Repurposing My Professional Practice: Learning from my students over time and place
Abstract
"This article, written in narrative form, represents a data-based analysis of what I have learned about myself as a teacher of prospective teachers and as a teacher education researcher from Fall 2000 through Fall 2008 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The data for this analysis consist of three related data sets: notes on 13 people who graduated from an English teacher preparation program in Spring 2002, notes on the research team that collected data on the graduates and who participated in the early stages of analysis, and notes on my current teaching. I argue that it is impossible and undesirable to segment my professional practice into discrete components. I also argue that is simplistic and unrealistic to locate students' learning in one event or one factor. A longitudinal, qualitative design has provided me with insight into the development of my former students' practices and career paths and also into the challenges and complexities of maintaining connections through the medium of research" (p. 129).
Reference
Clift, R. T. (2009). Repurposing My Professional Practice: Learning from my Students Over Time and Place. Studying Teacher Education: Journal Of Self-Study Of Teacher Education Practices, 5(2), 129-141. doi:10.1080/17425960903306567
Journal
Studying Teacher Education: Journal Of Self-Study Of Teacher Education Practices
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
no
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
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- Collaborative professional discussion
- course materials
- email correspondence
- End-of-course evaluations
- fieldnotes
- narrative journals
- retrospective notes
- Transcriptions
Data Analysis Tools
- coding to a prior categories
- Self-Study
Researcher Positionality
Research Questions
From strands of data collected across one teacher's secondary methods courses over time, what can a collaborative research team learn about the nature of assignments, instructional emphases, student reactions, and importance over time?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? No