Coaching with CARE in a Preservice Literacy Teacher Education Program: A Design/Development Study
Abstract
Cooperating teachers play a key role in the preparation of preservice teachers. However, these cooperating teachers seldom receive any kind of systematic preparation or guidance in their role – in particular in the coaching of preservice teachers around practice. !e goal of this research study was to develop a model for preparing cooperating teachers to coach preservice teachers in a teacher education program focused on literacy. !is study was design-development based and employed qualitative research tools to examine the appropriation of the model. !e participants were nine cooperating teachers enrolled in a master’s program focused on mentoring, leadership and professional development in literacy and one part-time doctoral student (and fulltime teacher) in Language and Literacy Studies. !e "ndings revealed that teachers valued the coaching model and viewed it as substantially di#erent from any coaching they had received or applied in the past. !e researchers used the experiences of the cooperating teachers and preservice teachers to revise the model in planning for the next phase of research.
Reference
Hoffman, J. V., Maloch, B., Mosley Wetzel, M., Taylor, L., Pruitt, A., Greeter, E., & Khan Vlach, S. (2014). Coaching with care in a preservice literacy teacher education program: A design/development study. Exploring the world of literacy: The Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (ALER) yearbook, 36, 119-138.
Journal
Yearbook of the College Reading Association
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
yes
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
Research Location Context
Preservice Participants
- Undergraduates (university based program)
Preservice Sample Size
9
Other Participant Data
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
Data Analysis Tools
- Constant comparative analysis
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
- Inside (studying their own programs)
Research Questions
"Our goal was to develop a model for mentoring and coaching that challenges the traditional evaluative model by bringing into better alignment the cooperative efforts of university based and school-based literacy teacher education." (p. 122)
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes