qualitative Case Studies   TC ?
TE ? TL ? TP ? O Contexts  
  Pupil Assessments
Social Justice
Math Ed.
  Inquiry
Mentoring/ Induction
  Retention
  Cross-case Analyses
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• Studying Teacher Education Challenges
• What counts as an outcome?
• What are reliable measures of those outcomes?
• How to deal with context?
• How to deal with complexity?
• How to use evidence/research to improve
  practice?
• What kinds of evidence are persuasive/credible?
  
• Funding?
• Local knowledge-public knowledge?

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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Policy Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Research- and Evidence- Based
Teacher Education as a Political Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Evidence Plus
Teacher Education as a Political Problem
Outcomes- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy
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Evidence Plus
Teacher Education as a Political Problem
Learning- Driven
The New Teacher Education
Regulation/ Deregulation
Diversification/ Selectivity
Multiple Sites/ University
Subject Matter/ Pedagogy