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Message from the Presidents of NYACTE and NYSATE Robert J. Michael Jerry Rivera-Wilson Page vii Notes from the Editor Cynthia A. Lassonde Page ix Reports of Research and Reflection Reflective Thinking: The Essence of Professional Development Margaret Egan Page 1 Shaping the Pedagogy of an Undergraduate Teacher Education Program With Lesson Study Ann R. Taylor, Susan E. Breck, Barbara D. O’Donnell, Stephen Marlette, Jennifer Bolander, Stephanie McAndrews, and Gloria Reading Page 15 “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: A Second-Year Teacher’s Experience Writing Report Cards Jennifer Tuten Page 31 Sharing Perspectives, Practices, and Approaches Learning Anytime and Anywhere With Advanced Distributed Learning: Some Opportunities and Challenges for Educators and Education J. D. Fletcher, Sigmund Tobias, and Robert A. Wisher Page 47 Making the Journey Into Teaching: A Different Approach to Student Teaching at the Secondary Level James J. Carpenter Page 61 Nota Bene: Resources of Note The New York Comprehensive Center: Supporting Faculty who Prepare Teachers Susan Villani Page 75 Book Review of Readers of the Quilt: Essays on Being Black, Female, and Literate Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs Page 81 Book Review of Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters Anita C. Levine Page 83 Book Review of Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in American Schools Charles F. Howlett Page 85 An Analytic Outline of Why Social Justice Matters Jason Blokhuis Page 89 Excelsior Leadership in Teaching and Learning Volume 2, Number 1 Fall/Winter 2007 NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION NYACTE NYACTE Executive Board 2006-2007 President Vice President/President Elect Robert J. Michael Lois Fisch SUNY College at New Paltz Utica College Past President Executive Secretary Margaret Egan Craig Hill College of Mount Saint Vincent Nazareth College Executive Treasurer Annjanet Woodburn Pace University Board of Directors Kate DaBoll-Lavoie Annette D. Digby Suzanne Weber Nazareth College Lehman College, CUNY SUNY College at Oswego Journal Editor Cynthia A. Lassonde SUNY College at Oneonta National Editorial Board Dominic Belmonte Carol Merz-Frankel Golden Apple Foundation University of Puget Sound Mary E. Diez Helene Napolitano Alverno College Marymount Manhattan College, Emeritus Laura Dorow Robert J. Nistler Utica College University of St. Thomas Joanne Kilgour Dowdy Susan Polirstok Kent State University Lehman College, CUNY Lois Fisch Sandra Stacki Utica College Hofstra University Althier M. Lazar Robert J. Starratt Saint Joseph’s University Boston College

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stud

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teac

hers

cra

ft a

ny a

uthe

ntic

evi

denc

e of

gro

wth

or a

ny in

sigh

tful

pro

duct

unle

ss w

e fir

st h

elp

them

beg

in to

dev

elop

the

art o

f ref

lect

ive

thin

king

. Hen

ce, t

hepu

rpos

e of

this

art

icle

is to

exa

min

e th

e di

ffer

ent a

ppro

ache

s to

faci

litat

ing

refl

ectio

n an

dto

con

side

r the

var

ious

way

s th

at te

ache

r edu

cato

rs c

an a

ssis

t gen

uine

refl

ectiv

e th

inki

ngin

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

. Ess

entia

lly, w

e ar

e ex

plor

ing

som

e ke

y qu

estio

ns: W

hat i

s re

flec

-tiv

e th

inki

ng a

nd h

ow d

oes

one

actu

ally

hel

p de

velo

p re

flec

tive

thin

king

in p

rese

rvic

ete

ache

rs?

The

re a

re m

any

who

in th

eir v

ersa

tile

and

prac

tical

wor

ks h

ave

offe

red

us m

uch

enco

urag

emen

t in

our t

ask

of d

evel

opin

g re

flec

tive

thou

ght.

Posn

er (2

000)

war

ns, “

If y

oum

erel

y ‘d

o’ y

our f

ield

exp

erie

nce

with

out t

hink

ing

deep

ly a

bout

it, i

f you

mer

ely

allo

wyo

ur e

xper

ienc

es to

was

h ov

er y

ou w

ithou

t sav

orin

g an

d ex

amin

ing

them

for t

heir

sign

ifica

nce,

then

you

r gro

wth

will

be

seve

rely

lim

ited”

(p. 2

2). K

ilban

e an

d M

ilman

(200

3) a

dvis

e th

at r

efle

ctio

n sh

ould

occ

ur th

roug

hout

the

enti

re p

roce

ss o

f on

e’s

prof

essi

onal

dev

elop

men

t. B

eatti

e (2

007)

enc

oura

ges

the

use

of th

e C

ircl

e of

Inqu

iry—

from

Exp

erie

nce

to R

efle

ctio

n to

Inte

rpre

tatio

n to

App

licat

ion—

to h

elp

fost

er c

ontin

uous

prof

essi

onal

dev

elop

men

t. In

a s

imila

r vei

n, K

rono

witz

(200

8) c

lear

ly a

nd e

xten

sive

lyex

plai

ns th

at it

is n

ever

too

earl

y to

beg

in re

flec

ting

on o

ne’s

teac

hing

per

form

ance

.Fo

ster

, Wal

ker,

and

Song

(200

7) g

ive

cons

ider

able

em

phas

is to

the

art o

f ref

lect

ion

asth

ey d

escr

ibe

the

proc

ess

as th

e ne

ed to

“di

g be

neat

h th

e su

rfac

e ob

serv

atio

ns to

unc

over

poss

ible

exp

lana

tions

for w

hat h

appe

ned”

(p. 3

4). T

hus,

refl

ectio

n m

ust g

ive

evid

ence

of

disp

ositi

on a

s w

ell a

s ab

ility

—ke

y el

emen

ts in

the

teac

hing

pro

cess

. Bar

rett’

s (2

007,

Ele

ctro

nic

Port

folio

s.or

g) e

xten

sive

wor

k w

ith th

e de

velo

pmen

t of e

lect

roni

c po

rtfo

lios

give

s un

equi

voca

l tes

timon

y to

the

nece

ssity

of f

orm

ativ

e re

flec

tive

asse

ssm

ent i

npr

epar

atio

n fo

r the

sum

mat

ive

prod

uct—

in th

is c

ase

the

elec

tron

ic p

ortf

olio

that

spe

aks

to th

e pr

ofes

sion

al d

evel

opm

ent a

nd c

ompe

tenc

e of

the

indi

vidu

al. W

hile

Bar

rett’

sem

phas

is is

on

the

port

folio

as

an e

lect

roni

c m

aste

rpie

ce, s

he c

ites

refl

ectio

n as

one

of

the

key

peda

gogi

cal r

equi

rem

ents

for d

evel

opm

ent:

“An

elec

tron

ic p

ortf

olio

with

out

refl

ectio

n is

just

a m

ultim

edia

pre

sent

atio

n, a

fanc

y el

ectr

onic

resu

me,

a w

eb p

age,

or a

digi

tal s

crap

book

. The

pow

er o

f ref

lect

ion

turn

s ou

r CO

LL

EC

TIO

NS

into

EV

IDE

NC

Eof

our

lear

ning

…”

(Bar

rett,

Ref

lect

ions

, 200

3).

In h

is w

ork

on u

nder

stan

ding

and

ass

essi

ng th

e re

flec

tive

thin

king

pro

cess

es o

fpr

eser

vice

teac

hers

, Lee

(200

5) d

efin

es re

flec

tive

thin

king

as

a de

velo

pmen

tal p

roce

ssth

at e

ncom

pass

es th

ree

leve

ls o

r dep

ths

of re

flec

tion.

He

desc

ribe

s L

evel

1 a

s th

e R

ecal

lle

vel i

n w

hich

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r mer

ely

desc

ribe

s th

e te

achi

ng s

ituat

ion

in w

hich

he

finds

him

self

. For

exa

mpl

e, th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her m

ight

repo

rt th

at a

s he

was

teac

hing

his

less

on, t

he s

tude

nts

wer

e ro

wdy

. Lev

el 2

is th

e R

atio

naliz

atio

n le

vel i

n w

hich

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r tri

es to

find

rela

tions

hips

or r

easo

ns fo

r situ

atio

ns.

Her

e, th

epr

eser

vice

teac

her m

ight

refl

ect t

hat s

tude

nt ro

wdi

ness

was

cau

sed

by th

e up

com

ing

holid

ay o

r by

his

own

inab

ility

to o

rgan

ize

his

mat

eria

ls. A

t Lev

el 3

, the

Ref

lect

ivity

leve

l, th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her v

iew

s th

e si

tuat

ion

with

the

reso

lve

to a

djus

t his

pra

ctic

e in

subs

eque

nt si

tuat

ions

. H

is re

flect

ion

can

incl

ude

com

men

ts s

uch

as “

Nex

t tim

e I w

illpr

ovid

e m

ore

inte

rest

ing

activ

ities

that

are

mor

e ch

alle

ngin

g an

d le

ss fl

avor

ed w

ith d

rill

and

rout

ine.

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3R

efle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

LeP

age,

Dar

ling-

Ham

mon

d, A

kar,

Gut

ierr

ez, J

enki

ns-G

unn,

and

Ros

ebro

ck (2

005)

clai

m th

at th

ose

who

pra

ctic

e re

flec

tivel

y ca

n re

adily

mov

e be

yond

the

tria

l-an

d-er

ror

stag

e to

sys

tem

atic

teac

hing

per

form

ance

. Fur

ther

mor

e, th

ey n

ote

that

thos

e w

ho a

redi

spos

ed to

refl

ectio

n ar

e le

ss li

kely

to b

lam

e pa

rent

s or

chi

ldre

n fo

r lac

k of

pro

gres

s in

lear

ning

. Rat

her,

thes

e re

flec

tive

prac

titio

ners

hav

e a

stro

nger

tend

ency

to e

ngag

e in

criti

cal s

elf-

anal

ysis

to m

odif

y an

d ad

apt t

heir

str

ateg

ies.

Del

iber

atio

n up

on re

flec

tion

wou

ld b

e se

vere

ly la

ckin

g if

we

did

not d

raw

insp

ira-

tion

from

Joh

n D

ewey

(193

3) w

ho in

sist

ed th

at re

flec

tive

thin

king

mus

t be

an e

duca

-tio

nal a

im.

The

re is

no

choi

ce. D

ewey

not

ed th

at w

e ne

ed to

cha

nge

actio

n th

at c

ould

be

mer

ely

self

-see

king

, blin

d, a

nd im

puls

ive

into

act

ion

that

is in

telli

gent

—ac

tion

that

ism

ore

“in

the

virt

ue o

f tho

ught

” (p

. 18)

. N

eedl

ess

to s

ay, o

ne w

ould

hop

e no

t to

find

self

-se

ekin

g, b

lind,

and

impu

lsiv

e ac

tion

with

in th

e te

achi

ng p

rofe

ssio

n (o

r any

pro

fess

ion)

.R

egre

ttabl

y, s

uch

unre

flec

tive

patte

rns

of b

ehav

ior c

an d

evel

op.

Tha

t is

why

we

mus

the

lp p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs c

ultiv

ate

good

hab

its o

f ref

lect

ing

appr

opri

atel

y, c

onsi

sten

tly,

and

effe

ctiv

ely

from

the

very

beg

inni

ng o

f the

ir p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent.

Una

nim

ous

agre

emen

t am

ong

the

wri

ters

revi

ewed

poi

nts

to th

e ne

cess

ity o

f ref

lec-

tion

in a

ll as

pect

s of

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, goo

d, p

urpo

sefu

l ref

lec-

tion

does

not

com

e ea

sily

. And

so,

bef

ore

docu

men

ting

grow

th in

teac

hing

, one

mus

t fir

stha

ve th

e re

flec

tive

cont

ent t

hat m

akes

the

docu

men

tatio

n au

then

tic. T

he jo

urna

l, es

say,

port

folio

or d

iscu

ssio

n, o

f its

elf,

does

not

ens

ure

refl

ectio

n. T

o pu

t it g

libly

, the

re is

refl

ectio

n an

d th

en th

ere

is h

igh-

qual

ity re

flec

tion.

Bef

ore

ther

e is

refl

ectiv

e co

nten

t,th

ere

mus

t be

a pe

rson

who

is le

arni

ng to

thin

k br

oadl

y an

d de

eply

on

all a

spec

ts o

f his

or h

er o

ngoi

ng p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent.

Whe

n th

is h

as b

een

acco

mpl

ishe

d, o

r at l

east

wel

l beg

un, t

hen

the

jour

nal,

essa

y, p

ortf

olio

, or a

ny p

iece

of w

ritin

g or

any

in-d

epth

disc

ussi

on w

ill b

ecom

e th

e m

eans

thro

ugh

whi

ch th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her w

ill b

e ab

le to

expr

ess

mor

e vi

ably

the

evid

ence

of e

xter

nal a

nd, e

qual

ly a

s im

port

ant,

inte

rnal

gro

wth

as a

teac

her.

The

oret

ical

Con

side

ratio

ns a

bout

Ref

lect

ive

Teac

hing

Firs

t, w

e m

ust a

sk o

urse

lves

how

we

defi

ne re

flec

tion.

Kor

thag

en (2

001)

war

ns u

sth

at w

e w

ill n

ot fi

nd u

nani

mity

rega

rdin

g th

e de

finiti

on o

f ref

lect

ion.

Lee

(200

5) s

ees

refl

ectio

n as

a s

yste

mat

ic a

naly

sis

of a

n ev

ent (

or p

robl

em) t

hat c

an b

e ch

arac

teri

zed

acco

rdin

g to

con

tent

(the

mai

n co

ncer

ns o

f the

thin

ker r

egar

ding

a p

artic

ular

situ

atio

n)an

d de

pth

(the

way

the

thin

ker d

evel

ops

the

refl

ectio

n pr

oces

s in

rela

tion

to th

at s

itua-

tion)

. Aft

er d

raw

ing

upon

the

defin

ition

s of

fere

d by

oth

ers,

Kilb

ane

and

Milm

an (2

003)

desc

ribe

refl

ectio

n as

“ta

king

tim

e to

thin

k an

d co

ntem

plat

e m

etac

ogni

tivel

y ab

out

teac

hing

pra

ctic

e” (p

. 63)

. Wol

f (20

06) e

xpla

ins

refl

ectio

n as

a th

ough

tful

ana

lysi

s an

dre

port

ing

of o

ne’s

phi

loso

phy

and

teac

hing

exp

erie

nces

. Dew

ey (1

933)

def

ined

refl

ectio

nas

a “

bette

r way

of t

hink

ing”

that

con

sist

s of

“tu

rnin

g a

subj

ect o

ver i

n th

e m

ind

and

givi

ng it

ser

ious

and

con

secu

tive

cons

ider

atio

n” (p

. 3).

Thi

s “b

ette

r way

of t

hink

ing”

he

refe

rs to

as

“ref

lect

ive

thin

king

” (p

. 3).

In th

is a

rtic

le, a

s w

e di

scus

s th

e qu

inte

ssen

ce o

fre

flec

tion,

we

pref

er to

use

Dew

ey’s

sim

plis

tical

ly a

ccur

ate

term

inol

ogy

that

say

s it

all—

“ref

lect

ive

thin

king

” or

“re

flec

tion.

”Se

cond

, we

real

ize

that

in th

is d

iscu

ssio

n w

e w

ill p

roba

bly

not b

e ab

le fu

lly to

expl

ain

clea

rly

how

one

can

act

ually

teac

h re

flec

tive

thin

king

. We

can

only

dis

cuss

way

sto

hel

p pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

cul

tivat

e a

refl

ectiv

e at

titud

e or

way

of l

ife.

For

tuna

tely

, we

are

deal

ing

with

a n

on-c

ontr

over

sial

issu

e re

gard

ing

the

nece

ssity

of r

efle

ctiv

e th

inki

ngw

hich

leav

es u

s w

ith th

e lu

xury

of c

once

ntra

ting

on th

e ba

sic

issu

e of

how

we

actu

ally

help

dev

elop

refl

ectiv

e th

inki

ng in

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

.

4R

efle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

Let

us

retu

rn to

Dew

ey (1

993)

to re

view

wha

t is

real

ly e

ssen

tial.

Whe

n w

e ar

ew

orki

ng w

ith p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs (o

r any

teac

hers

for t

hat m

atte

r), w

e m

ust b

egin

with

the

basi

cs. D

ewey

not

ed th

ere

are

cert

ain

attit

udes

that

one

mus

t hav

e to

eng

age

in w

orth

-w

hile

thou

ght.

The

se a

ttitu

des

or d

ispo

sitio

ns a

re o

pen-

min

dedn

ess,

who

le-h

eart

edne

ss,

and

resp

onsi

bilit

y. H

e de

fine

d op

en-m

inde

dnes

s as

free

dom

from

pre

judi

ce a

nd a

ny o

ther

nega

tive

qual

ities

that

“cl

ose

the

min

d an

d m

ake

it un

will

ing

to c

onsi

der

new

pro

blem

san

d en

tert

ain

new

ide

as”

(p. 3

0). T

he c

ause

s of

thi

s “m

enta

l slu

ggis

hnes

s” (p

. 30)

coul

d be

sel

f-ab

sorp

tion,

fear

, lac

k of

kno

wle

dge,

or a

ny o

f a h

ost o

f rel

ated

fact

ors.

Who

le-h

eart

edne

ss, a

ccor

ding

to D

ewey

(193

3), i

s ab

sorp

tion

in th

e ta

sk a

t han

d, th

eta

sk o

f bec

omin

g a

com

pete

nt, c

arin

g te

ache

r. W

ithou

t thi

s w

hole

-hea

rted

ness

, one

’sfo

cus

is d

ivid

ed o

r dis

trac

ted

and

one

cann

ot g

ive

full

sing

le-m

inde

d de

votio

n to

the

situ

atio

n of

issu

e. D

ewey

not

ed th

at w

hen

one

is fu

lly a

bsor

bed,

then

one

is c

arri

ed w

ithth

e ta

sk. Q

uest

ions

ari

se; c

halle

nges

are

wel

com

ed; e

nerg

y is

spo

ntan

eous

. To

day,

we

mig

ht d

escr

ibe

this

pos

itiv

ism

as

mot

ivat

ion,

cre

ativ

ity,

dev

otio

n—a

true

sen

se o

fpr

ofes

sion

alis

m.

Dew

ey (1

933)

def

ines

the

thir

d qu

ality

, res

pons

ibili

ty, a

s m

ore

of a

mor

al tr

ait t

han

anin

telle

ctua

l ass

et.

One

who

is in

telle

ctua

lly re

spon

sibl

e ha

s fu

lly c

onsi

dere

d th

e co

nse-

quen

ces

of o

ne’s

pro

fess

ed g

oals

. If o

ne d

esir

es to

be

a go

od te

ache

r, th

ere

will

be

com

mitm

ent t

o th

e ta

sks

requ

ired

to a

ttain

that

goa

l. T

here

will

be

a fo

cus,

a ha

bit o

f tho

roug

hnes

s an

d pr

epar

atio

n. T

here

will

be

no s

hort

cut

s to

pro

fess

iona

lco

mpe

tenc

e. T

hese

thre

e at

titud

es th

at D

ewey

has

def

ined

are

ess

entia

l to

a st

rong

sen

seof

mis

sion

with

out w

hich

a p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

r can

not b

e su

cces

sful

. Get

ting

in to

uch

with

one’

s pe

rson

al q

ualit

ies

of o

pen-

min

dedn

ess,

who

le-h

eart

edne

ss, a

nd r

espo

nsib

ility

hel

pson

e de

fine

that

per

sona

l mis

sion

, the

iden

tific

atio

n of

whi

ch is

a c

ruci

al c

ompo

nent

of t

here

flec

tion

proc

ess.

If w

e ar

e to

con

tinue

with

this

art

icle

in th

e ex

plor

atio

n of

way

s to

fost

er re

flec

tive

thin

king

, we

can

do s

o on

ly w

ith th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at th

ese

thre

e re

quis

ite d

ispo

sitio

ns—

open

-min

dedn

ess,

who

lehe

arte

dnes

s, a

nd re

spon

sibi

lity

are

pres

ent w

ithin

the

pres

ervi

cete

ache

r. T

hese

are

the

disp

ositi

ons

that

can

driv

e th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her t

o fu

lfill

a p

erso

nal

mis

sion

to s

triv

e fo

r exc

elle

nce

in p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent.

The

hab

it of

sus

tain

edre

flec

tion

wil

l hel

p th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her

focu

s on

that

mis

sion

. It

is th

e te

ache

red

ucat

ors

who

mus

t con

side

r how

they

will

insp

ire

and

supp

ort t

his

ongo

ing

prac

tice

ofre

flec

tion.

For

the

mos

t par

t, re

flec

tion

does

not

occ

ur s

pont

aneo

usly

. Dew

ey (1

933)

sugg

este

d th

at to

dev

elop

hab

its o

f ref

lect

ive

thin

king

, we

mus

t hav

e a

met

hod

by w

hich

we

can

prov

ide

cond

ition

s th

at n

urtu

re re

flec

tion.

Kor

thag

en a

nd V

asal

os (2

005)

cla

imth

at s

truc

ture

d re

flec

tion

is a

nec

essa

ry c

ompo

nent

of o

ngoi

ng p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

and

beha

vior

.Pe

rhap

s w

e ca

n dr

aw a

sim

ple

para

llel h

ere.

Whe

n w

e “t

each

read

ing,

” w

e us

ually

follo

w a

met

hod,

alth

ough

not

one

met

hod

for a

ll. W

e tr

y to

fost

er th

inki

ng s

kills

inch

ildre

n. W

e kn

ow th

at w

e ca

nnot

say

to a

chi

ld, “

read

and

com

preh

end

this

sel

ectio

n.”

Rat

her,

we

mus

t pro

vide

que

stio

ns th

at s

timul

ate,

que

stio

ns th

at re

quir

e w

hat w

e tr

adi-

tiona

lly d

efin

e as

lite

ral,

inte

rpre

tive,

and

cri

tical

thin

king

to fo

ster

true

com

preh

ensi

on.

We

also

kno

w th

at to

teac

h re

adin

g m

ore

effe

ctiv

ely,

we

mus

t hel

p ch

ildre

n dr

aw u

pon

thei

r bac

kgro

und

expe

rien

ces,

thei

r sch

ema.

Oft

en, w

e us

e a

met

hod,

mor

e or

less

stru

ctur

ed, t

o he

lp th

em re

call

thei

r kno

wle

dge,

con

side

r the

ir e

xper

ienc

es, p

onde

r the

irva

lues

and

bel

iefs

, and

exp

ress

them

acc

ordi

ngly

. The

n, m

aybe

we

can

say

we

have

“tau

ght”

com

preh

ensi

on. O

r, ha

ve w

e? M

aybe

we

have

just

hel

ped

deve

lop

the

esse

ntia

ldi

spos

ition

s fo

r thi

nkin

g lit

eral

ly, i

nter

pret

ivel

y, a

nd c

ritic

ally

. Sim

ilarl

y, in

hel

ping

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs w

ith re

flec

tive

thin

king

, we

need

to fo

llow

a m

etho

d th

at w

ill h

elp

us

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and

them

to d

raw

upo

n th

eir k

now

ledg

e an

d ex

peri

ence

as

wel

l as

thei

r per

sona

l bel

iefs

and

valu

es.

Fost

erin

g In

-Dep

th R

efle

ctio

n: T

heor

etic

al M

odel

s

In h

is d

iscu

ssio

n of

refl

ectiv

e th

inki

ng D

ewey

(193

3) c

lear

ly e

mph

asiz

ed th

eim

port

ance

of a

seq

uenc

e or

met

hod.

In d

efin

ing

refl

ectio

n, D

ewey

’s u

se o

f the

wor

d“c

onse

cutiv

e” re

min

ded

us th

ere

has

to b

e so

me

mea

ning

ful o

rder

in th

e pr

oces

s, o

r as

Dew

ey in

dica

ted

“not

just

a s

eque

nce

but a

con

-seq

uenc

e—a

cons

ecut

ive

orde

ring

insu

ch a

way

that

eac

h (t

houg

ht) d

eter

min

es th

e ne

xt a

s its

pro

per o

utco

me”

(p. 4

).To

nur

ture

refl

ectiv

e th

inki

ng in

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

, the

sup

ervi

sor m

ust b

e cl

ear,

com

pete

nt, a

nd c

omfo

rtab

le w

ith th

e re

flec

tive

appr

oach

that

she

is u

sing

. Sh

e m

ust b

ecl

ear a

bout

her

exp

ecta

tions

.W

hat t

ype

of re

flec

tive

resp

onse

from

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r is

nece

ssar

y? V

ario

usex

celle

nt m

odel

s of

refl

ectio

n ar

e av

aila

ble

for u

se.

Kol

b’s

mod

el (K

olb’

s L

earn

ing

Styl

es 1

984—

rece

ntly

upd

ated

in M

ay, 2

006)

invi

tes

the

lear

ner t

o fo

llow

a p

roce

ss b

yw

hich

one

met

hodi

cally

pro

ceed

s fr

om th

e co

ncre

te e

xper

ienc

e to

the

obse

rvat

ion

of th

eex

peri

ence

to th

e ap

plic

atio

n an

d th

en to

the

activ

e ex

peri

men

tatio

n or

redo

ing

of th

eac

tivity

. The

ste

ps a

re lo

gica

l and

sho

uld

lead

to s

ucce

ssfu

l out

com

es.

The

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pub

lic In

stru

ctio

n (S

elf-

asse

ssm

ent:

The

Ref

lec-

tive

Prac

titio

ner,

2007

) off

ers

teac

hers

a c

lear

ly d

evel

oped

cir

cula

r mod

el o

f ref

lect

ive

teac

hing

that

req

uire

s th

e pr

actit

ione

r to

sele

ct th

e st

anda

rds,

evi

denc

e an

d ar

tifac

ts fo

rth

e le

arni

ng p

roce

ss; t

hen

to d

escr

ibe

the

who

, wha

t, w

hen,

and

whe

re o

f the

lear

ning

activ

ity. T

hat i

s fo

llow

ed b

y an

alys

is—

the

why

and

how

of w

hat t

ook

plac

e. T

he n

ext

activ

ity is

the

appr

aisa

l of t

he a

ctiv

ity—

inte

rpre

tatio

n of

eve

nts

and

dete

rmin

atio

n of

thei

r im

pact

and

eff

ectiv

enes

s. F

inal

ly, t

here

is th

e re

quir

emen

t to

tran

sfor

m o

ne’s

appr

oach

—ut

ilizi

ng th

e da

ta to

dev

elop

new

goa

ls a

nd s

trat

egie

s th

at c

an b

e ap

plie

d to

one’

s te

achi

ng. E

ach

of th

e di

rect

ive

head

ings

incl

udes

spe

cifi

c de

scri

ptor

s th

at h

elp

tom

ake

the

dire

ctiv

es a

s co

ncre

te a

s po

ssib

le (

Figu

re 1

).T

he c

ircu

lar m

odel

can

pro

vide

the

stru

ctur

e th

at g

uide

s th

e th

inki

ng p

atte

rns

and

conv

ersa

tion

of th

e su

perv

isor

and

pre

serv

ice

or re

gula

r tea

cher

s. H

ere

is w

here

the

infl

uenc

e of

the

teac

hing

sup

ervi

sor i

s cr

itica

l. A

ppro

pria

te q

uest

ions

mus

t be

aske

d at

the

diff

erin

g le

vels

of r

efle

ctiv

e de

velo

pmen

t in

the

circ

ular

mod

el s

o th

at th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

may

resp

ond

appr

opri

atel

y an

d re

vise

teac

hing

pra

ctic

e ac

cord

ingl

y. T

hrou

ghth

eir r

espo

nses

to th

e gu

idin

g qu

estio

ns, p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs m

ay b

e ab

le to

sup

ply

the

evid

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s th

eir s

peci

fic

know

ledg

e an

d te

achi

ng s

kills

.K

orth

agen

(200

1) d

iscu

sses

his

app

roac

h to

exp

erie

ntia

l lea

rnin

g, w

hich

can

be

desc

ribe

d by

the

AL

AC

T m

odel

of r

efle

ctio

n. T

his

mod

el c

onsi

sts

of fi

ve p

hase

s: a

ctio

n;lo

okin

g ba

ck o

n th

e ac

tion;

aw

aren

ess

of e

ssen

tial a

spec

ts; c

reat

ing

alte

rnat

ive

met

hods

of a

ctio

n; a

nd tr

ial (

Figu

re 2

). A

ccor

ding

to K

orth

agen

, thi

s ap

proa

ch to

refl

ectio

n of

fers

less

dep

ende

nce

upon

ratio

nal o

r clin

ical

thin

king

and

mor

e em

phas

is o

n th

inki

ng,

feel

ing,

wan

ting,

and

act

ing.

The

se in

terp

erso

nal a

nd in

trap

erso

nal r

efle

ctio

ns a

refo

ster

ed b

y qu

estio

ns s

uch

as “

Wha

t did

you

wan

t? W

hat d

id th

e pu

pils

wan

t? W

hat

wer

e yo

u th

inki

ng?

Wha

t wer

e th

e pu

pils

thin

king

? H

ow d

id y

ou fe

el?

How

did

the

pupi

ls fe

el?”

(p. 2

14).

Re

fle

ctive

Th

inkin

g6

Re

fle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

Fig

ure

1. T

he c

ycle

of r

efle

ctio

n. (R

eplic

ated

with

per

mis

sion

from

the

publ

ic s

choo

ls o

fN

orth

Car

olin

a, M

arch

200

7.)

Acc

ordi

ng to

Kor

thag

en’s

(200

1) p

lan,

Pha

se 5

, the

Tri

al is

usu

ally

Pha

se 1

,th

e A

ctio

n, o

f th

e ne

xt d

evel

opin

g cy

cle,

ens

urin

g th

at r

efle

ctio

n an

d gr

owth

are

cont

inua

lly

occu

rrin

g. I

n ex

plai

ning

thi

s m

odel

, Kor

thag

en e

mph

asiz

es t

hat

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r, aw

are

of th

ese

five

phas

es, p

rogr

esse

s th

roug

h th

em u

nder

the

guid

ance

of a

sup

ervi

sor w

ho o

ffer

s a

safe

lear

ning

clim

ate

that

sup

port

s ho

nest

refl

ec-

tion.

The

sup

ervi

sor—

who

, nee

dles

s to

say

, mus

t be

know

ledg

eabl

e an

d aw

are

of t

hem

any

cogn

itiv

e, a

ffec

tive,

and

beh

avio

ral d

imen

sion

s of

teac

hing

and

lear

ning

—is

the

stim

ulat

or o

f the

five

-pha

se p

roce

ss.

The

sup

ervi

sor d

oes

not d

omin

ate

the

conv

ersa

tion

but

kno

ws

whe

n to

kee

p si

lent

and

whe

n to

pro

be, c

hall

enge

, and

enco

urag

e.

Pra

ctic

al/P

erso

nal A

pplic

atio

n

In m

y on

goin

g pr

actic

e as

a s

uper

viso

r of p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs, I

hav

e fo

und

mys

elf

stru

gglin

g w

ith th

e re

aliti

es o

f hel

ping

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

as

they

refl

ect u

pon

thei

rex

peri

ence

s. O

ften

, at t

he c

oncl

usio

n of

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r’s

clas

sroo

m p

erfo

rman

ce

1. S

elec

t

Wha

t am

I de

srib

ing?

Wha

t

info

rmat

ion

do I

need

to

incl

ude

?

2. D

escr

ibe

W

ho?

W

hat?

W

hen?

W

here

?

3. A

naly

ze

Why

or h

ow w

as

it m

eani

ngfu

l?

4. A

ppra

ise

In

terp

ret e

vent

s

Det

erm

ine

impa

ct

Det

erm

ine

effe

ctiv

enes

s

Det

erm

ine

the

rela

tions

hip

to

any

goa

ls, v

alue

s an

d

phi

loso

py

5. T

rans

form

H

ow w

ill I

chan

ge m

y

teac

hing

pra

ctic

e as

a

resu

lt of

the

info

rmat

ion?

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efle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

Cre

atin

g a

lte

rna

tive

me

tho

ds

of

actio

n

Tri

al

Actio

n

Lo

okin

g b

ack o

n

the a

ctio

n

Aw

are

ne

ss o

f

esse

ntia

l a

sp

ects

5 1

4

3

2

I fou

nd m

ysel

f ask

ing,

“H

ow w

ould

you

des

crib

e yo

ur a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts?”

Mos

t oft

en I

was

gre

eted

with

the

resp

onse

, “I d

id w

ell.

The

chi

ldre

n lik

ed it

.” N

eedl

ess

to s

ay, I

dese

rved

that

type

of s

hallo

w re

spon

se.

Why

? M

y qu

estio

n w

as to

o br

oad,

too

supe

rfi-

cial

. As

I ref

ined

my

supe

rvis

ory

skill

s, I

real

ized

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f util

izin

g pr

e-te

achi

ngqu

estio

ns to

gui

de p

erfo

rman

ce.

So, I

wou

ld h

ave

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs re

spon

d, fi

rst i

nw

ritin

g an

d la

ter d

urin

g th

e pr

e-te

achi

ng c

onfe

renc

e, to

que

stio

ns th

at w

ould

requ

ire

them

to in

dica

te th

eir l

esso

n ob

ject

ive,

ratio

nale

, stu

dent

s’ p

rior

kno

wle

dge,

str

ateg

ies,

mat

eri-

als,

and

mea

ns o

f eva

luat

ion.

The

se w

ere

all g

ood

prep

arat

ory

ques

tions

and

requ

ired

agr

eate

r dep

th o

f foc

us b

y th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

. A

fter

the

less

on, I

wou

ld w

ithho

ld m

ypr

actic

ed te

nden

cy to

com

men

t im

med

iate

ly u

pon

the

less

on. I

nste

ad, I

wou

ld h

ave

the

stud

ents

resp

ond

first

to s

peci

fic

post

-les

son

ques

tions

suc

h as

: Did

I at

tain

my

obje

ctiv

e(s)

? H

ow d

o I

know

? D

id I

mot

ivat

e th

e st

uden

ts?

How

did

I h

andl

e an

ydi

ffic

ultie

s th

at o

ccur

red?

In th

e fu

ture

wou

ld I

do th

ings

diff

eren

tly?

The

n, a

fter

this

exte

nded

tim

e of

refl

ectio

n, u

sual

ly o

ne o

r tw

o da

ys, t

he p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

r and

I w

ould

conf

er s

peci

fical

ly a

bout

thes

e po

st-o

bser

vatio

n qu

estio

ns. A

gain

, the

se w

ere

good

pos

t-te

achi

ng a

nd n

eces

sary

refl

ectiv

e qu

estio

ns th

at re

quir

ed a

mor

e fo

cuse

d re

spon

se.

Nev

erth

eles

s, th

ere

was

a m

issi

ng e

lem

ent.

I was

ope

ratin

g so

mew

hat s

uper

fici

ally

.W

as I

getti

ng to

the

hear

t of t

he m

atte

r?To

see

k so

me

answ

ers

I ref

erre

d ag

ain

to D

ewey

(193

3) to

revi

ew th

e qu

aliti

es th

athe

em

phas

ized

: ope

n-m

inde

dnes

s, w

hole

-hea

rted

ness

, and

resp

onsi

bilit

y—th

e co

nnec

t-ed

ness

to th

e in

ner c

ore

of th

e pe

rson

, the

per

sona

l mis

sion

. A te

ache

r can

not t

hriv

ew

ithou

t a p

erso

nal m

issi

on th

at e

nabl

es h

im to

be

pass

iona

te a

bout

his

teac

hing

and

stud

ent l

earn

ing.

To

poss

ess

a pe

rson

al m

issi

on, o

ne m

ust b

e ab

le to

go

to th

e co

re o

f

Fig

ure

2. T

he A

LA

CT

mod

el o

f re

flec

tion

. (C

opyr

ight

Ins

titu

te f

or M

ulti

-Lev

elL

earn

ing,

Am

ster

dam

, 200

5.)

Re

fle

ctive

Th

inkin

g7

8 one’

s in

ner b

eing

, to

the

inne

r sel

f tha

t con

tain

s de

ep-r

oote

d, c

ore

valu

es, s

o to

spe

ak.

Som

e of

thes

e co

re v

alue

s co

uld

be id

entif

ied

as d

eter

min

atio

n, c

oura

ge, s

tren

gth,

com

pass

ion,

flex

ibili

ty, a

nd s

o on

. Thi

s, I

belie

ve, i

s ge

tting

clo

ser t

o th

e he

art o

f the

mat

ter.

Cor

e R

efle

ctio

n

Add

ition

al a

nsw

ers

to th

e se

arch

for w

ays

of p

rom

otin

g in

-dep

th re

flec

tion

are

foun

din

the

mor

e re

cent

wri

tings

of K

orth

agen

and

Vas

alos

(200

5).

In th

is w

ork

the

auth

ors

build

upo

n or

refin

e K

orth

agen

’s e

arlie

r (20

01) A

LA

CT

mod

el w

ith a

rene

wed

em

phas

ison

mor

e in

-dep

th re

flec

tion

or c

ore

refl

ectio

n. C

ore

refl

ectio

n is

that

whi

ch ta

kes

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r to

her i

nner

cor

e of

val

ues

and

belie

fs, h

er p

erso

nal m

issi

on. W

hat i

s it

that

mot

ivat

es th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her t

o w

ant t

o te

ach

this

gro

up o

f chi

ldre

n? Is

it ju

st a

resp

onse

to a

requ

ired

or i

mpo

sed

natio

nal,

stat

e, o

r loc

al s

tand

ard

or is

it m

ore

an in

ner

sens

e of

mis

sion

exp

ress

ed in

a p

erso

nal p

hilo

soph

y? W

ithin

Kor

thag

en a

nd V

asal

os’

(200

5) fr

amew

ork

core

refl

ectio

n pe

netr

ates

ben

eath

the

envi

ronm

ent,

beha

vior

, and

com

pete

ncie

s of

the

exte

rnal

s to

the

inne

r rea

lm o

f bel

iefs

, ide

ntity

, and

mis

sion

. Ess

en-

tially

, cor

e re

flec

tion

goes

bey

ond

the

goal

s, o

bjec

tives

, rat

iona

les,

dev

elop

men

tal

activ

ities

, and

ass

essm

ents

of o

ne’s

teac

hing

. Cor

e re

flec

tion

gets

to th

e he

art o

f the

mat

ter.

Kor

thag

en a

nd V

asal

os (2

005)

use

the

“Mod

el o

f Lev

els

of C

hang

e” o

r the

“oni

on m

odel

” (p

. 54)

to d

escr

ibe

the

vari

ous

leve

ls o

f per

spec

tive

that

we

can

look

at t

oex

plai

n ho

w te

ache

rs fu

nctio

n an

d ho

w th

ey th

ink.

Thi

s “o

nion

mod

el”

can

be re

ferr

ed to

as a

n ad

apta

tion

or m

odif

icat

ion

of th

e ea

rlie

r Dilt

z (1

990)

mod

el.

Figu

re 3

list

s th

ese

leve

ls o

f ref

lect

ive

thin

king

as

they

are

iden

tifie

d fr

om th

e m

ore

exte

rnal

to th

e in

nerm

ost c

ore

of o

ne’s

bei

ng.

The

out

erm

ost l

evel

s of

Env

iron

men

t and

Beh

avio

r cou

ld b

e th

ose

mos

t eas

ily m

easu

rabl

e in

the

clas

sroo

m, t

he s

tude

nts,

and

the

scho

ol. I

nter

estin

gly

enou

gh, t

hese

are

the

leve

ls o

f ref

lect

ion

and

disc

ussi

on th

at o

ften

attr

act m

ost a

ttent

ion

from

sup

ervi

sors

and

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

. The

y ar

e m

ost v

isib

lean

d ap

pare

nt d

urin

g th

e te

achi

ng a

nd o

bser

vatio

n of

less

ons.

Stil

l som

ewha

t ext

erna

l,al

thou

gh n

ot a

s ap

pare

nt a

s th

e en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd b

ehav

iora

l lev

els

is th

e le

vel o

fC

ompe

tenc

ies.

The

leve

l of C

ompe

tenc

ies

repr

esen

ts n

ot s

o m

uch

the

beha

vior

as

the

qual

ities

that

pre

cipi

tate

the

beha

vior

. Thi

s le

vel i

nclu

des

the

know

ledg

e, s

kills

, and

disp

ositi

ons

that

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r pos

sess

es.

Dev

elop

men

t of t

hese

com

pete

ncie

sha

s be

en th

e pr

imar

y fo

cus

of n

atio

nal a

nd s

tate

wid

e te

ache

r im

prov

emen

t ini

tiativ

es fo

rse

vera

l rec

ent d

ecad

es. A

s K

orth

agen

(200

4) h

as n

oted

els

ewhe

re, r

efle

ctio

n on

thes

ele

vels

can

hav

e an

inve

rse

effe

ct u

pon

one

othe

r. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, o

ne c

an le

arn

how

tost

reng

then

one

’s b

ehav

iora

l inf

luen

ce in

the

clas

sroo

m e

nvir

onm

ent;

then

this

kno

wle

dge

and

impr

ovem

ent o

f ski

lls, i

n tu

rn, c

an m

ake

one

mor

e co

mpe

tent

in d

ealin

g w

ith fu

ture

issu

es.

The

thre

e in

ner l

evel

s th

at K

orth

agen

and

Vas

alos

(200

5) d

escr

ibe

are

belie

fs,

iden

tity,

and

mis

sion

. Bel

iefs

are

wha

t inf

luen

ce th

e ac

quis

ition

of c

ompe

tenc

ies

and

the

resu

ltant

beh

avio

rs. F

or e

xam

ple,

if a

pre

serv

ice

teac

her b

elie

ves

that

teac

hing

is a

cont

inuo

us tr

ansm

issi

on o

f kno

wle

dge,

then

that

per

son

will

dev

elop

the

corr

espo

ndin

gin

stru

ctio

nal c

ompe

tenc

ies

and

beha

ve (t

each

) acc

ordi

ngly

. Pro

fess

iona

l ide

ntity

is th

ese

lf-c

once

pt th

at th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her h

as—

his

awar

enes

s of

who

he

is a

nd w

hat h

e is

abou

t. T

his

iden

tity

enab

les

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r to

defin

e hi

s ph

iloso

phy

(whi

chpr

obab

ly is

stil

l dev

elop

ing)

and

his

role

as

teac

her.

The

com

mon

ly u

sed

anci

ent G

reek

apho

rism

“K

now

thys

elf”

has

full

appl

icat

ion

to th

is c

once

pt o

f ide

ntity

. Nee

dles

s to

say

,th

is g

oal o

f hel

ping

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

acq

uire

a s

ound

pro

fess

iona

l ide

ntity

requ

ires

Re

fle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

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Figu

re 3

. The

oni

on: A

mod

el o

f lev

els

of c

hang

e. (C

opyr

ight

Kor

otha

gen

& V

asal

os,

2005

.) N

ote:

Fig

ure

refl

ects

Bri

tish

spel

lings

as

used

in o

rigi

nal v

ersi

on.

initi

al a

nd o

ngoi

ng p

rim

ary

emph

asis

in te

ache

r edu

catio

n p

repa

ratio

n pr

ogra

ms.

The

mos

t inn

er c

ompo

nent

of t

he “

onio

n m

odel

” is

mis

sion

. Mis

sion

is w

hat d

rives

the

pers

on, t

he s

piri

t tha

t mov

es o

ne to

be

and

do w

hat s

he v

alue

s m

ost.

It is

the

reas

onw

hy s

he w

ants

to te

ach,

why

she

wan

ts to

be

the

best

teac

her p

ossi

ble.

A s

ense

of

mis

sion

is w

hat l

ends

qua

lity

to o

ne’s

life

, mak

ing

it pu

rpos

eful

and

fulfi

lled.

Kor

thag

en a

nd V

asal

os (2

005)

sug

gest

two

ques

tions

that

may

be

help

ful i

n en

ablin

gth

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her t

o be

gin

to m

ove

beyo

nd e

xter

nal,

alm

ost r

eact

iona

ry re

flec

tion,

tore

flec

tive

thin

king

that

touc

hes

the

core

of o

ne’s

exi

sten

ce. T

he fi

rst q

uest

ion

is: W

hat i

sth

e id

eal s

ituat

ion

that

I w

ant t

o br

ing

abou

t as

I tea

ch th

ese

stud

ents

? T

his

is th

e si

tua-

tion

that

the

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r wan

ts to

cre

ate,

and

it is

clo

sely

con

nect

ed to

per

sona

lm

issi

on. I

f res

pons

e to

this

que

stio

n is

hes

itant

, the

n on

e ha

s to

re-t

hink

or r

e-ex

plor

eon

e’s

pers

onal

mis

sion

and

per

haps

has

to a

sk o

nese

lf, “

Wha

t am

I do

ing

here

?”T

he s

econ

d qu

estio

n to

be

aske

d is

: Wha

t are

the

limiti

ng fa

ctor

s th

at k

eep

me

from

this

ach

ieve

men

t? T

hese

lim

iting

fact

ors

are

usua

lly e

xter

nal t

o th

e te

ache

r. T

hey

coul

din

clud

e th

e cl

assr

oom

env

iron

men

t, th

e be

havi

oral

cha

ract

eris

tics

of s

tude

nts

as w

ell a

sge

nera

l sch

ool a

tmos

pher

e. N

ever

thel

ess,

if th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her a

llow

s th

ese

limiti

ngfa

ctor

s to

infl

uenc

e be

havi

or in

a n

egat

ive

fash

ion,

ther

e is

cau

se fo

r ref

lect

ion

on o

ne’s

pers

onal

mis

sion

as

wel

l as

one’

s ab

ility

to s

umm

on th

e in

ner q

ualit

ies

requ

ired

to b

e a

cari

ng, c

ompe

tent

teac

her.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

Whe

n w

e co

mbi

ne K

orth

agan

’s (2

001)

AL

AC

T p

roce

ss (F

igur

e 2)

with

the

onio

nm

odel

(Fig

ure

3), w

e ca

n se

e an

eff

ectiv

e sc

hem

a th

at c

an g

uide

the

supe

rvis

ory

clin

ical

9R

efle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

proc

ess

(Fig

ure

4). N

eedl

ess

to s

ay, u

tiliz

ing

this

form

at re

quir

es e

ven

grea

ter s

uper

viso

ryex

pert

ise

as w

ell a

s ap

prop

riat

e an

d tim

ely

but n

on-i

ntru

sive

inte

rven

tion.

Cru

cial

supe

rvis

ory

ques

tions

nee

d to

be

aske

d at

opp

ortu

ne ti

mes

and

cha

lleng

ing,

sup

port

ive

guid

ance

is a

nec

essi

ty. F

or a

n in

-dep

th d

iscu

ssio

n of

thes

e si

x le

vels

of p

rofe

ssio

nal a

ndre

flec

tive

awar

enes

s an

d ho

w th

e su

perv

isor

s of

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

can

fac

ilit

ate

appr

opri

ate

and

effe

ctiv

e re

flec

tion,

one

can

con

sult

Kor

thag

en’s

200

4 pu

blic

atio

n.U

se o

f the

revi

sed

AL

AC

T M

odel

(Fig

ure

4) in

the

supe

rvis

ory

proc

ess

shou

ld s

erve

to g

ive

the

supe

rvis

or a

s w

ell a

s th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

her t

he m

eans

to fo

cus

mor

e de

eply

on th

is p

roce

ss o

f cyc

lic re

flec

tion

in re

spon

se to

teac

hing

per

form

ance

. Thu

s, it

isst

rong

ly re

com

men

ded

for c

onsi

dere

d im

plem

enta

tion.

Will

this

ong

oing

pra

ctic

e by

supe

rvis

ors

and

pres

ervi

ce t

each

ers

not

lead

to

wha

t D

ewey

(19

33)

stre

ssed

as

fund

amen

tal t

o th

e te

achi

ng p

rofe

ssio

nal—

the

foun

datio

nal i

nner

mis

sion

that

driv

es th

eop

en-m

inde

d, w

hole

-hea

rted

, res

pons

ible

teac

her?

Pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

des

erve

no

less

from

thei

r sup

ervi

sors

.

Fig

ure

4. A

ctua

lisat

ion

of c

ore

qual

ities

. (C

opyr

ight

Kor

thag

en &

Vas

alos

, 200

5.)

Not

e: F

igur

e an

d ca

ptio

n re

flec

t Bri

tish

spel

lings

as

used

in o

rigi

nal v

ersi

on.

10R

efle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

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11R

efle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

Rel

ated

Com

men

ts

In a

vei

n si

mila

r to

Kor

thag

en a

nd V

asal

os (2

005)

, Tic

kle

(199

9) c

alle

d fo

r a d

e-em

phas

is o

n re

quir

ing

teac

hers

in p

repa

ratio

n to

con

form

blin

dly

to n

atio

nal,

stat

e, o

rlo

cally

impo

sed

stan

dard

s of

per

form

ance

with

out s

earc

hing

with

in to

iden

tify

the

core

of th

eir b

eing

. Tic

kle

(199

9) c

laim

ed th

at m

inim

al a

ttent

ion

has

been

giv

en to

reac

hing

thes

e co

re v

alue

s. In

stea

d, e

duca

tors

and

oth

ers

have

focu

sed

on th

e im

port

ant,

but l

ess

endu

ring

per

iphe

ral q

ualit

ies

that

hav

e to

do

with

pro

cess

and

pro

duct

. Tic

kle

war

ned

that

sev

eral

trou

blin

g co

nseq

uenc

es c

an re

sult

from

an

impo

sitio

n of

ove

rly

regu

late

dpe

rfor

man

ce a

nd c

urri

culu

m s

tand

ards

, the

mos

t not

able

of w

hich

is to

leav

e te

ache

rs in

a st

ate

of d

eper

sona

lizat

ion

that

col

ors

thei

r per

spec

tive

so th

ey re

late

to a

nd re

flec

t upo

non

ly th

e te

chni

cal s

kills

of t

each

ing

whi

le ig

nori

ng th

e m

ore

hum

anis

tic a

spec

t of t

heir

prof

essi

onal

dev

elop

men

t. T

ickl

e no

ted:

In th

e pa

st d

ecad

e I h

ave

draw

n ex

tens

ivel

y up

on e

vide

nce

from

new

teac

hers

that

sho

ws

how

they

initi

ally

cam

e to

see

k id

entit

ies

larg

ely

with

in th

e te

chni

cal c

ompe

tenc

e of

teac

hing

…ho

w th

ey u

se a

nd d

evel

op c

linic

al c

ompe

tenc

e in

the

form

of p

ract

ical

pro

blem

- s

olvi

ng, w

hich

invo

lves

refl

ectiv

e ac

tion

for t

he im

prov

emen

t of

inst

ruct

iona

l str

ateg

ies…

. One

of t

he fe

atur

es o

f the

ir w

ork

was

a la

ck o

f opp

ortu

nity

to m

ake

expl

icit,

let a

lone

revi

ew, t

heir

ow

n ed

ucat

iona

l a

ims

and

valu

es (p

. 122

).

The

con

clus

ions

that

Tic

kle

(199

9) d

rew

from

his

wor

k w

ith p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs w

asth

at in

add

ition

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of i

nstr

uctio

nal c

ompe

tenc

e in

teac

hers

ther

e w

as a

real

nee

d fo

r tea

cher

pre

para

tion

prog

ram

s to

take

ser

ious

ly a

ll as

pect

s of

sel

f in

the

prof

essi

onal

dev

elop

men

t of n

ew te

ache

rs. F

rom

the

very

beg

inni

ng, t

each

er e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s m

ust h

elp

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs b

e aw

are

of th

e di

ffer

ent d

imen

sion

s of

thei

rpr

ofes

sion

al s

elve

s—th

eir d

ispo

sitio

ns, b

elie

fs, p

erso

nalit

ies,

fear

s, w

eakn

esse

s,st

reng

ths,

resp

onse

s to

failu

re, r

espo

nses

to s

ucce

ss—

all o

f the

qua

litie

s th

at, d

irec

tly o

rin

dire

ctly

, aff

ect t

heir

teac

hing

per

form

ance

. Tea

cher

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

mus

t dev

elop

-m

enta

lly n

ouri

sh th

ese

inne

r, co

re q

ualit

ies

with

the

sam

e vi

gor t

hat i

s us

ed to

nou

rish

exte

rnal

beh

avio

rs a

nd d

emon

stra

tions

of c

ompe

tenc

e. S

urel

y, a

ppro

pria

te e

mph

asis

and

refl

ectiv

e th

inki

ng re

late

d to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

inne

r per

son,

not

just

the

exte

rnal

prof

essi

onal

, will

hel

p pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

com

e cl

oser

to th

e co

re o

f the

ir tr

ue p

rofe

s-si

onal

per

sonh

ood.

Sum

mar

y C

onsi

dera

tions

In th

is a

rtic

le w

e ha

ve b

rief

ly re

view

ed th

e lit

erat

ure

that

reite

rate

s th

e im

port

ance

of

enga

gem

ent i

n re

flec

tive

thin

king

for a

ll te

ache

rs b

ut s

peci

fica

lly fo

r pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

.Su

cces

s in

teac

hing

requ

ires

that

ref

lect

ive

thin

king

be

a pr

ofes

sion

al w

ay o

f lif

e. A

revi

ew o

f var

ying

app

roac

hes

to g

ood

refl

ectiv

e pr

actic

e po

inte

d to

the

ultim

ate

goal

of

refl

ectiv

e th

inki

ng—

com

ing

in fu

ll to

uch

with

one

’s in

tern

al g

oals

, val

ues,

and

sen

se o

fm

issi

on. T

his

is ju

st a

s ne

cess

ary

as a

war

enes

s of

the

exte

rnal

qua

litie

s of

per

form

ance

that

resu

lt in

eff

ectiv

e te

achi

ng a

nd s

tude

nt le

arni

ng.

Focu

sing

onl

y on

ext

erna

l de

scri

ptor

s of

goo

d in

stru

ctio

n m

ay l

ead

to t

heim

prov

emen

t of t

each

ing

and

lear

ning

, but

it c

an fa

il to

gra

pple

with

the

esse

ntia

ls o

fw

hy p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs d

o w

hat t

hey

do o

r fai

l to

do w

hat t

hey

wan

t to

or s

houl

d

12 do. F

or to

o lo

ng w

e ha

ve n

ot lo

oked

dee

ply

enou

gh in

to th

e po

sitiv

e, in

ner c

ore

qual

ities

that

are

requ

ired

to e

ffec

t str

ong

teac

hing

and

last

ing

lear

ning

. Ref

lect

ion,

for t

hepr

eser

vice

teac

her,

or a

ny te

ache

r, is

not

just

thin

king

abo

ut w

hat o

r how

one

teac

hes

but

how

one

’s in

ner o

r cor

e qu

aliti

es in

flue

nce

one’

s to

tal t

each

ing

perf

orm

ance

Re

fle

ctive

Th

inkin

g

Bar

rett,

H.

(200

3). D

r. H

elen

Bar

rett

on

elec

tron

ic p

ortf

olio

dev

elop

men

t.R

etri

eved

Jan

uary

, 200

7 fr

omht

tp://

new

ali.a

pple

.com

/ali_

site

s/al

i/exh

ibits

/100

0156

/Ref

lect

ions

.htm

l.B

arre

tt, H

. (20

07)

Ele

ctro

nic

port

folio

s. R

etri

eved

Jan

uary

, 200

7 fr

omht

tp://

elec

tron

icpo

rtfo

lios.

com

/.B

eatti

e, M

. (20

07).

The

art o

f lea

rnin

g to

teac

h. U

pper

Sad

dle

Riv

er, N

J: P

ears

onE

duca

tion.

Dew

ey, J

. (19

33).

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thin

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osto

n, M

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pany

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iltz,

R. (

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). C

hang

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Wal

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M. L

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2007

). A

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achi

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lioha

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ok. U

pper

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dle

Riv

er, N

J: P

ears

on E

duca

tion.

Kilb

ane,

C. R

., &

Milm

an, N

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03),

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tal t

each

ing

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dboo

k. U

pper

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le R

iver

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rson

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n.K

olb,

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gram

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rieve

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ebru

ary

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omht

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her

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r ed

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rlba

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alos

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evel

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nhan

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each

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each

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ew Y

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rson

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catio

n.Le

e, H

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nder

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e te

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Aut

hor

Bio

grap

hy

Mar

gare

t Ega

n, E

d.D

., is

Pro

fess

or o

f Edu

catio

n at

the

Col

lege

of M

ount

Sai

ntV

ince

nt,

Bro

nx, N

ew Y

ork.

One

of h

er p

rim

ary

rese

arch

inte

rest

s in

clud

es th

ede

velo

pmen

t of r

efle

ctiv

e pr

actic

e in

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

as

wel

l as

the

impr

ove-

men

t of e

ffec

tive

supe

rvis

ory

prac

tices

in te

ache

r edu

catio

n. E

mai

l:m

arga

ret.e

gan@

mou

ntsa

intv

ince

nt.e

du.

Teac

hing

and

Tea

cher

Edu

cati

on, 2

1, p

p. 6

99-7

15.

LePa

ge, P

., D

arlin

g-H

amm

ond,

L., A

kar,

H.,

Gut

ierre

z, C

., Je

nkin

s-G

unn,

E.,

&(2

005)

. Cla

ssro

om m

anag

emen

t. In

L. D

arlin

g-H

amm

ond

& J

. Bra

nsfo

rdP

repa

ring

teac

hers

for

a ch

angi

ng w

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Fra

ncis

co, C

A: J

osse

y-B

ass.

Posn

er, G

. J. (

2000

). Fi

eld

expe

rien

ce: A

gui

de to

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lect

ive

teac

hing

. New

Yor

k: N

Y:

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ison

Wes

ley

Lon

gman

.N

orth

Car

olin

a Pu

blic

Sch

ools

. Se

lf-As

sess

men

t: Th

e Re

flect

ive

Prac

titio

ner.

Ret

rieve

d Ja

nuar

y 20

07 f

rom

http

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ww

.dpi

.sta

te.n

c.us

/pbl

/pbl

refl

ect.h

tm.

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le, L

. (19

99).

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hers

’ sel

f-ap

prai

sal a

nd a

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isal

of s

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In R

. Lip

ka &

T. M

.B

rint

haup

t (E

ds.)

. The

rol

e of

sel

f in

teac

her

deve

lopm

ent.

Alb

any,

NY

:St

ate

Uni

vers

ity o

f N

ew Y

ork

Pres

s.W

olf,

K. (

2006

). Se

lf-as

sess

men

t: Th

e re

flect

ive

prac

titio

ner.

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Exc

elsi

or:

Lead

ersh

ip in

Tea

chin

g an

d Le

arni

ngV

olum

e 2,

Num

ber 1

F

all/W

inte

r 200

7

1

5

Shap

ing

the

Peda

gogy

of a

n U

nder

grad

uate

Tea

cher

Edu

catio

nP

rogr

am W

ith L

esso

n St

udy

Ann

R. T

aylo

r, Su

san

E. B

reck

, Bar

bara

D. O

’Don

nell,

Ste

phen

Mar

lette

,Je

nnif

er B

olan

der,

Ste

phan

ie M

cAnd

rew

s, G

lori

a R

eadi

ngSo

uthe

rn I

llino

is U

nive

rsity

Edw

ards

ville

Abstract

A te

am o

f sev

en fa

culty

at a

regi

onal

sta

te u

nive

rsity

dev

elop

ed th

e pe

dago

gy o

f an

unde

rgra

duat

e te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m u

sing

Jap

anes

e le

sson

stu

dy b

oth

for p

rogr

amim

prov

emen

t and

the

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

for A

ccre

dita

tion

of T

each

er E

duca

tion

(NC

AT

E)

accr

edita

tion.

Fac

ulty

des

crib

es h

ow th

ey in

trod

uce

less

on s

tudy

ass

ignm

ents

in a

llm

etho

ds c

ours

es (m

athe

mat

ics,

sci

ence

, lan

guag

e ar

ts, c

hild

ren’

s lit

erat

ure,

soc

ial

stud

ies,

and

read

ing)

. Gro

ups

of te

ache

r can

dida

tes

com

plet

e le

sson

stu

dies

in p

artn

er-

ship

sch

ools

. Fa

culty

’s a

ctio

n re

sear

ch a

ppro

ach

to th

eir p

rogr

am in

clud

es e

xam

inin

glit

erat

ure

on te

ache

r edu

catio

n (F

eim

an-N

emse

r, 20

01) a

nd fi

ndin

g th

at th

eir d

evel

opin

gpe

dago

gy u

sing

less

on s

tudy

mes

hed

wel

l with

goa

ls fo

r qua

lity

prog

ram

s.

16S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

How

doe

s a

facu

lty d

evel

op c

urri

culu

m a

nd p

edag

ogy

that

bot

h pr

epar

es re

form

-m

inde

d el

emen

tary

teac

hers

and

mee

ts N

CA

TE

pro

gram

acc

redi

tatio

n ne

eds?

O

urso

luti

on, a

s fa

cult

y at

a m

etro

poli

tan

stat

e un

iver

sity

, was

to a

band

on a

nas

cent

prog

ram

-wid

e po

rtfo

lio p

roce

ss a

nd in

stea

d im

plem

ent l

esso

n st

udy

assi

gnm

ents

acr

oss

our c

urri

culu

m. L

esso

n st

udy

(Lew

is, 2

002)

is a

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

cess

inw

hich

gro

ups

of fo

ur to

six

teac

hers

, or i

n ou

r cas

e te

ache

r can

dida

tes,

col

labo

rativ

ely

set a

teac

hing

goa

l, th

en te

ach

and

obse

rve

a le

sson

they

hav

e pl

anne

d in

gre

at d

etai

l;th

eir s

ubse

quen

t gro

up d

iscu

ssio

n of

this

ena

cted

less

on e

nabl

es th

em to

rais

e qu

estio

nsab

out t

heir

stu

dent

s’ le

arni

ng a

nd th

eir p

edag

ogic

al c

hoic

es b

ased

on

thei

r col

lect

ive

expe

rien

ce.

We

belie

ve o

ur u

se o

f les

son

stud

y ha

s en

able

d us

to fo

cus

our p

rogr

am a

roun

dte

ache

r can

dida

tes’

col

labo

rativ

e in

quir

y in

to th

eir p

lann

ed a

nd e

nact

ed te

achi

ng. I

n th

ispa

per,

we

offe

r a

desc

ript

ion

of o

ur r

ecen

tly a

ccre

dite

d pr

ogra

m to

sti

mul

ate

conv

er-

satio

n on

how

one

teac

her e

duca

tion

prog

ram

dev

elop

ed a

nd s

tudi

ed it

s pe

dago

gy; t

his

incl

udes

exp

lana

tions

on

how

con

tent

met

hods

cou

rses

in m

athe

mat

ics,

chi

ldre

n’s

liter

atur

e, s

cien

ce, r

eadi

ng, l

angu

age

arts

, and

soc

ial s

tudi

es im

plem

ente

d le

sson

stu

dy.

We

sugg

est t

hat o

ur s

hift

to le

sson

stu

dy o

ffer

s on

e co

ntri

butio

n to

war

ds s

olvi

ng th

eco

ntex

tual

dile

mm

a in

rese

arch

on

the

peda

gogy

of t

each

er e

duca

tion

(Gro

ssm

an, 2

005)

:ho

w to

stu

dy th

e ef

fect

s of

ped

agog

ical

app

roac

hes

acro

ss te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms.

Mak

ing

the

Dec

isio

n

The

dec

isio

n, in

May

200

3, to

em

bark

on

an a

mbi

tious

pla

n to

impl

emen

t a c

omm

onas

sign

men

t, le

sson

stu

dy, a

cros

s ou

r pro

gram

em

erge

d fr

om a

dua

l atte

mpt

to p

rodu

cequ

ality

teac

hers

whi

le p

ayin

g at

tent

ion

to p

rogr

am a

ccre

dita

tion

need

s. S

even

pro

gram

facu

lty w

orke

d on

this

pro

ject

, non

e ha

ving

bee

n w

ith th

e in

stitu

tion

for m

ore

than

thre

eye

ars;

four

wer

e ne

w to

hig

her e

duca

tion,

one

had

one

yea

r of p

revi

ous

expe

rien

ce, a

ndth

e ot

her t

wo

facu

lty b

roug

ht e

xper

ienc

e of

wor

king

on

inte

grat

ed c

ross

-cur

ricu

lar

proj

ects

in te

ache

r edu

catio

n. A

s w

e at

tem

pted

to m

ake

sens

e of

our

new

wor

k en

viro

n-m

ent,

stre

amlin

e cu

rric

ulum

, and

fulfi

ll ou

r edu

catio

n pa

ssio

ns, w

e to

ok th

e co

mm

onro

ute

of d

evel

opin

g a

port

folio

pro

cess

to u

se fo

r pro

gram

ass

essm

ent p

urpo

ses.

From

Jul

y 20

02 th

roug

h M

arch

200

3, in

resp

onse

to n

atio

nal a

nd s

tate

dem

ands

for

acco

unta

bilit

y, w

e pr

oduc

ed a

por

tfol

io-b

ased

ass

essm

ent s

yste

m to

doc

umen

t our

teac

her c

andi

date

s’ p

rogr

ess.

We

defi

ned

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

stat

e st

anda

rds

and

cour

se a

rtif

acts

, des

igne

d co

ver s

heet

s to

link

the

form

er to

the

latte

r, an

d ru

bric

s th

atas

sess

ed th

e co

ver s

heet

s. H

owev

er, d

iscu

ssio

n re

veal

ed o

ur m

utua

l con

cern

that

the

deve

lopi

ng p

ortf

olio

pro

cess

may

be

supe

rsed

ing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f tea

cher

can

dida

tele

arni

ng (D

elan

dshe

re &

Are

ns, 2

003)

. Was

our

sta

ndar

ds-d

riven

por

tfol

io s

yste

m w

orth

the

enor

mou

s te

ache

r can

dida

te a

nd fa

culty

tim

e an

d ef

fort

? W

as o

ur a

ttent

ion

to “

the

stan

dard

s” a

nd a

ccre

dita

tion

colo

nizi

ng o

ur p

rogr

am w

ith a

tech

nica

l-ra

tiona

l mod

el o

fte

achi

ng?

Wer

e w

e su

bver

ting

our u

ltim

ate

conc

eptu

al fr

amew

ork

goal

: to

prep

are

Inqu

irer

-Pro

fess

iona

ls, c

hara

cter

ized

as

teac

hers

with

a d

ispo

sitio

n “t

o le

arn

in a

nd fr

omth

eir p

ract

ice”

(Fei

man

-Nem

ser,

2001

, p. 1

016)

? W

ere

we

mee

ting

accr

edita

tion

requ

ire-

men

ts b

ut lo

sing

our

teac

hing

sou

l?Tw

o fa

culty

in th

e gr

oup,

one

of w

hom

is th

e pr

ogra

m d

irec

tor,

had

been

exp

eri-

men

ting

with

Jap

anes

e le

sson

stu

dy in

mat

hem

atic

s m

etho

ds c

ours

es fo

r fou

r yea

rs a

ndsu

gges

ted

its u

se a

s a

poss

ible

sol

utio

n to

con

cern

s ab

out t

he w

ay w

e w

ere

deve

lopi

ng a

portf

olio

pro

cess

. One

out

com

e of

our

pre

viou

s six

mon

ths o

f int

ense

focu

s on

accr

edita

tion

was

that

we

had

deve

lope

d a

team

spi

rit m

anif

este

d in

a w

illin

gnes

s to

coo

rdin

ate

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wor

k an

d an

eag

erne

ss to

bui

ld a

pro

gram

of q

ualit

y an

d co

here

nce.

Aft

er s

ome

initi

alex

amin

atio

n of

less

on s

tudy

, we

reco

gniz

ed th

at it

mig

ht e

nabl

e us

to a

chie

ve o

urpr

ogra

m’s

con

cept

ual f

ram

ewor

k go

al o

f pro

duci

ng re

form

-min

ded

Inqu

irer

-Pro

fess

ion-

als,

thro

ugh

enga

ging

with

our

can

dida

tes

in d

eep

exam

inat

ions

of r

ich

teac

hing

epi

sode

sin

thei

r fie

ld p

lace

men

ts. I

n th

is s

hift

to le

sson

stu

dy, w

e w

ould

bri

ng to

the

fore

grou

ndth

e pr

oces

ses

of p

lann

ing,

teac

hing

, obs

ervi

ng, a

nd a

naly

zing

cla

ssro

om te

achi

ng a

ndm

ove

to th

e ba

ckgr

ound

atte

ntio

n to

the

stan

dard

s. I

n M

ay 2

003

we

agre

ed to

pilo

t apr

ogra

m-w

ide

less

on s

tudy

app

roac

h to

ele

men

tary

teac

her p

repa

ratio

n be

ginn

ing

that

fall.

Alth

ough

oth

er U

.S. c

olle

ges

are

enga

ged

with

less

on s

tudy

in p

arts

of t

heir

teac

her

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

ms

(Hie

bert

, Mor

ris,

& G

lass

, 200

3; R

eeve

, Pel

letie

r, &

Mor

ley,

200

3;Tu

cher

, Per

ry, &

Lew

is, 2

003)

, we

belie

ve o

urs

is th

e fir

st p

rogr

am-w

ide

impl

emen

tatio

nw

ith u

nder

grad

uate

ele

men

tary

teac

her c

andi

date

s.

Dee

pen

ing

Ou

r U

nd

erst

an

din

g o

f L

esso

n S

tud

y

As

teac

her r

esea

rche

rs w

e w

ere

aski

ng o

urse

lves

: Cou

ld w

e im

plem

ent t

his

ambi

-tio

us in

nova

tion

acro

ss a

n un

derg

radu

ate

teac

her e

duca

tion

prog

ram

in a

way

that

impr

oved

our

teac

her c

andi

date

s’ le

arni

ng a

s w

ell a

s m

eet p

rogr

am a

ccre

dita

tion

need

s?Fa

culty

imm

edia

tely

beg

an to

giv

e se

riou

s at

tent

ion

to d

evel

opin

g an

aut

hent

ic u

nder

-st

andi

ng o

f the

less

on s

tudy

pro

cess

. Tw

o ap

proa

ches

wer

e ce

ntra

l to

this

eff

ort.

Firs

t, fa

culty

was

pro

vide

d w

ith o

ppor

tuni

ties

to le

arn

abou

t les

son

stud

y. A

ll fa

culty

atte

nded

a w

orks

hop

give

n by

the

prog

ram

dir

ecto

r who

was

kno

wle

dgea

ble

abou

tle

sson

stu

dy. D

urin

g th

is p

roce

ss fa

culty

wer

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith re

sear

ch m

ater

ials

(Lew

is,

2002

; Lew

is &

Tsu

chid

a, 1

998)

abo

ut le

sson

stu

dy. T

hen

in M

ay 2

003,

sev

en fa

culty

took

par

t as

obse

rver

s in

the

first

pub

lic le

sson

stu

dy in

the

Mid

wes

t at D

ePau

l Uni

ver-

sity

, hos

ted

by A

kahi

ko T

akah

ashi

(Tak

ahas

hi &

Yos

hida

, 200

4) o

ne o

f the

lead

ing

Japa

nese

less

on s

tudy

exp

erts

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

. T

he k

eyno

te s

peak

er w

as C

athe

rine

Lew

is, a

noth

er n

atio

nal r

esea

rche

r in

less

on s

tudy

(Lew

is, P

erry

, & M

urat

a, 2

006;

Lew

is&

Tsu

chid

a, 1

998)

. Dur

ing

the

sess

ion,

we

took

not

es a

s ob

serv

ers

duri

ng a

mat

hem

atic

sle

sson

taug

ht to

fift

h-gr

ader

s, a

nd th

en to

ok p

art i

n th

e po

st-t

each

ing

debr

iefin

g. O

urre

turn

trip

was

fille

d w

ith v

igor

ous

deba

te, v

erba

lized

dou

bts

and

thou

ghtf

ul re

flec

tion

abou

t les

son

stud

y.Se

cond

, we

reco

gniz

ed th

at d

eep

unde

rsta

ndin

g de

velo

ps th

roug

h fa

culty

’s s

tudy

of

thei

r pra

ctic

e ov

er ti

me,

and

we

wan

ted

to a

void

just

focu

sing

on

surf

ace

deta

ils o

f thi

sin

nova

tion

(Ful

lan,

200

1; M

cLau

ghin

& M

itra,

200

1).

Our

app

roac

h w

as ra

ther

for e

ach

facu

lty m

embe

r to

enga

ge w

ith th

eir o

wn

inqu

iry,

bot

h in

to le

sson

stu

dy a

nd a

lso

how

itco

uld

beco

me

part

of t

heir

pra

ctic

e. F

acul

ty id

entif

ied

a va

riet

y of

met

hodo

logi

es a

ndap

proa

ches

to te

ache

r inq

uiry

thro

ugh

whi

ch th

e le

sson

stu

dy in

nova

tion

mad

e se

nse

toth

em, i

nclu

ding

“ki

dwat

chin

g” (O

woc

ki &

Goo

dman

, 200

2), p

ract

ition

er re

sear

ch(Z

eich

ner &

Nof

fke,

200

1), p

urpo

se o

f soc

ial s

tudi

es (N

atio

nal C

ounc

il fo

r Soc

ial

Stud

ies,

199

4), m

icro

teac

hing

(Are

nds,

200

6), a

nd c

ritic

al fr

iend

s (A

llen

& B

lyth

e,20

04).

Vie

win

g le

sson

stu

dy th

roug

h th

ese

lens

es e

nabl

ed fa

culty

to a

sk m

any

clar

ifyi

ngqu

estio

ns a

s w

e co

ntin

ued

our p

roce

ss o

f int

rodu

cing

less

on s

tudy

acr

oss

the

prog

ram

.In

the

next

sec

tion

of th

is a

rtic

le, w

e w

ill d

escr

ibe

the

proc

ess

of le

sson

stu

dy a

sun

ders

tood

by

the

facu

lty in

our

pro

gram

. A

lthou

gh th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

pap

er is

not

todi

scus

s re

sear

ch fi

ndin

gs o

r ana

lysi

s, w

e w

ill in

clud

e a

desc

ript

ion

of th

e ty

pes

of d

ata

we

colle

cted

as

we

enga

ged

in th

is im

plem

enta

tion

proc

ess.

The

n, w

e w

ill d

escr

ibe

the

com

mon

feat

ures

of t

he le

sson

stu

dy a

ssig

nmen

t in

our c

ours

es a

nd p

rovi

de s

peci

fic

desc

ript

ions

of a

ssig

nmen

ts.

17S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y18

Sh

ap

ing

Pe

da

go

gy W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

Les

son

Stud

y

Sinc

e its

intr

oduc

tion

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

from

Jap

an in

the

1990

s, le

sson

stu

dy h

asbe

en a

dopt

ed a

s an

exc

iting

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t str

uctu

re fo

r cla

ssro

om te

ache

rs(F

erna

ndez

& Y

oshi

da, 2

004;

Lew

is, 2

002;

Stig

ler &

Hie

bert

, 199

9; T

akah

ashi

&Y

oshi

da, 2

004;

Tay

lor,

And

erso

n, M

eyer

, Wag

ner,

& W

est,

2005

). L

ewis

, Per

ry, a

ndM

urat

a de

fine

less

on s

tudy

as

char

acte

rize

d by

“ob

serv

atio

n of

live

cla

ssro

om le

sson

s by

a gr

oup

of te

ache

rs w

ho c

olle

ct d

ata

on te

achi

ng a

nd le

arni

ng a

nd c

olla

bora

tivel

y an

alyz

eit”

(200

6, p

. 4).

Thi

s is

a v

ery

sim

ple

idea

, tha

t a g

roup

of a

bout

four

to s

ix te

ache

rs,

wor

king

toge

ther

, pla

n, te

ach,

and

dis

cuss

a s

peci

fic “

rese

arch

less

on”

in th

e co

ntex

t of a

larg

er s

tudy

of t

he c

urri

culu

m. H

owev

er, t

he s

peci

fic s

truc

ture

bui

lt in

to e

ach

stag

e of

this

proc

ess

prov

ides

a ri

ch le

arni

ng o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r tea

cher

s to

stu

dy th

eir p

ract

ice.

The

“re

sear

ch le

sson

” w

ill fo

cus

on a

gen

eral

lear

ning

goa

l tea

cher

s ha

ve s

et to

addr

ess

an a

rea

of th

eir s

tude

nts’

dev

elop

men

t tha

t nee

ds a

ttent

ion.

For

exa

mpl

e,te

ache

rs m

ay id

entif

y th

at s

tude

nts

need

to le

arn

to th

ink

for t

hem

selv

es, w

ithin

the

cont

ext o

f a s

ocia

l stu

dies

less

on.

Onc

e m

embe

rs o

f the

gro

up h

ave

pool

ed th

eir i

deas

and

mad

e a

deta

iled

wri

tten

plan

to m

eet t

his

goal

, the

less

on is

then

taug

ht b

y on

e of

the

teac

hers

in a

n ac

tual

cla

ssro

om, w

hile

the

rest

of t

he g

roup

obs

erve

s th

e st

uden

ts’ a

ndho

w th

ey le

arn

in re

spon

se to

the

plan

ned

less

on.

Whe

n th

e le

sson

is c

ompl

ete,

the

teac

hers

hav

e a

form

al d

iscu

ssio

n, d

raw

ing

on th

eir d

etai

led

obse

rvat

ions

of s

tude

ntle

arni

ng: T

hey

shar

e in

sigh

ts, c

ritiq

ue th

eir o

wn

plan

, and

mak

e re

com

men

datio

ns fo

rim

prov

ing

and

re-t

each

ing

the

less

on.

Thi

s en

tire

sequ

ence

of a

ctiv

ities

, fro

m g

oal

setti

ng to

fina

l dis

cuss

ion,

is w

hat i

s kn

own

as “

less

on s

tudy

” an

d m

ay b

e sp

read

ove

r ape

riod

of w

eeks

or m

onth

s.

Les

son

stud

ies

are

the

mai

n fo

rm o

f pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

-m

ent f

or J

apan

ese

elem

enta

ry te

ache

rs (L

ewis

& T

such

ida,

199

8), a

nd th

ey p

rovi

de a

rich

lear

ning

exp

erie

nce

that

ena

bles

teac

hers

to q

uest

ion,

rese

arch

, and

cha

nge

thei

rte

achi

ng p

ract

ices

.

Dat

a So

urce

s

Dat

a w

ere

colle

cted

from

bot

h fa

culty

and

teac

her c

andi

date

s as

we

impl

emen

ted

less

on s

tudy

ass

ignm

ents

: fac

ulty

aut

hori

ng th

is p

aper

wro

te th

eir o

wn

jour

nals

and

fiel

dno

tes

duri

ng c

ours

es; f

acul

ty w

rote

obs

erva

tion

note

s du

ring

rese

arch

less

on d

ebri

efin

gse

ssio

ns; a

nd a

ll pr

ogra

m fa

culty

, inc

ludi

ng a

djun

cts

teac

hing

som

e se

ctio

ns o

f the

met

hods

cou

rses

, com

plet

ed w

eekl

y su

rvey

s fo

r the

200

5-20

06 s

choo

l yea

r. D

ata

from

teac

her c

andi

date

s in

clud

ed s

elf-

refl

ectio

ns w

ithin

thei

r les

son

stud

y re

port

s, in

form

alw

ritin

g du

ring

cou

rses

, and

form

al s

urve

ys w

ithin

som

e co

urse

s (s

cien

ce a

nd m

athe

mat

-ic

s).

Add

ition

ally

, tea

cher

can

dida

tes

com

plet

ed a

nnua

l les

son

stud

y su

rvey

s.To

mak

e de

cisi

ons

abou

t the

pro

gram

impl

emen

tatio

n, m

etho

ds fa

culty

ana

lyze

d th

eda

ta fr

om te

ache

r can

dida

tes’

resp

onse

s w

ithin

thei

r cou

rses

. Fac

ulty

hel

d m

onth

lyre

sear

ch m

eetin

gs d

urin

g th

e in

itial

impl

emen

tatio

n ye

ar a

nd a

nnua

l mee

tings

ther

eaft

erto

dis

cuss

ana

lyse

s; a

dditi

onal

ly, m

any

info

rmal

dis

cuss

ions

took

pla

ce b

etw

een

facu

ltyte

achi

ng th

e sa

me

cand

idat

es.

One

exa

mpl

e of

our

ana

lysi

s oc

curr

ed a

t the

Jan

uary

200

5m

onth

ly m

eetin

g: T

hree

facu

lty d

escr

ibed

how

they

thou

ght a

bout

and

par

ticip

ated

in a

debr

iefin

g m

eetin

g w

ith te

ache

r can

dida

tes

afte

r a re

sear

ch le

sson

has

bee

n ta

ught

insc

hool

. T

he d

iffer

ence

s w

ere

subs

tant

ial i

n te

rms

of h

ow m

uch

facu

lty le

d th

e di

scus

sion

and

wha

t the

ir in

tend

ed o

utco

mes

wer

e. A

s a

resu

lt of

this

dis

cuss

ion,

facu

lty a

rtic

ulat

edbo

th a

com

mitm

ent t

o ba

lanc

e th

e ac

adem

ic fr

eedo

m o

f ind

ivid

ual f

acul

ty w

ith th

e ne

edfo

r som

e un

ifor

m p

rogr

am e

xpec

tatio

ns a

bout

less

on s

tudy

. We

are

still

wor

king

on

the

man

y is

sues

that

ari

se w

hen

a gr

oup

of fa

culty

see

ks to

wor

k to

geth

er to

bri

ng m

ore

cohe

renc

e an

d co

mm

on e

xpec

tatio

ns in

to th

eir p

rogr

am.

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19S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

Ove

rvie

w o

f Les

son

Stud

y in

Our

Pro

gram

Can

dida

tes

ente

r our

und

ergr

adua

te p

rogr

am a

s ju

nior

s in

wha

t we

term

Yea

r One

of

a tw

o-ye

ar s

eque

nce.

Dur

ing

the

field

com

pone

nt o

f the

pro

gram

, eac

h of

four

coh

orts

of th

irty

teac

her c

andi

date

s pa

rtne

rs w

ith s

ix p

ublic

sch

ools

for t

wo

acad

emic

yea

rs.

Eac

h te

ache

r can

dida

te w

ill h

ave

plac

emen

ts in

thre

e of

thos

e sc

hool

s, ro

tatin

g th

roug

h a

rura

l, ur

ban,

and

met

ropo

litan

sch

ool a

t pri

mar

y-, i

nter

med

iate

-, an

d m

iddl

e-le

vel g

rade

s.T

his

syst

em p

lace

s gr

oups

of f

ive

teac

her c

andi

date

s to

geth

er in

eac

h bu

ildin

g du

ring

each

pla

cem

ent.

Our

pro

gram

is v

ery

field

-pla

cem

ent r

ich,

hav

ing

over

700

clo

ck h

ours

prio

r to

stud

ent t

each

ing.

Les

son

stud

y en

able

s us

to li

nk th

is e

xten

sive

tim

e to

our

met

hods

cla

sses

.D

urin

g Y

ear O

ne, o

ur e

nter

ing

120

teac

her c

andi

date

s ar

e in

sch

ools

for t

wo

mor

n-in

gs a

wee

k an

d in

the

afte

rnoo

ns a

ttend

met

hods

cla

sses

in m

ath

and

scie

nce,

or r

eadi

ngan

d ch

ildre

n’s

liter

atur

e (T

able

1).

The

y co

mpl

ete

a le

sson

stu

dy a

ssig

nmen

t for

eac

hco

urse

for a

tota

l of f

our s

epar

ate

assi

gnm

ents

; eac

h in

clud

es d

etai

led

plan

ning

. Thr

ee o

fth

ese

requ

ire

subs

eque

nt te

achi

ng o

f “re

sear

ch le

sson

s” in

thei

r fie

ld p

lace

men

t cla

ss-

room

s. R

eadi

ng m

etho

ds is

the

exce

ptio

n, w

here

the

teac

hing

is o

n-ca

mpu

s in

am

icro

teac

hing

form

at (A

rend

s, 2

006)

.C

andi

date

’s g

roup

s fo

r the

ass

ignm

ent a

re th

us d

eter

min

ed b

y th

eir f

ield

pla

cem

ents

.E

ach

grou

p of

can

dida

tes

is re

spon

sibl

e fo

r dis

cuss

ing

the

less

on s

tudy

ass

ignm

ent w

ithth

eir c

oope

ratin

g te

ache

r and

det

erm

inin

g w

hich

of t

he fi

ve te

ache

rs’ c

lass

room

s w

ould

be m

ost a

ppro

pria

te f

or th

is a

ssig

nmen

t. T

his

flex

ibil

ity

of c

hoos

ing

one

of f

ive

clas

sroo

ms

enab

les

grou

ps to

loca

te a

sup

port

ive

coop

erat

ing

teac

her w

hose

cur

ricu

lum

expe

ctat

ions

mat

ch w

hat c

andi

date

are

abl

e to

pro

vide

thro

ugh

the

less

on s

tudy

assi

gnm

ent.

(In

a hi

gh-s

take

s te

stin

g en

viro

nmen

t, no

t all

coop

erat

ing

teac

hers

val

ue a

deta

iled

refo

rm-m

inde

d le

sson

). T

he s

elec

tion

of o

ne c

lass

room

from

five

is p

artic

ular

lyim

port

ant d

urin

g th

e fi

rst s

emes

ter

of th

e pr

ogra

m w

hen

teac

her

cand

idat

es a

rein

expe

rien

ced:

The

gro

up is

abl

e to

cho

ose

the

mos

t con

fide

nt c

andi

date

to te

ach

from

the

grou

ps’ d

etai

led

plan

. Thi

s is

usu

ally

a te

ache

r ca

ndid

ate’

s fi

rst e

xper

ienc

e of

who

le-c

lass

teac

hing

, and

our

dat

a su

gges

ts th

at th

is p

roce

ss is

suc

cess

ful.

Dur

ing

Yea

r Tw

o, te

ache

r can

dida

tes

wor

k in

sch

ools

two

full

days

a w

eek

for a

sem

este

r whi

le c

oncu

rren

tly e

nrol

led

in s

ocia

l stu

dies

, lan

guag

e ar

ts, a

nd a

dia

gnos

ticre

adin

g co

urse

. T

hey

com

plet

e on

e le

sson

stu

dy a

ssig

nmen

t in

thei

r sch

ools

dur

ing

this

sem

este

r, in

tegr

ated

acr

oss

the

thre

e m

etho

ds c

ours

es. E

ach

cour

se is

resp

onsi

ble

for a

com

pone

nt o

f the

less

on s

tudy

pro

cess

, thu

s re

info

rcin

g th

e na

tura

l int

egra

tion

of li

tera

cyw

ithin

con

tent

teac

hing

.T

he g

ener

al p

atte

rn fo

r all

assi

gnm

ents

use

s L

ewis

’s fo

ur-s

tage

less

on s

tudy

cyc

le(L

ewis

, Per

ry, &

Mur

ata,

200

6) a

s a

basi

s (F

igur

e 1)

. In

step

1 G

oal-

Set

ting

and

Pla

nnin

g, g

roup

s of

tea

cher

can

dida

tes

iden

tify

a g

ener

al g

oal

for

stud

ent

lear

ning

(a re

sear

ch th

eme)

, the

n th

ey m

ove

on to

ste

p 2

Res

earc

h L

esso

n. T

he c

andi

-da

tes

as a

team

then

set

abo

ut p

rodu

cing

one

det

aile

d re

sear

ch le

sson

to a

ccom

plis

h th

isgo

al fo

r a s

peci

fic c

lass

room

of f

ield

pla

cem

ent s

tude

nts.

In

step

3 L

esso

n D

iscu

ssio

n,th

e re

sear

ch le

sson

is ta

ught

in a

fiel

d pl

acem

ent c

lass

room

by

one

teac

her c

andi

date

and

othe

r gro

up m

embe

rs. W

here

pos

sibl

e, u

nive

rsity

facu

lty g

athe

rs a

nd d

iscu

sses

the

data

colle

cted

dur

ing

the

less

on, a

fter

whi

ch th

e fin

al m

ove,

ste

p 4

Con

solid

atio

n of

Lea

rnin

g,m

ay b

e ta

ken.

The

out

com

e of

this

dis

cuss

ion

is a

con

soli

dati

on o

f th

eir

lear

ning

,po

ssib

ly a

re-

teac

hing

of a

mod

ified

less

on w

ith a

noth

er c

lass

. Thi

s al

way

s co

nclu

des

with

a w

ritte

n re

port

for a

met

hods

cou

rse

assi

gnm

ent.

20S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

Tabl

e 1

Sch

edul

e fo

r Fie

ld a

nd M

etho

ds C

ours

es in

the

Ele

men

tary

Edu

catio

n Pr

ogra

m

Sem

este

r One

Se

mes

ter T

wo

Sem

este

r Thr

ee

S

emes

ter F

our

Mor

ning

F

ield

Pla

cem

ent (

Tues

, Thu

rs)

Fiel

d Pl

acem

ent

(Tue

s, T

hurs

)So

cial

Stu

dies

,L

angu

age

Art

s,D

iagn

ostic

Rea

ding

Met

hods

(Mon

, Wed

, Fri

)

Stud

ent T

each

ing

(Mon

-Fri

)C

hild

ren’

sL

itera

ture

and

Rea

ding

Met

hods

(Tue

s, T

hurs

)

Scie

nce

Met

hods

and

Mat

h M

etho

ds(T

ues,

Thu

rs)

Aft

erno

on

Spec

ific

Des

crip

tions

of L

esso

n St

udy

in M

etho

ds C

ours

es

Year

1 M

athe

mat

ics

Met

hods

The

re a

re tw

o m

athe

mat

ics

met

hods

inst

ruct

ors,

one

of w

hom

impl

emen

ted

Japa

-ne

se le

sson

stu

dy in

mat

h m

etho

ds c

ours

es in

200

0 an

d on

e w

ho, p

rior

to a

rriv

ing

at th

eun

iver

sity

in 2

002,

had

exp

erie

nce

eval

uatin

g a

gran

t tha

t req

uire

d he

r to

atte

nd th

ete

achi

ng o

f res

earc

h le

sson

s ta

ught

by

expe

rien

ced

teac

hers

. T

he m

athe

mat

ics

less

onst

udy

is th

e m

ost d

evel

oped

form

of t

he a

ssig

nmen

t in

the

prog

ram

. It

is d

esig

ned

as a

vehi

cle

thro

ugh

whi

ch te

ache

r can

dida

tes

stud

y ho

w to

lear

n ab

out t

heir

teac

hing

of

mat

hem

atic

s (H

iebe

rt, M

orri

s, &

Gla

ss, 2

003)

.Si

nce

mat

hem

atic

s ed

ucat

ion

facu

lty h

as u

sed

this

ass

ignm

ent m

any

times

, the

irfo

cus

was

on

refin

ing

the

less

on s

tudy

ass

ignm

ent.

Thr

ee a

reas

wer

e ta

rget

ed: t

o im

prov

ete

ache

r can

dida

tes’

con

tent

kno

wle

dge,

to re

fine

obse

rvat

ion

and

data

col

lect

ions

ski

lls,

and

to fo

ster

cri

tical

ana

lysi

s of

the

less

on.

One

way

the

assi

gnm

ent w

as s

tren

gthe

ned

duri

ng fa

ll 20

03 w

as to

sup

port

teac

her c

andi

date

s’ w

eak

cont

ent k

now

ledg

e (M

a, 1

999)

.C

andi

date

s w

ere

requ

ired

sel

ect t

heir

less

on fr

om a

rese

arch

-bas

ed m

athe

mat

ics

refo

rmte

xtbo

ok s

erie

s w

here

con

tent

was

em

phas

ized

(Eco

nom

opou

los

et a

l., 1

998)

. T

his

less

on w

as d

evel

oped

in d

etai

l for

thei

r par

ticul

ar c

lass

room

. Tea

cher

can

dida

tes

also

spec

ifica

lly s

tudy

the

mat

hem

atic

al c

once

pts

in th

e le

sson

usi

ng a

con

tent

-foc

used

cou

rse

text

(Cha

pin

& J

ohns

on, 2

000)

. Fac

ulty

requ

ire

less

on s

tudy

obs

erve

rs to

focu

s on

how

K-9

(K

-9 is

Ill

inoi

s el

emen

tary

cer

tifi

cati

on, w

ith

an a

dd-o

n 6-

9 m

iddl

e-le

vel

endo

rsem

ent a

vaila

ble)

stu

dent

s le

arn

by o

bser

ving

onl

y a

few

stu

dent

s in

the

clas

sroo

m,

reco

rdin

g an

d in

terp

retin

g th

eir u

nder

stan

ding

s an

d m

isco

ncep

tions

. Thi

s da

ta ju

stifi

esan

d su

ppor

ts a

cri

tical

ana

lysi

s of

the

less

on.

Year

1 S

cien

ce M

etho

ds

The

sci

ence

inst

ruct

or te

ache

s bo

th s

ectio

ns, a

nd h

e is

fam

iliar

with

act

ion

rese

arch

and

othe

r fo

rms

of t

each

er i

nqui

ry a

s st

rate

gies

for

ins

truc

tion

al i

mpr

ovem

ent

(Kei

th,

2001

).

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21S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

Add

ition

ally

, he

was

alr

eady

focu

sed

on in

quir

y as

a c

entr

al th

eme

in s

cien

ce a

s em

bod-

ied

in th

e N

atio

nal S

cien

ce E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

s (N

atio

nal R

esea

rch

Cou

ncil,

199

6).

Thi

s pr

oces

s of

cha

nge

was

dif

ficul

t and

took

tim

e be

caus

e th

e fa

culty

had

sev

eral

yea

rsof

inve

stm

ent i

n co

urse

ass

ignm

ents

; how

ever

, he

read

ily a

gree

d to

ado

pt th

is a

ssig

nmen

tto

bri

ng c

oher

ence

to th

e el

emen

tary

edu

catio

n cu

rric

ulum

.

1. G

oal-S

ettin

g an

d

Pla

nnin

g

Inde

ntif

y go

als

for

stud

ent l

earn

ing

and

long

-ter

mde

velo

pmen

t.

Col

lato

rativ

ely

plan

inst

ruct

ion

desi

gned

tobr

ing

to li

fe th

ese

goal

s, in

clud

ing

a“r

esea

rch

less

on”

that

will

be

obse

rved

.

2. R

esea

rch

Les

son

One

pla

nnin

g te

amm

embe

r tea

ches

clas

sroo

m le

sson

whi

leot

her t

eam

mem

bers

colle

ct d

ata

on s

tude

ntth

inki

ng, l

earn

ing,

enga

gem

ent,

beha

vior

,et

c.

3. L

esso

n D

icus

sion

Shar

e an

d an

alyz

e da

taco

llect

ed a

t res

earc

hle

sson

.

Wha

t is

the

evid

ence

that

goa

ls fo

r stu

dent

lear

ning

and

deve

lopm

ent w

ere

fost

ered

?

Wha

t im

prov

emen

ts to

the

less

on a

nd to

inst

ruct

ion

mor

ege

nera

lly s

houl

d be

cons

ider

ed.

4. C

onso

lidat

ion

of

Lea

rnin

g

If d

esir

ed, r

efin

e an

dre

-tea

ch th

e le

sson

and

stud

y it

agai

n. W

rite

repo

rt th

at in

clud

esle

sson

pla

n, s

tude

ntda

te a

nd re

flec

tions

on w

hat w

as le

arne

d.

Fig

ure

1. L

ewis

’s le

sson

stu

dy c

ycle

. Fr

om L

esso

n st

udy:

A h

andb

ook

of te

ache

r-le

din

stru

ctio

nal c

hang

e (p

.3) b

y C

. Lew

is, (

2002

), Ph

ilade

lphi

a, P

A: R

esea

rch

for B

ette

rSc

hool

s, In

c. ©

200

2 by

Cat

heri

ne C

. Lew

is.

Rep

rint

ed w

ith p

erm

issi

on.

22S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

Alth

ough

sev

eral

of h

is e

xist

ing

assi

gnm

ents

rela

ted

to le

sson

stu

dy, t

his

facu

ltym

embe

r had

to re

thin

k th

e en

tire

set o

f ass

ignm

ents

to m

ake

less

on s

tudy

a fr

amew

ork

for o

ther

ass

ignm

ents

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, a

chi

ld in

terv

iew

(Ara

ms

& B

rads

haw

, 200

1) a

ndre

sear

ch in

to p

edag

ogic

al p

ract

ice

wer

e co

mbi

ned

to b

ecom

e an

inve

stig

atio

n in

tost

uden

t und

erst

andi

ngs

in p

repa

ratio

n fo

r the

less

on s

tudy

. Rat

her t

han

stan

ding

alo

ne,

each

ass

ignm

ent s

erve

d to

ass

ist t

each

er c

andi

date

s in

pla

nnin

g th

eir r

esea

rch

less

on.

Year

1 C

hild

ren’

s L

itera

ture

One

facu

lty m

embe

r tea

ches

bot

h se

ctio

ns o

f chi

ldre

n’s

liter

atur

e. L

esso

n st

udy

seem

ed to

her

to e

xten

d an

idea

pro

pose

d by

Ken

and

Yet

ta G

oodm

an th

at te

ache

rssh

ould

eng

age

in “

kidw

atch

ing”

(Ow

ocki

& G

oodm

an, 2

002)

. Tha

t is,

teac

hers

sho

uld

obse

rve

stud

ents

as

they

thin

k an

d pe

rfor

m in

the

clas

sroo

m th

en d

ocum

ent t

heir

suc

-ce

sses

and

cha

llen

ges.

Stu

dyin

g th

eir

stud

ents

giv

es te

ache

rs v

alua

ble

info

rmat

ion

abou

t mot

ivat

ion,

str

engt

hs, l

angu

age

deve

lopm

ent,

soci

al in

tera

ctio

ns, a

nd n

eeds

. T

his

facu

lty id

entif

ied

a co

nnec

tion

betw

een

the

kidw

atch

ing

conc

ept a

nd th

e em

phas

is le

sson

stud

y pl

aces

on

obse

rvin

g le

arne

rs d

urin

g a

less

on. A

s a

resu

lt, s

he a

dded

a le

sson

stu

dyas

sign

men

t to

her c

ours

e.Sh

e fe

lt sh

e w

as o

nly

one

step

ahe

ad o

f her

can

dida

tes

whe

n it

cam

e to

impl

emen

t-in

g le

sson

stu

dy.

She

assi

gned

less

on s

tudy

gro

ups

and

requ

ired

they

mak

e th

e fo

unda

-tio

n of

thei

r les

son

a pi

ece

of li

tera

ture

. T

he fa

culty

was

impr

esse

d w

ith th

e qu

ality

of

less

ons

teac

her c

andi

date

s de

velo

ped.

Year

2 o

f Pro

gram

(Dia

gnos

tic R

eadi

ng, S

ocia

l Stu

dies

, Lan

guag

e A

rts)

Dur

ing

the

seco

nd y

ear,

thir

d se

mes

ter,

of th

e pr

ogra

m th

ere

are

thre

e m

etho

dsco

urse

s ta

ught

(dia

gnos

tic re

adin

g, la

ngua

ge a

rts,

and

soc

ial s

tudi

es).

Rat

her t

han

assi

gnth

ree

sepa

rate

less

on s

tudi

es, m

etho

ds in

stru

ctor

s—al

l new

to le

sson

stu

dy—

envi

sion

edan

am

bitio

us p

lan

for o

ne c

ompl

ex in

tegr

ated

less

on s

tudy

. The

y de

cide

d th

e le

sson

stud

y ex

peri

ence

wou

ld b

e fu

lly im

plem

ente

d w

ithin

soc

ial s

tudi

es w

ith k

ey s

ectio

nsde

velo

ped

in d

iagn

ostic

read

ing

and

lang

uage

art

s.T

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f a tw

o-w

eek

unit

and

teac

hing

a le

sson

dur

ing

the

field

pla

ce-

men

t was

alr

eady

an

assi

gnm

ent i

n th

e so

cial

stu

dies

met

hods

cou

rse.

The

se a

ssig

n-m

ents

wer

e ch

ange

d to

fit t

he le

sson

-stu

dy p

roce

ss s

impl

y by

pla

cing

teac

her c

andi

date

son

team

s to

dev

elop

the

unit

and

requ

irin

g on

e le

sson

with

in th

e un

it to

be

the

deta

iled

rese

arch

less

on ta

ught

in th

eir f

ield

pla

cem

ents

. L

ewis

’s (2

002)

less

on a

nd u

nit o

utlin

esw

ere

used

. Can

dida

tes

wer

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith a

tabl

e of

con

tent

s to

dem

onst

rate

how

the

unit

shou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

incl

udin

g w

here

eac

h of

the

othe

r tw

o cl

asse

s as

sign

men

tsh

ould

fit i

nto

the

end

prod

uct.

Usi

ng th

e de

fined

pur

pose

of t

each

ing

soci

al s

tudi

es: “

tohe

lp y

oung

peo

ple

deve

lop

the

abili

ty to

mak

e in

form

ed a

nd re

ason

ed d

ecis

ions

for t

hepu

blic

goo

d as

citi

zens

of a

cul

tura

lly d

iver

se, d

emoc

ratic

soc

iety

in a

n in

terd

epen

dent

wor

ld”

(Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

for S

ocia

l Stu

dies

, 199

4, p

. vii)

, the

met

hods

inst

ruct

orde

sign

ated

as

the

rese

arch

them

e fo

r all

less

on s

tudi

es: H

ow c

an w

e he

lp s

tude

nts

beco

me

good

citi

zens

in a

mul

ticul

tura

l, di

vers

e de

moc

ratic

soc

iety

?R

eadi

ng is

a c

ruci

al s

kill

in d

eter

min

ing

succ

ess

in th

e so

cial

stu

dies

, so

the

diag

nost

ic re

adin

g m

etho

ds in

stru

ctor

s as

ked

teac

her c

andi

date

s to

ass

ess

stud

ents

’re

adin

g ab

ilitie

s in

the

rese

arch

less

on c

lass

room

usi

ng th

e Q

ualit

ativ

e R

eadi

ng In

vent

ory-

3(L

esli

e &

Cal

dwel

l, 20

01).

Bas

ed o

n th

is a

sses

smen

t, te

ache

r ca

ndid

ates

cho

ose

appr

opri

atel

y le

vele

d so

cial

stu

dies

text

s fo

r th

e un

it a

nd s

elec

ted

read

ing

and

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ques

tion

ing

stra

tegi

es f

or e

ffec

tive

stud

ent l

earn

ing

(Wal

ker,

2004

). In

the

lang

uage

art

sco

urse

, can

dida

tes

iden

tifie

d an

d in

tegr

ated

a w

ritin

g st

rate

gy in

to th

e re

sear

ch le

sson

as

the

asse

ssm

ent c

ompo

nent

. The

dev

elop

men

t of

wri

ting

str

ateg

ies

was

alr

eady

are

quir

emen

t; it

was

now

focu

sed

on th

e re

sear

ch le

sson

. C

andi

date

s th

en a

sses

sed

stud

ent w

ritte

n w

ork

sam

ples

from

the

rese

arch

less

on, u

sing

this

as

one

piec

e of

evi

-de

nce

whe

n re

flec

ting

on w

ays

to im

prov

e th

e le

sson

.B

y se

mes

ter’

s en

d, d

espi

te a

ll th

e ch

alle

nges

, the

thre

e fa

culty

saw

pos

itive

gro

wth

inte

ache

r can

dida

tes

and

in th

emse

lves

. R

esul

t of a

naly

sis

of p

revi

ousl

y de

scri

bed

data

sour

ces

indi

cate

d th

at th

is a

ssig

nmen

t nee

ded

refin

ing,

esp

ecia

lly in

how

the

unit

was

asse

ssed

. A

lso,

com

mun

icat

ion

betw

een

facu

lty n

eede

d to

be

stre

ngth

ened

to p

rovi

de a

bette

r-in

tegr

ated

exp

erie

nce

for c

andi

date

s.

Dis

cuss

ion

With

Lite

ratu

re

From

May

200

3 on

war

ds, a

s te

ache

r res

earc

hers

(Coc

hran

-Sm

ith &

Lyt

le, 1

993)

we

enga

ged

with

the

trad

ition

of e

duca

tiona

l act

ion

rese

arch

focu

sed

on c

urri

culu

m im

-pr

ovem

ent a

nd c

hang

e (E

lliot

t, 20

03).

Our

larg

er p

urpo

se w

as d

evel

opin

g an

d re

finin

gth

e pe

dago

gy o

f our

teac

her e

duca

tion

prog

ram

and

exa

min

ing

prog

ram

out

com

es fo

rbo

th N

CA

TE

acc

redi

tatio

n an

d pr

ogra

m im

prov

emen

t. A

s su

ch, o

ur m

etho

dolo

gy c

ycle

dth

roug

h pl

anni

ng, a

ctin

g, o

bser

ving

, and

refl

ectin

g w

here

eac

h ph

ase

incl

uded

ele

men

tsof

the

othe

r pha

ses.

For

exa

mpl

e, a

s w

e be

gan,

indi

vidu

ally

and

col

lect

ivel

y, to

act

on

our e

arly

pla

ns fo

r les

son

stud

y as

sign

men

ts, w

e ad

apte

d an

d ch

ange

d th

ose

plan

s in

resp

onse

to d

iscu

ssio

ns w

ith e

ach

othe

r—so

met

imes

in fo

rmal

mee

tings

, but

oft

en o

ver

the

lunc

h ta

ble.

Suc

h in

here

nt m

essi

ness

(Ack

off,

1999

), so

fam

iliar

to re

flec

tive

prac

titio

ners

, was

com

poun

ded

beca

use

facu

lty fr

om d

iffer

ent d

isci

plin

es, w

ith d

iffer

ent

rese

arch

ass

umpt

ions

, wor

ked

acro

ss a

larg

e te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m. T

he re

sult

was

an o

rgan

ic p

roce

ss o

f ide

ntif

ying

and

resp

ondi

ng to

thes

e co

ntex

tual

loca

l nee

ds a

s w

ew

ent a

long

(Lew

is, P

erry

, & M

urat

o, 2

006)

. For

exa

mpl

e, in

itial

ly fa

culty

dre

w o

n th

eir

own

fram

e of

refe

renc

e to

mak

e se

nse

of le

sson

stu

dy (i

.e.,

kidw

atch

ing

from

Ow

ocki

and

Goo

dman

, 200

2, o

r mic

rote

achi

ng fr

om A

rend

s, 2

006)

.A

s ou

r dis

cuss

ion

deep

ened

and

our

exp

erie

nce

incr

ease

d th

ese

indi

vidu

al u

nder

-st

andi

ngs

mov

ed to

war

d a

com

mon

def

initi

on.

Our

con

cern

was

alw

ays

to im

prov

ein

stru

ctio

n, a

nd w

e w

ere

just

ifiab

ly fo

cuse

d on

the

issu

es o

f pra

ctic

e. O

ur q

uest

ions

rang

ed f

rom

gen

eral

: How

is it

goi

ng?

To th

e sp

ecif

ic: H

ow c

an w

e se

quen

ceas

sign

men

ts s

o th

at le

sson

stu

dies

will

fit i

nto

our t

each

er c

andi

date

s’ s

ched

ule?

How

ever

, the

re w

as a

lso

anot

her a

ctiv

ity a

t wor

k. A

s re

sear

cher

s se

ekin

g to

mak

ese

nse

of o

ur w

ork,

we

exam

ined

our

ach

ieve

men

ts.

As

we

read

a v

arie

ty o

f lite

ratu

reov

er th

e ne

xt th

ree

year

s, s

ever

al p

iece

s st

ood

out t

o us

: T

hey

spok

e of

the

chal

leng

es in

teac

her e

duca

tion

and

the

way

s in

whi

ch s

ucce

ssfu

l, qu

ality

pro

gram

s ad

dres

s th

ese

chal

leng

es.

The

y ra

nged

from

sch

olar

ly p

iece

s fo

r the

insi

der t

each

er e

duca

tor a

udie

nce

(Coc

hran

-Sm

ith &

Zei

chne

r, 20

05; F

eim

an-N

emse

r, 20

01) t

o re

port

s fo

r pol

icy

and

publ

ic a

udie

nces

(Lev

ine,

200

6).

We

foun

d ou

rsel

ves

surp

rise

d th

at in

our

com

mitm

ent

to o

ur p

assi

ons,

thro

ugh

our a

bilit

ies

and

know

ledg

e as

refl

ectiv

e pr

actit

ione

rs, a

nd in

the

qual

ity o

f our

dai

ly in

tera

ctio

ns w

ith e

ach

othe

r, w

e w

ere

build

ing

a pr

ogra

m th

at h

adbe

gun

to m

eet t

he b

est v

isio

ns o

f qua

lity

teac

her e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s.Fo

r exa

mpl

e, S

haro

n Fe

iman

-Nem

ser (

2001

) art

icul

ated

a v

isio

n th

at te

ache

red

ucat

ors’

role

sho

uld

be to

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r tea

cher

s to

eng

age

in “

seri

ous

23S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

and

sust

aine

d le

arni

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties”

(p. 1

014)

acr

oss

the

cont

inuu

m o

f the

ir c

aree

rs,

pres

ervi

ce, i

nduc

tion,

and

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t. W

e fo

cus

here

on

her f

ram

ewor

kfo

r thi

nkin

g ab

out a

pre

serv

ice

curr

icul

um. S

he id

entif

ies

five

“cen

tral

task

s” b

ased

on

“wha

t tea

cher

s ne

ed to

kno

w, c

are

abou

t, an

d be

abl

e to

do

in o

rder

to p

rom

ote

subs

tant

ial l

earn

ing

for a

ll st

uden

ts”

(p. 1

016)

. The

se c

entr

al ta

sks

also

enc

ompa

ss th

ebe

liefs

and

imag

es o

f tea

chin

g th

at p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs b

ring

to th

eir e

duca

tion.

Bas

ed o

n pr

elim

inar

y an

alys

is o

f our

dat

a, w

e su

gges

t tha

t asp

ects

of e

ach

of th

eta

sks

and

prac

tices

can

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d th

roug

h le

sson

stu

dy; h

owev

er, w

e w

ould

arg

ueth

at e

ach

need

s ca

refu

l stu

dy if

one

is to

con

fiden

tly a

sser

t tha

t a p

rogr

am is

mee

ting

thes

e de

man

ds. T

he s

cope

of t

his

pape

r doe

s no

t pro

vide

for s

uch

deta

iled

anal

ysis

;ho

wev

er, w

e ar

e in

the

proc

ess

of re

finin

g ou

r dat

a co

llect

ion

and

anal

ysis

for l

ater

publ

icat

ions

. Wha

t we

asse

rt h

ere,

rath

er, i

s th

at th

e go

als,

str

uctu

re, a

nd c

onte

xt o

fle

sson

stu

dy, s

etti

ng a

stri

de a

stu

dy o

f ac

tual

teac

hing

epi

sode

s, d

oes

mak

e th

eac

hiev

emen

t of e

ach

of th

ese

task

s an

d pr

acti

ces

poss

ible

in v

ery

inte

rest

ing

way

s. T

ost

imul

ate

furt

her

conv

ersa

tion

abou

t the

ped

agog

y an

d cu

rric

ulum

of p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

red

ucat

ion,

we

will

illu

min

ate

her c

entr

al ta

sks

and

prom

isin

g pr

actic

es w

ith e

xam

ples

from

less

on s

tudy

in o

ur p

repa

ratio

n pr

ogra

m.

Cen

tral

Tas

k #1

: Ana

lyzi

ng B

elie

fs a

nd F

orm

ing

New

Vis

ions

Feim

an-N

emse

r (20

01) w

arns

,

Unl

ess

teac

her e

duca

tors

eng

age

pros

pect

ive

teac

hers

in a

cri

tical

exa

min

atio

n of

thei

r ent

erin

g be

liefs

in li

ght o

f com

pelli

ng a

ltern

ativ

es a

nd h

elp

them

dev

elop

pow

erfu

l im

ages

of g

ood

teac

hing

and

str

ong

prof

essi

onal

com

mitm

ents

, the

seen

teri

ng b

elie

fs w

ill c

ontin

ue to

sha

pe th

eir i

deas

and

pra

ctic

es. (

pp. 1

016-

1017

)

Whi

le w

e w

ould

like

all

our c

oope

ratin

g te

ache

rs to

pro

vide

“po

wer

ful i

mag

es o

fgo

od te

achi

ng”

(p. 1

017)

, the

real

ity o

f a h

igh-

stak

es te

stin

g en

viro

nmen

t and

a la

rge

stat

e te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m is

that

som

e of

the

best

exp

erie

nces

of s

ucce

ssfu

lre

form

-min

ded

teac

hing

are

pro

vide

d by

the

care

fully

pla

nned

rese

arch

less

ons

taug

ht b

you

r und

ergr

adua

te te

ache

r can

dida

tes.

Eac

h se

mes

ter s

ome

less

on s

tudy

gro

ups

repo

rtth

at d

urin

g th

e te

achi

ng o

f the

ir re

sear

ch le

sson

thei

r stu

dent

s se

emed

sig

nific

antly

mor

een

gage

d an

d m

otiv

ated

than

dur

ing

prev

ious

less

ons.

The

refo

re, r

esea

rch

less

ons

offe

rev

iden

ce to

som

e te

ache

r can

dida

tes

that

alte

rnat

ives

to th

e ev

eryd

ay d

rill

and

prac

tice

appr

oach

, oft

en fo

und

in p

ublic

sch

ools

, can

be

mor

e ef

fect

ive

for s

tude

nt le

arni

ng.

Cen

tral

Tas

k #2

: Dev

elop

ing

Subj

ect M

atte

r fo

r Te

achi

ng

Few

wou

ld d

isag

ree

that

teac

hers

nee

d to

kno

w th

e su

bjec

ts th

ey te

ach.

How

ever

, in

her s

econ

d ta

sk, F

eim

an-N

emse

r (20

01) r

emin

ds u

s th

at th

is k

ind

of k

now

ing

incl

udes

not j

ust u

nder

stan

ding

the

mai

n co

ncep

ts b

ut a

lso

know

ing

how

evi

denc

e an

d pr

oof a

reth

ough

t abo

ut in

diff

eren

t sub

ject

s: “

How

is a

pro

of in

mat

hem

atic

s di

ffer

ent f

rom

ahi

stor

ic e

xpla

natio

n or

a li

tera

ry in

terp

reta

tion?

” (p

. 101

7). A

dditi

onal

ly, d

raw

ing

onSh

ulm

an (1

986)

, Fei

man

-Nem

ser (

2001

) ide

ntifi

es w

hat a

teac

her n

eeds

to u

nder

stan

dab

out w

hat s

tude

nts

typi

cally

find

diff

icul

t, co

mm

on e

ffec

tive

anal

ogie

s an

d m

odel

s th

atm

ay b

e us

ed fo

r cla

rific

atio

n.

24S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

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25S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

The

em

erge

nce

of re

sear

ch le

sson

s fr

om a

sub

ject

-bas

ed m

etho

ds c

ours

es h

elps

cand

idat

es d

evel

op th

is k

ind

of k

now

ledg

e of

sub

ject

mat

ter.

For e

xam

ple,

the

mat

hem

at-

ics

less

on s

tudy

requ

ires

can

dida

tes

to e

ngag

e sp

ecifi

cally

in a

stu

dy o

f the

mat

hem

atic

alco

ncep

ts in

the

less

on, a

s w

ell a

s st

udyi

ng h

ow c

hild

ren

best

lear

n th

ese

conc

epts

. In

soci

al s

tudi

es, t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f a re

sear

ch le

sson

requ

ires

the

teac

her c

andi

date

s to

clar

ify

to th

emse

lves

how

to te

ach

inhe

rent

ly c

ompl

ex c

once

pts

such

as

dem

ocra

cy to

prim

ary

stud

ent.

Cen

tral

Tas

k #3

: Dev

elop

ing

Und

erst

andi

ngs

of L

earn

ers

and

Lea

rnin

g

Feim

an-N

emse

r (20

01) b

elie

ves

that

teac

hers

nee

d to

cul

tivat

e to

ols,

dis

posi

tions

,an

d kn

owle

dge

abou

t the

ir s

tude

nts’

dev

elop

men

t, le

arni

ng, c

omm

unity

, and

cul

ture

and

use

this

und

erst

andi

ng in

thei

r tea

chin

g to

mak

e an

d ju

stif

y cu

rric

ular

and

ped

agog

icde

cisi

ons.

The

chi

ldre

n’s

liter

atur

e an

d sc

ienc

e le

sson

stu

dy a

ssig

nmen

ts, f

or e

xam

ple,

spec

ifica

lly re

quir

e te

ache

r can

dida

tes

to s

tudy

the

child

ren

and

thei

r thi

nkin

g pr

ior t

opl

anni

ng a

nd te

achi

ng th

eir r

esea

rch

less

on. T

hus,

teac

her c

andi

date

s be

gin

to li

nkkn

owle

dge

of h

ow s

tude

nts

may

resp

ond

to p

artic

ular

con

text

s to

spe

cific

ped

agog

ical

deci

sion

s by

requ

irin

g th

at te

ache

r can

dida

tes

pred

ict,

plan

for,

and

obse

rve

thes

ere

spon

ses.

Whe

n te

ache

r can

dida

tes

are

obse

rver

s of

stu

dent

lear

ning

dur

ing

a re

sear

chle

sson

they

hav

e pl

anne

d, th

ey g

ain

new

insi

ghts

into

thei

r ped

agog

ical

dec

isio

ns.

Cen

tral

Tas

k #4

: Dev

elop

ing

a B

egin

ning

Rep

erto

ire

Feim

an-N

emse

r (20

01) a

rgue

s th

at p

rese

rvic

e pr

epar

atio

n’s

four

th c

entr

al ta

sk is

topr

ovid

e a

begi

nnin

g re

pert

oire

for t

each

er c

andi

date

s of

str

ateg

ies,

app

roac

hes,

and

asse

ssm

ents

, and

hel

p th

em m

ake

the

appr

opri

ate

deci

sion

s fo

r usi

ng th

ese

appr

oach

es.

In th

e se

mes

ter 3

less

on s

tudy

, tea

cher

can

dida

tes

are

requ

ired

to g

athe

r and

pro

vide

ath

ough

tful

ana

lysi

s of

read

ing

asse

ssm

ent d

ata

to s

elec

t tex

t and

pro

vide

inst

ruct

ion

inso

cial

stu

dies

. T

hrou

gh th

eir l

angu

age

arts

cou

rse,

can

dida

tes

assi

gn w

ritin

g to

thei

rst

uden

ts a

nd a

naly

ze th

is a

s ev

iden

ce o

f the

ir le

arni

ng o

f soc

ial s

tudi

es.

Thu

s, th

ey b

egin

to p

ut in

to p

ract

ice

an in

crea

sing

ly s

ophi

stic

ated

app

roac

h to

teac

hing

that

eng

ages

them

with

ass

essm

ent,

stra

tegy

sel

ectio

n, s

ubje

ct m

atte

r int

egra

tion,

as

wel

l as

refl

ectin

g on

thei

r pra

ctic

e an

d its

eff

ectiv

enes

s.

Cen

tral

Tas

k #5

: Dev

elop

ing

the

Tool

s to

Stu

dy T

each

ing

As

they

eng

age

in th

is p

roce

ss a

s a

less

on s

tudy

gro

up, t

each

er c

andi

date

s se

em to

embo

dy F

eim

an-N

emse

r’s

(200

1) fi

fth

cent

ral t

ask.

Fei

man

-Nem

ser a

sser

ts th

at:

Pre-

serv

ice

prep

arat

ion

is a

tim

e to

beg

in fo

rmin

g ha

bits

and

ski

lls n

eces

sary

for t

heon

goin

g st

udy

of te

achi

ng in

the

com

pany

of c

olle

ague

s. P

re-s

ervi

ce te

ache

rs m

ust

com

e to

see

that

lear

ning

is a

n in

tegr

al p

art o

f tea

chin

g an

d th

at s

erio

us c

onve

rsa

tions

abo

ut te

achi

ng a

re a

val

uabl

e re

sour

ce in

dev

elop

ing

and

impr

ovin

g th

eir

prac

tice.

The

stu

dy o

f tea

chin

g re

quir

es th

e sk

ills

of o

bser

vatio

n, in

terp

reta

tion,

and

anal

ysis

. Pre

-ser

vice

stu

dent

s ca

n be

gin

deve

lopi

ng th

ese

skill

s by

ana

lyzi

ng s

ampl

esof

stu

dent

wor

k, c

ompa

ring

diff

eren

t cur

ricu

lar m

ater

ials

, int

ervi

ewin

g st

uden

ts to

unco

ver t

heir

thin

king

, stu

dyin

g ho

w d

iffer

ent t

each

ers

wor

k to

war

d th

e sa

me

goal

s,an

d ob

serv

ing

wha

t im

pact

thei

r ins

truc

tion

has

on s

tude

nts.

Car

ried

out

in th

e

com

pany

of o

ther

s, th

ese

activ

ities

can

fost

er n

orm

s fo

r pro

fess

iona

l dis

cour

se s

uch

as re

spec

t for

evi

denc

e, o

penn

ess

to q

uest

ions

, val

uing

of

alte

rnat

ive

pers

pect

ives

,a

sear

ch f

or c

omm

on u

nder

stan

ding

s, a

nd s

hare

d st

anda

rds.

(p. 1

019)

The

less

on s

tudy

ass

ignm

ents

thro

ugho

ut th

e pr

ogra

m p

rovi

de c

andi

date

s w

ithop

port

uniti

es to

wor

k w

ith o

ther

s on

a c

ompl

ex a

naly

sis

of th

eir s

tude

nts’

lear

ning

and

how

it is

rela

ted

to th

e in

stru

ctio

nal d

ecis

ions

they

mad

e, b

oth

in te

rms

of c

urri

culu

m a

ndpe

dago

gy.

The

pri

or p

lann

ing,

and

the

subs

eque

nt d

ebri

efin

g of

the

rese

arch

less

on,

freq

uent

ly in

the

com

pany

of f

acul

ty w

ho h

ave

also

obs

erve

d th

e le

sson

, pro

vide

rich

expe

rien

ces

in u

sing

evi

denc

e of

stu

dent

lear

ning

to in

form

this

ana

lysi

s. G

roup

sst

rugg

le to

com

e to

com

mon

und

erst

andi

ngs,

as

they

que

stio

n th

eir d

ecis

ions

and

lear

n to

deve

lop

a re

spec

tful

pro

fess

iona

l dis

cour

se a

roun

d te

achi

ng.

Feim

en-N

emse

r (20

01) t

hen

cons

ider

s th

ree

prom

isin

g pr

actic

es th

at e

nabl

e te

ache

red

ucat

ion

prog

ram

s to

acc

ompl

ish

thes

e ce

ntra

l tas

ks. S

he re

min

ds u

s th

at th

e m

eani

ngan

d im

pact

of a

ny o

ne in

divi

dual

str

ateg

y or

com

pone

nt o

f a p

rogr

am d

epen

ds o

n “t

heov

eral

l pur

pose

s th

ey s

erve

. A

nd th

ese,

in tu

rn, a

re in

flue

nced

by

a pr

ogra

m’s

con

cept

ual

orie

ntat

ion…

. Eve

ryth

ing

depe

nds

on th

e qu

ality

of i

deas

that

giv

e th

e pr

ogra

m d

irec

tion

and

purp

ose”

(pp.

102

2-10

23).

She

nam

es th

ree

prom

isin

g pr

actic

es th

at p

rom

ote

refo

rm-m

inde

d te

achi

ng: 1

) con

cept

ual c

oher

ence

, 2) p

urpo

sefu

l, in

tegr

ated

fiel

dex

peri

ence

s, a

nd 3

) atte

ntio

n to

teac

hers

as

lear

ners

. W

e be

lieve

eac

h of

thes

e pr

actic

esca

n be

impl

emen

ted

thro

ugh

less

on s

tudy

ass

ignm

ents

.

Pro

mis

ing

Pra

ctic

e #1

: Con

cept

ual C

oher

ence

Acc

redi

ting

bodi

es s

uch

as N

CA

TE

requ

ire

that

pro

gram

s ha

ve a

con

cept

ual f

ram

e-w

ork

(Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

for A

ccre

dita

tion

of T

each

er E

duca

tion,

200

6) to

pro

vide

them

with

a c

entr

al fo

cus.

Alth

ough

our

pro

gram

has

suc

h a

fram

ewor

k, th

e In

quir

er-P

rofe

s-si

onal

, in

uniti

ng a

roun

d le

sson

stu

dy, w

e de

cide

d on

a c

omm

on s

et o

f pra

ctic

es th

atw

ould

bri

ng th

is la

ngua

ge to

life

in o

ur c

ours

es a

nd a

cros

s ou

r pro

gram

. Im

port

antly

,us

ing

less

on s

tudy

als

o in

crea

sed

our p

rogr

am c

oher

ence

bec

ause

we

chos

e a

com

mon

stra

tegy

that

put

the

prac

tices

of t

each

ing

in p

ublic

sch

ool c

lass

room

s as

the

cent

ral f

ocus

of o

ur m

etho

ds c

ours

es.

Sim

ulta

neou

sly,

we

gave

str

uctu

re to

our

exp

ecta

tion

of in

quir

y:W

e di

rect

ed w

ho w

ould

con

duct

the

inqu

iry

(gro

ups

of te

ache

r can

dida

tes)

, wha

t the

inqu

iry

wou

ld b

e ab

out (

plan

ning

and

ena

ctin

g te

achi

ng e

piso

des

in p

ublic

sch

ool)

, and

how

the

inqu

iry

wou

ld b

e co

nduc

ted

(thr

ough

stu

dy, r

esea

rch,

det

aile

d pl

anni

ng, a

ndga

ther

ing

evid

ence

, obs

ervi

ng s

tude

nt le

arni

ng, h

eari

ng p

ersp

ectiv

es fr

om fe

llow

pro

fes-

sion

als,

dra

win

g co

nclu

sion

s).

With

this

incr

ease

d pr

ogra

m c

oher

ence

as

sim

ilar e

vent

sbe

gan

to ta

ke p

lace

in d

iffer

ent c

ours

es, w

e al

so w

orke

d on

the

seco

nd p

rom

isin

gpr

actic

e.

Pro

mis

ing

Pra

ctic

e #2

: Pur

pose

ful,

Inte

grat

ed F

ield

Exp

erie

nce

Our

pro

gram

from

Jul

y 20

02 o

nwar

ds p

rovi

ded

both

var

ied

and

exte

nsiv

e fi

eld

expe

rien

ces.

But

as

teac

her e

duca

tors

kno

w, t

each

er c

andi

date

s ne

ed to

lear

n “d

esir

able

less

ons”

(Fei

man

-Nem

ser,

2001

, p. 1

024)

from

thes

e sc

hool

pla

cem

ents

. T

he le

sson

stud

y as

sign

men

t, w

ith it

s em

phas

is o

n th

e th

orou

gh, d

etai

led

plan

ning

, tea

chin

g, a

ndan

alys

is o

f one

hig

h-qu

ality

less

on, p

rovi

des

man

y ca

ndid

ates

, coo

pera

ting

teac

hers

, and

publ

ic s

choo

l chi

ldre

n w

ith a

n un

usua

l exp

erie

nce

of s

ucce

ssfu

l lea

rnin

g th

roug

h an

enga

ged,

stu

dent

-cen

tere

d, a

ctiv

e le

sson

.

26S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

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27S

ha

pin

g P

ed

ag

og

y W

ith

Le

sso

n S

tud

y

Mos

t sig

nific

antly

, the

se in

tens

e le

sson

stu

dy e

xper

ienc

es a

re d

riven

from

the

subj

ect

mat

ter

met

hods

cou

rses

, and

obs

erve

d by

bot

h cl

inic

al a

nd s

ubje

ct f

acul

ty w

here

poss

ible

, thu

s pr

ovid

ing

a co

nsta

nt in

terp

lay

betw

een

field

pla

cem

ents

and

met

hods

cour

ses.

Can

dida

tes

repo

rt le

arni

ng th

ese

desi

rabl

e le

sson

s—th

e im

port

ance

of p

lann

ing,

of e

ngag

ing

stud

ents

act

ivel

y in

lear

ning

dur

ing

less

ons,

and

the

sign

ifica

nt ro

le th

atw

atch

ing

stud

ents

lear

n pl

ays

in s

tren

gthe

ning

teac

hing

. T

his

last

poi

nt le

ads

dire

ctly

toth

e th

ird

prac

tice.

Pro

mis

ing

Pra

ctic

e #3

: Tea

cher

s as

Lea

rner

s

Les

son

stud

y, ra

ther

than

dir

ectin

g w

hat t

each

er c

andi

date

s le

arn

abou

t tea

chin

g,pr

ovid

es th

em w

ith a

rich

exp

erie

nce

and

take

s th

em s

erio

usly

as

a te

am o

f lea

rner

s. W

eha

ve o

bser

ved

duri

ng le

sson

stu

dy d

ebri

efin

g se

ssio

ns, t

each

er c

andi

date

s in

thei

rre

sear

ch te

ams

ques

tion

toge

ther

the

impa

ct o

f the

ir a

ctio

ns o

n st

uden

t lea

rnin

g. T

hele

sson

stu

dy e

xper

ienc

e m

odel

s th

e ki

nd o

f eff

ectiv

e le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

es w

e ho

pe th

eyw

ill c

onst

ruct

for t

heir

stu

dent

s.O

ur a

ppro

ach

seem

ed re

ason

able

to u

s, a

nd o

ur re

view

of l

itera

ture

con

firm

s ou

rid

eas

wer

e so

und

and

wel

l gro

unde

d. T

he li

tera

ture

als

o ch

alle

nged

us

to m

aint

ain

our

focu

s an

d ex

amin

e m

ore

clos

ely,

thro

ugh

a pr

actit

ione

r res

earc

h le

ns, t

he p

edag

ogy

ofou

r tea

cher

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m.

Impl

icat

ions

for

Acc

redi

tatio

n

Ref

ocus

ing

our e

nerg

y on

dev

elop

ing

a pr

ogra

m th

at m

et o

ur v

isio

n fo

r tea

chin

g,ra

ther

than

usi

ng a

ccre

dita

tion

as o

ur g

oal,

in th

e en

d se

rved

us

wel

l. W

e fo

und

our

sem

este

r 3 le

sson

stu

dy a

ssig

nmen

t met

two

of o

ur re

quir

ed N

CA

TE

ass

essm

ents

. T

hese

asse

ssm

ents

indi

cate

d th

at o

ur te

ache

r can

dida

tes

wer

e ab

le to

pla

n, te

ach,

and

eva

luat

ein

stru

ctio

n an

d ha

ve a

n im

pact

on

K-9

stu

dent

lear

ning

. Dat

a co

llect

ed fr

om o

ur P

rogr

amA

dvis

ory

Boa

rd, a

long

with

ane

cdot

al d

ata

prov

ided

by

our f

ield

sup

ervi

sors

con

firm

edth

at o

ur c

onst

ituen

ts c

onsi

dere

d ou

r pro

gram

to b

e hi

gh q

ualit

y. W

hile

this

ana

lysi

s w

assa

tisfy

ing,

we

still

nee

d to

stu

dy o

ur p

rogr

am in

mor

e de

pth.

We

agai

n tu

rn to

the

exis

ting

liter

atur

e to

hel

p pr

ovid

e us

with

a m

ore

spec

ific

focu

s to

how

we

mig

ht c

on-

tinue

.

Nex

t Ste

ps

In h

er c

ontr

ibut

ion

to S

tudy

ing

Teac

her

Edu

catio

n: th

e R

epor

t of t

he A

ER

A p

anel

on

Res

earc

h an

d Te

ache

r E

duca

tion,

Pam

ela

Gro

ssm

an (2

005)

con

tend

s th

ere

is a

lack

of

atte

ntio

n to

the

peda

gogy

of t

each

er e

duca

tion.

She

arg

ues

that

atte

ntio

n to

how

one

teac

hes

is p

art a

nd p

arce

l of w

hat o

ne te

ache

s. G

ross

man

def

ines

the

peda

gogy

of

teac

her

educ

atio

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lass

room

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ruct

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and

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ract

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task

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d as

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men

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lass

room

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ruct

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and

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ract

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incl

ude

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inte

ract

ions

am

ong

facu

lty,

stu

dent

s, a

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onte

nt d

urin

g cl

ass

tim

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ks a

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men

ts “

focu

s st

uden

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ttent

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ular

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uce

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to w

ays

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ason

ing

or p

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rmin

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. 426

).G

ross

man

(200

5), h

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er, d

oes

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arch

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gogy

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r edu

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larg

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teac

her e

duca

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prog

ram

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. 448

) may

be

prob

lem

atic

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ause

itis

har

d to

isol

ate

the

effe

ct o

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one

str

ateg

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a te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m.

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belie

ve th

e st

reng

th o

f our

pro

gram

lies

in th

e fa

ct th

at w

e ha

ve a

com

mon

ped

agog

ical

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ith

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y

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, exp

ress

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ts a

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ssm

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atte

ntio

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task

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d as

sign

men

ts p

rovi

des

us w

ith a

pos

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e le

ns fo

r loo

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at o

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ogra

m.

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oncl

usio

n, th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of le

sson

stu

dy a

ssig

nmen

ts a

cros

s m

etho

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urse

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ft u

s en

cour

aged

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outc

omes

for o

ur te

ache

r can

dida

tes,

adm

inis

trat

ors,

and

prac

titio

ners

in th

e fie

ld.

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belie

ve th

at a

band

onin

g ou

r les

s pr

oduc

tive

port

folio

syst

em w

as ju

stif

ied

and

thro

ugh

this

shi

ft w

e w

ere

able

to f

ocus

mor

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eply

on

prep

arin

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quir

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rofe

ssio

nals

than

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pari

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does

not

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clud

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ture

requ

irem

ents

of a

por

tfol

io o

f les

son

stud

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tifac

ts a

cros

s th

e pr

ogra

m.

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see

poss

ibili

ties

for t

each

er c

andi

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com

ing

refo

rm-m

inde

d te

ache

rs a

s th

eyfo

cus

on s

tude

nt le

arni

ng a

nd k

eep

a cr

itica

l eye

on

thei

r tea

chin

g. A

dditi

onal

ly, o

urca

ndid

ates

’ abi

lity

to p

lan

for

and

impa

ct K

-9 s

tude

nt le

arni

ng w

as c

onfi

rmed

by

Ass

ocia

tion

for C

hild

hood

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catio

n In

tern

atio

nal a

ppro

val,

as p

art o

f our

rece

ntN

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revi

ew u

sing

sem

este

r 3 le

sson

stu

dy d

ata.

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have

gro

wn

toge

ther

as

we

stru

ggle

d w

ith th

e co

mpl

exity

of i

mpl

emen

ting

our v

isio

n an

d fe

el g

reat

pro

fess

iona

lsa

tisfa

ctio

n an

d gr

owth

from

our

col

legi

al e

ffor

ts to

inco

rpor

ate

less

on s

tudy

thro

ugho

utou

r und

ergr

adua

te p

rogr

am. D

ata

sugg

ests

our

teac

her c

andi

date

s’ h

ave

resp

onde

dpo

sitiv

ely.

We

are

exci

ted

as w

e co

nsid

er th

e ne

xt s

tage

of o

ur re

sear

ch.

Refe

ren

ces

Ack

off,

R. (

1999

). A

ckof

f’s

best

. New

Yor

k: J

ohn

Wile

y an

d So

ns.

Alle

n, D

., &

Bly

the,

T. (

2004

). Fa

cilit

ator

’s b

ook

of q

uest

ions

: Too

ls fo

r lo

okin

g to

geth

erat

stu

dent

and

teac

her

wor

k. N

ew Y

ork:

Tea

cher

s C

olle

ge P

ress

.A

ram

s, R

., &

Bra

dsha

w, B

. (20

01).

How

do

child

ren

know

wha

t the

y kn

ow?

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nce

and

Chi

ldre

n, 3

9(2)

, 29-

33.

Are

nds,

R. I

. (20

06).

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ning

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ach

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., &

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nson

, A. (

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). M

ath

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ters

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erst

andi

ng th

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ath

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hgr

ades

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salit

o, C

A: M

ath

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tions

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licat

ions

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ochr

an-S

mith

, M.,

& L

ytle

, S. (

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side

out

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cher

res

earc

h an

d kn

owle

dge.

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each

ers

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lege

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ochr

an-S

mith

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eich

ner,

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udyi

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ache

r ed

ucat

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rep

ort o

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e A

ER

A p

anel

on

rese

arch

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teac

her

educ

atio

n. M

ahw

ah, N

ew J

erse

y:A

mer

ican

Edu

catio

n R

esea

rch

Ass

ocia

tion.

Del

ands

here

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& A

rens

, S. A

. (20

03).

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min

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ity o

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evi

denc

e in

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

r por

tfol

ios.

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rnal

of T

each

er E

duca

tion,

54(

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7-73

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cono

mop

oulo

s, K

., E

ston

, R.,

Goo

drow

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ros,

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ray,

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rney

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vest

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lo P

ark,

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RC

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e Se

ymou

r Pub

licat

ions

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lliot

t, J.

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nter

view

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n E

lliot

, 6 D

ecem

ber 2

002.

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catio

nal A

ctio

nR

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rch,

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an-N

emse

r, S.

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tion

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igni

ng a

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m to

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ngth

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usta

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achi

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each

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r pr

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athe

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her

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catio

n, 6

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ion

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ctio

nal i

mpr

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ent?

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ase

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y of

less

on s

tudy

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cati

onal

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earc

her,

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is, C

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chid

a, I.

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less

on is

like

a s

wif

tly fl

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g riv

er: H

ow re

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eric

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d te

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enta

ry m

athe

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ics:

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hers

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fund

amen

tal m

athe

mat

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hina

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ted

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e pr

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m s

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-mai

l: bo

donn

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ssis

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catio

n at

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ther

n Il

linoi

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nive

rsit

y E

dwar

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res

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h in

sci

ence

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on i

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the

impl

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tati

on o

f re

form

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ed id

eas

and

the

use

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al le

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ngen

viro

nmen

ts. E

mai

l: sm

arle

t@si

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der,

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ssis

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ruct

ion

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outh

ern

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ois

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vers

ity E

dwar

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sear

ch in

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sts

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acy

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nnin

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ache

r ind

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n an

d m

ento

ring

.E

-mai

l: je

bola

n@si

ue.e

du.

Step

hani

e L

. McA

ndre

ws,

Ph.

D.,

is A

ssoc

iate

Pro

fess

or in

Lite

racy

at S

outh

ern

Illin

ois

Uni

vers

ity E

dwar

dsvi

lle, i

n E

dwar

dsvi

lle, I

llino

is.

Her

rese

arch

inte

rest

sin

clud

e de

velo

ping

lite

racy

lead

ers,

lite

racy

ass

essm

ent,

and

clin

ical

pra

ctic

e fo

rK

-12.

E-m

ail:

smca

ndr@

siue

.edu

.

Glo

ria

Rea

ding

, Ed.

D.,

is A

ssis

tant

Pro

fess

or o

f Edu

catio

n at

Sou

ther

n Il

linoi

sU

nive

rsity

Edw

ards

ville

in E

dwar

dsvi

lle, I

llino

is.

Her

rese

arch

inte

rest

s in

clud

em

ultic

ultu

ral c

hild

ren’

s lit

erat

ure

with

a M

iddl

e E

ast f

ocus

.E

-mai

l: gr

eadi

n@si

ue.e

du.

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“Bet

wee

n a

Roc

k an

d a

Har

d P

lace

”:A

Sec

ond-

Yea

r Te

ache

r’s

Exp

erie

nce

Wri

ting

Rep

ort C

ards

Jenn

ifer

Tut

enH

unte

r Col

lege

Abs

trac

t

Thi

s ar

ticle

doc

umen

ts th

e re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g pr

oces

s of

an

earl

y ca

reer

urb

anfo

urth

-gra

de te

ache

r. H

er a

ccou

nt a

nd re

flec

tions

upo

n th

e re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g pr

oces

sar

e in

terw

oven

with

a c

ritic

al d

isco

urse

ana

lysi

s of

repo

rt fo

rm s

he c

ompl

etes

alo

ng w

ithhe

r nar

rativ

e co

mm

ents

. Re-

cons

ider

ing

this

“ta

ken

for g

rant

ed”

aspe

ct o

f tea

chin

gill

umin

ates

the

ever

yday

real

ity o

f tea

chin

g in

an

era

of in

crea

sing

acc

ount

abili

ty.

Exc

elsi

or:

Lead

ersh

ip in

Tea

chin

g an

d Le

arni

ngV

olum

e 2,

Num

ber 1

F

all/W

inte

r 200

7

3

1

32W

ritin

g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

Elle

n M

artin

,* a

four

th-g

rade

teac

her i

n an

urb

an s

choo

l, re

coun

ts a

dile

mm

a in

com

plet

ing

a re

port

car

d fo

r one

of h

er s

tude

nts:

One

of t

he c

hild

ren

was

hav

ing

a ha

rd ti

me

that

yea

r and

his

gra

des

real

ly w

ent

dow

n si

gnifi

cant

ly b

ut n

ot s

o m

uch

that

he

was

in fa

iling

sta

tus.

But

the

prin

cipa

lth

ough

t tha

t he

wou

ld n

eed

to h

ave

anot

her y

ear i

n or

der f

or h

im to

be

able

to s

tay

inth

e sc

hool

, he’

d ha

ve to

do

four

th g

rade

ove

r aga

in. S

o ac

tual

ly s

he d

id c

hang

e m

ygr

ades

so

that

they

wer

e fa

iling

so

that

we

coul

d ho

ld th

e ch

ild o

ver.

The

mot

her w

aski

nd o

f ups

et. B

ut I

kind

of m

ade

a co

mm

itmen

t to

mys

elf.

I’m

not

goi

ng to

ow

n th

isan

d I j

ust r

efer

red

her t

o th

e pr

inci

pal [

Ms.

Wal

sh].

I w

as v

ery—

I kne

w th

at it

was

wro

ng a

nd I

was

n’t g

oing

to s

ay th

at th

e pr

inci

pal w

as w

rong

. But

, I s

aid,

“Pl

ease

talk

to M

s. W

alsh

* ab

out t

his.

I ca

n sh

ow y

ou m

y re

cord

s if

you

wou

ld li

ke to

see

them

.” T

hat w

as a

rock

and

a h

ard

plac

e.

For M

s. M

artin

* an

d m

any

othe

r tea

cher

s, th

e pr

oces

s of

wri

ting

repo

rt c

ards

is fi

lled

wit

h pe

rson

al a

nd p

hilo

soph

ical

qua

ndar

ies.

Lyo

ns (

1990

) ex

plor

ed th

e ty

pes

ofdi

lem

mas

teac

hers

enc

ount

er a

s th

ey w

ork

with

stu

dent

s. T

hese

dile

mm

as a

rise

from

“thi

s pa

rtic

ular

set

of e

lem

ents

—of

sel

f, re

latio

nshi

ps, c

raft

, one

’s v

alue

s an

d on

e’s

stan

ce to

war

ds k

now

ledg

e…”

(p. 1

67).

Tea

cher

s m

ay e

xper

ienc

e th

ese

dile

mm

as in

the

grad

ing

and

subs

eque

nt re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g pr

oces

ses,

as

they

bal

ance

thei

r kno

wle

dge

ofst

uden

ts a

s in

divi

dual

s w

ith w

hom

they

hav

e de

velo

ped

cari

ng re

latio

nshi

ps a

nd in

rela

tion

to th

e cu

rric

ulum

, aga

inst

thei

r aw

aren

ess

of th

e au

dien

ces

for r

epor

t car

ds,

nam

ely,

fam

ilies

and

the

scho

ol a

dmin

istr

atio

n. M

s. M

artin

face

d su

ch a

dile

mm

a w

hen

she

foun

d he

r gra

des

chan

ged

by h

er s

uper

viso

r. S

he w

as to

rn b

etw

een

her p

rofe

ssio

nal

know

ledg

e of

her

stu

dent

, her

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

the

stud

ent’s

fam

ily, a

nd h

er jo

b.N

oddi

ngs

(198

4) d

escr

ibed

gra

ding

as

an in

trus

ion

upon

the

cari

ng re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

nte

ache

r an

d st

uden

t, co

nten

ding

, “T

he te

ache

r is

torn

bet

wee

n ob

liga

tion

to th

eem

ploy

ing

com

mun

ity a

nd fa

ithfu

lnes

s to

the

stud

ent”

(pp.

193

-194

).M

s. M

artin

’s s

tory

illu

min

ates

the

tens

ions

freq

uent

ly fa

ced

by e

arly

car

eer t

each

ers

as th

ey c

ompl

ete

repo

rt c

ards

. Whi

le re

port

car

d w

ritin

g m

ay a

ppea

r to

play

a m

inor

role

in a

teac

her’

s pr

ofes

sion

al li

fe, i

t doe

s em

body

the

com

plex

ity o

f tea

chin

g. R

epor

t car

dsca

n be

vie

wed

as

a te

xtua

l int

erse

ctio

n—a

wri

tten

expr

essi

on o

f a re

latio

nshi

p—am

ong

teac

her,

fam

ily, s

tude

nt, a

nd s

choo

l. In

com

plet

ing

repo

rt c

ards

, tea

cher

s ne

gotia

te th

eem

bodi

ed in

ters

ectio

ns o

f acc

ount

abili

ty, f

amily

, and

pro

fess

iona

l exp

ertis

e.In

this

art

icle

, I e

xplo

re th

e re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g pr

oces

s of

an

earl

y ca

reer

urb

anfo

urth

-gra

de te

ache

r. T

hrou

gh in

terw

eavi

ng h

er a

ccou

nt a

nd r

efle

ctio

ns u

pon

the

repo

rt-

card

wri

ting

proc

ess

with

an

anal

ysis

of t

he fo

rm s

he c

ompl

etes

, I p

robl

emat

ize

this

“ta

ken

for g

rant

ed”

aspe

ct o

f tea

chin

g. M

s. M

artin

’s s

tory

illu

min

ates

the

ever

yday

real

ity o

f tea

chin

g in

an

era

of in

crea

sing

acc

ount

abili

ty. I

t is

a st

ory

impo

rtan

t to

con-

side

r as

we

deve

lop

our t

each

er p

repa

ratio

n pr

ogra

ms

and

wor

k w

ith in

-ser

vice

teac

hers

.

Res

earc

h an

d T

heor

etic

al F

ram

ewor

kTe

ache

rs a

nd R

epor

t Car

dsW

hile

repo

rt c

ards

are

a fi

xtur

e on

the

educ

atio

nal l

ands

cape

(Gur

skey

, 199

6), t

here

is li

ttle

rece

nt re

sear

ch th

at a

ddre

sses

teac

hers

’ exp

erie

nces

and

per

cept

ions

of t

his

aspe

ct

*All

nam

es a

nd id

entif

ying

info

rmat

ion

have

bee

n ch

ange

d. Q

uota

tions

wer

e ta

ken

from

tape

-re

cord

ed a

nd tr

ansc

ribe

d in

terv

iew

s an

d ar

e re

port

ed v

erba

tim.

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33W

ritin

g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

of th

eir p

rofe

ssio

nal l

ife.

Tw

o st

udie

s de

scri

bed

the

chal

leng

es e

xper

ienc

ed b

y te

ache

r,no

vice

and

vet

eran

, whi

le w

ritin

g re

port

car

ds. D

espi

te c

ompl

etin

g an

ass

essm

ent c

ours

e,pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

inte

rvie

wed

by

Lom

ax (1

996)

felt

unpr

epar

ed fo

r the

diff

icul

ties

ofgr

adin

g an

d re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g. W

hile

they

had

lear

ned

abou

t diff

eren

t way

s to

ass

ess

stud

ents

, the

y di

d no

t ant

icip

ate

the

diff

icul

ties

of d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

abou

t gra

des

and

com

men

ts, a

nd th

ey re

port

ed g

reat

anx

iety

abo

ut fa

mily

reac

tion.

Vet

eran

ele

men

tary

leve

l tea

cher

s al

so fi

nd w

ritin

g re

port

car

ds c

halle

ngin

g. In

a s

tudy

of r

eadi

ng te

ache

rs,

Aff

erbl

ach

and

John

ston

(199

3) d

escr

ibed

con

flic

ts b

etw

een

wha

t the

y kn

ew a

nd v

alue

din

thei

r tea

chin

g an

d th

e sy

stem

and

str

uctu

re o

f the

repo

rt c

ards

they

wer

e re

quir

ed to

com

plet

e. T

he a

utho

rs c

oncl

uded

, “W

e di

d no

t ant

icip

ate

how

str

essf

ul te

ache

rs w

ould

find

the

repo

rt-w

ritin

g pr

oces

s or

how

sev

erel

y th

e pr

oces

s w

ould

be

affe

cted

by

the

cons

trai

nts

unde

r whi

ch te

ache

rs w

orke

d” (p

. 85)

.

Rep

ort C

ards

as

Scho

ol D

isco

urse

One

pos

sibl

e re

ason

for t

he s

tres

sful

nat

ure

of re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g m

ay b

e th

eir

offic

ial s

tatu

s in

sch

ools

(Aff

lerb

ach

& J

ohns

ton,

199

3; G

ursk

ey, 1

996)

. A

s fo

rmal

docu

men

ts, t

hey

embo

dy w

hat c

ount

s in

sch

ool.

Thi

s “s

choo

l kno

wle

dge,

” as

des

crib

edby

Luk

e an

d L

uke

(199

5), i

s “k

now

ledg

e an

d pr

actic

e di

scur

sive

ly c

onst

ruct

ed a

ndac

hiev

ed in

the

clas

sroo

m s

ite”

(p. 3

69).

Tea

cher

s w

rite

repo

rt c

ards

for m

ultip

leau

dien

ces;

onc

e a

repo

rt c

ard

leav

es it

s “a

utho

r,” it

is fr

eque

ntly

use

d fo

r mul

tiple

func

tions

.E

duca

tiona

l doc

umen

ts, s

uch

as s

choo

l bro

chur

es, l

ette

rs, c

ompa

cts,

and

repo

rtca

rds,

can

be

seen

as

disc

ours

es th

at c

onst

ruct

iden

titie

s of

fam

ilies

, stu

dent

s, a

nd s

choo

lpe

rson

nel,

and

posi

tion

part

icip

ants

. Keo

gh (1

996)

arg

ued

that

thro

ugh

lette

rs a

ndbr

ochu

res

the

scho

ol d

isco

urse

com

pete

d w

ith fa

mili

es fo

r con

trol

in th

e ho

me.

Keo

ghsa

ys, “

Fro

m a

naly

sis

of v

ario

us ty

pes

of h

ome-

scho

ol c

omm

unic

atio

ns, i

t see

ms

reas

onab

le to

vie

w s

choo

ls a

s ag

enci

es o

f reg

ulat

ion

and

cont

rol o

ver h

omes

” (p

. 456

).Si

mila

rly,

Nak

agaw

a (2

000)

foun

d th

e of

ficia

l dis

cour

se in

sch

ool c

ompa

cts

esta

blis

hed

an “

idea

lized

par

ent.”

She

sta

ted,

“U

ltim

atel

y, th

e di

scou

rse

not o

nly

repr

esen

ts p

aren

tsto

oth

ers

but a

lso

repr

esen

ts p

aren

ts to

them

selv

es”

(p. 4

66).

A fa

mily

mem

ber w

hore

ads

abou

t her

chi

ld’s

sho

rtco

min

gs, f

or e

xam

ple,

may

feel

the

teac

her v

iew

s he

r as

anin

adeq

uate

par

ent o

r gua

rdia

n, p

artic

ular

ly if

the

teac

her a

dvis

es c

lose

r sup

ervi

sion

of

hom

ewor

k or

oth

er re

spon

sibi

litie

s.T

he p

rese

nt s

tudy

, thr

ough

its

docu

men

tatio

n an

d an

alys

is o

f a te

ache

r’s

repo

rt c

ards

and

repo

rt-c

ard

wri

ting

proc

ess,

inve

stig

ates

the

scho

ol d

isco

urse

that

as

Keo

gh (1

996)

stat

es, r

epre

sent

s st

uden

ts to

oth

ers

and

them

selv

es, a

s w

ell a

s th

e ex

pert

dis

cour

se th

atdi

rect

s w

hat t

he te

ache

r can

say

, bot

h em

bodi

ed in

the

repo

rt c

ard

form

. T

he re

sult

is a

n“i

deal

ized

” st

uden

t and

an

“ide

aliz

ed”

fam

ily, a

s w

ell a

s pe

rhap

s, a

n “i

deal

ized

” te

ache

r.T

his

stud

y as

sum

es it

is im

port

ant t

o he

ar fr

om te

ache

rs fi

rst-

hand

. Fur

ther

mor

e,ap

art f

rom

Com

ber

(199

6), t

he d

isco

urse

of

repo

rt c

ards

has

not

bee

n co

nsid

ered

inco

njun

ctio

n w

ith te

ache

rs’ e

xper

ienc

e. R

epor

t car

ds a

re te

xts

that

mak

e cl

aim

s to

“rep

rese

nt”

the

achi

evem

ent o

f ch

ildr

en.

How

doe

s a

teac

her

inte

ract

wit

h th

atdi

scou

rse?

Cri

tical

dis

cour

se a

naly

sis

prov

ides

an

anal

ytic

lens

to fi

gure

out

and

dis

cove

rth

e co

mpl

exity

of t

hat r

epre

sent

atio

n fo

r the

teac

her.

Cri

tical

Dis

cour

se A

naly

sis

as a

The

oret

ical

Len

s an

d M

etho

dolo

gy

Cri

tical

Dis

cour

se A

naly

sis

(CD

A) w

as th

e th

eore

tical

and

met

hodo

logi

cal p

ersp

ec-

tive

info

rmin

g th

e st

udy

desi

gn o

f (Fa

ircl

ough

, 198

9; G

ee, 1

999;

Rog

ers,

200

2).

Rog

ers

(200

4) p

rovi

des

a us

eful

fram

ewor

k fo

r exp

lain

ing

CD

A fr

om a

rese

arch

per

-sp

ectiv

e. T

he “

criti

cal”

in C

DA

, as

she

wri

tes,

refe

rs to

the

anal

yst’s

goa

l to

desc

ribe

and

inte

rpre

t th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e fo

rm o

f lan

guag

e an

d its

func

tion,

with

an

atte

mpt

to e

xplo

re w

hy a

nd h

ow c

erta

in fo

rms

and

func

tions

of l

angu

age

are

priv

ilege

d ov

erot

hers

(Rog

ers,

200

4, p

. 4).

The

“di

scou

rse”

in C

DA

is n

ot a

n is

olat

ed p

rodu

ct, b

ut is

an

expr

essi

on o

f soc

ially

con

stru

cted

and

soc

ially

con

stru

ctin

g re

pres

enta

tions

of “

the

wor

ld, s

ocia

l ide

ntiti

es, a

nd s

ocia

l rel

atio

nshi

ps”

(Luk

e, 2

001,

p. 8

). Fi

nally

, the

“an

aly-

sis”

in C

DA

incl

udes

the

met

hodo

logi

cal d

ecis

ions

an

anal

yst m

akes

to “

figu

re o

ut a

ll th

epo

ssib

le c

onfi

gura

tions

bet

wee

n te

xts,

way

s of

repr

esen

ting,

and

way

s of

bei

ng, a

nd to

look

for a

nd d

isco

ver t

he re

latio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

text

s an

d w

ays

of b

eing

and

why

cer

tain

peop

le ta

ke u

p ce

rtai

n po

sitio

ns v

is-à

-vis

situ

ated

use

of l

angu

age”

(Rog

ers,

200

4, p

. 7).

CD

A, a

s L

uke

(199

5) a

rgue

d, is

a p

ower

ful t

ool t

o ex

amin

e ho

w k

now

ledg

e is

cons

truc

ted

thro

ugh

text

s in

inst

itutio

ns a

nd h

ow s

tude

nts

are

repr

esen

ted.

The

repo

rtca

rd d

isco

urse

, the

n, p

rese

nts

wha

t is

“say

able

” an

d “k

now

able

” ab

out a

stu

dent

to a

teac

her,

even

thou

gh te

ache

rs m

ay h

ave

othe

r, “e

xtra

-tex

tual

” di

scou

rse

they

wou

ld li

keto

incl

ude.

The

met

hodo

logy

of t

his

stud

y w

as d

esig

ned

to u

npac

k an

d ex

plor

e re

port

card

dis

cour

se. T

he d

esig

n co

mbi

ned

a na

rrat

ive

case

stu

dy w

ith c

ritic

al d

isco

urse

anal

ysis

(CD

A) o

f bot

h th

e in

terv

iew

tran

scri

pts

and

the

repo

rt c

ards

. Ms.

Mar

tin’s

expe

rien

ce o

f wri

ting

the

repo

rt c

ards

is p

rese

nted

as

a na

rrat

ive,

pri

mar

ily in

her

ow

nw

ords

. The

CD

A a

naly

sis

follo

ws

to p

robe

the

inte

rsec

tions

and

inte

rpre

tatio

ns o

f the

disc

ours

e.T

hus,

wha

t fol

low

s is

the

stor

y of

Ms.

Mar

tin a

s sh

e ne

gotia

tes

the

chal

leng

es o

fco

mpl

etin

g re

port

car

ds w

ith a

CD

A le

ns fo

cuse

d up

on th

e re

port

car

d te

xt it

self

and

the

narr

ativ

e co

mm

ents

she

sel

ecte

d an

d co

mpo

sed

to a

dd to

the

num

ber r

atin

gs.

Eac

h of

the

narr

ativ

e co

mm

ents

is d

iscu

ssed

in a

sep

arat

e se

ctio

n.

The

focu

s th

en s

hift

s to

an

anal

ysis

of M

s. M

artin

’s u

nder

stan

ding

s of

her

repo

rt-c

ard

wri

ting

proc

ess.

Con

text

of t

he S

tudy

Was

hing

ton

Scho

ol is

a p

ublic

pre

-kin

derg

arte

n th

roug

h gr

ade

six

elem

enta

rysc

hool

, loc

ated

in o

ne o

f the

poo

rest

are

as o

f a la

rge

nort

heas

tern

city

. T

here

are

755

stud

ents

with

five

cla

sses

per

gra

de le

vel.

Nin

ety-

five

perc

ent o

f the

stu

dent

s ar

e el

igib

lefo

r fre

e lu

nch.

Acc

ordi

ng to

200

2 da

ta fr

om th

e sc

hool

dis

tric

t, 29

.2%

of t

he s

tude

nts

wer

e A

fric

an A

mer

ican

, 69.

3% H

ispa

nic,

and

0.8

% A

sian

and

oth

ers.

Ms.

Mar

tin, 2

5ye

ars

old

and

Eur

opea

n A

mer

ican

, was

a fo

rmer

stu

dent

of t

he re

sear

cher

and

agr

eed

topa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

stud

y. It

was

Ms.

Mar

tin’s

firs

t yea

r at W

ashi

ngto

n Sc

hool

; her

firs

t yea

rof

teac

hing

was

at a

par

ochi

al s

choo

l whi

le s

he a

ttend

ed g

radu

ate

scho

ol.

The

rese

arch

stu

dy w

as a

n in

-dep

th a

sses

smen

t of M

s. M

artin

’s e

xper

ienc

es w

ithre

port

car

ds d

urin

g he

r fir

st y

ear t

each

ing

in a

pub

lic s

choo

l and

an

anal

ysis

of t

he re

port

card

fram

ewor

k an

d la

ngua

ge.

The

Lim

its o

f the

Rep

ort C

ard

Fra

mew

ork:

Num

bers

and

Com

men

ts

Lea

rnin

g th

e R

ules

: “T

here

’s O

nly

1s a

nd 2

s…”

Ms.

Mar

tin fi

rst s

aw th

e re

port

car

d fo

rms

one

wee

k be

fore

she

was

requ

ired

tosu

bmit

them

to h

er p

rinc

ipal

, Ms.

Wal

sh. T

he te

ache

rs a

t Was

hing

ton

Scho

ol re

ceiv

ed th

ere

port

car

ds a

t a s

taff

dev

elop

men

t mee

ting.

The

y al

so re

ceiv

ed a

list

of c

omm

ent s

heet

sth

at h

ad b

een

prev

ious

ly u

sed

for a

n ol

der c

ompu

teri

zed

syst

em. T

each

ers

wer

e di

rect

edto

wri

te a

com

men

t int

o th

e bo

x on

the

four

th p

age:

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We

had

a m

eetin

g la

st T

uesd

ay o

n ou

r sta

ff d

evel

opm

ent d

ay, a

nd a

bout

45

min

utes

or s

o w

as d

evot

ed to

repo

rt c

ards

and

oth

er is

sues

rela

ted

to, r

elat

ing

to th

at d

ay, j

ust

kind

of l

ike

prot

ocol

. And

I ra

ised

my

hand

and

sai

d, c

an w

e tr

y to

fit a

s m

any

com

men

ts in

ther

e (l

augh

s) e

ven

thou

gh it

’s n

ot v

ery

big?

And

they

sai

d, n

o, w

ew

ant o

ne c

omm

ent a

nd it

has

to b

e fr

om th

is li

st.

The

repo

rt c

ard

give

n to

Ms.

Mar

tin w

as th

e st

anda

rd e

valu

atio

n fo

rm re

com

men

ded

for

use

in th

e la

rge

urba

n sc

hool

sys

tem

for u

se in

gra

des

thre

e th

roug

h si

x du

ring

the

2003

-20

04 a

cade

mic

yea

r. A

num

eric

sys

tem

is u

sed

on th

e fo

rm :

4—

Exc

eeds

gra

de-l

evel

stan

dard

s; 3

—M

eets

gra

de le

vel s

tand

ards

; 2—

App

roac

hes

grad

e-le

vel s

tand

ards

; 1—

Far b

elow

gra

de-l

evel

sta

ndar

ds. T

he s

ame

syst

em w

as a

lso

used

for t

he fo

urth

-gra

deex

amin

atio

ns th

at th

e st

uden

ts w

ould

take

late

r in

the

year

. Tea

cher

s w

ere

also

inst

ruct

edto

onl

y us

e th

e tw

o lo

wer

end

“nu

mer

ical

indi

cato

rs”

(tha

t is,

“2—

App

roac

hes

grad

e-le

vel s

tand

ards

” an

d “1

—Fa

r bel

ow g

rade

-lev

el s

tand

ards

”) in

ass

essi

ng th

eir s

tude

nts’

prog

ress

. As

Ms.

Mar

tin e

xpla

ined

:

Eve

ryon

e sh

ould

be

appr

oach

ing

the

stan

dard

so

a 3

wou

ld b

e ex

cept

iona

l….T

hem

ajor

ity o

f you

r cla

ss s

houl

d be

hav

ing

lots

of 1

s an

d 2s

and

this

box

on

the

back

side

if th

ere’

s an

y in

klin

g th

at th

ey m

ight

be

stru

gglin

g an

d th

ere’

s on

ly 1

s an

d 2s

,th

en y

ou n

eed

to c

heck

that

, to

be o

n th

e sa

fe s

ide

if th

ere’

s an

y ch

ance

that

the

child

mig

ht n

ot m

eet t

he c

rite

ria,

incl

udin

g th

e te

st s

core

s yo

u ha

ve to

mar

k th

is b

ox ‘

caus

e if

you

don

’t m

ark

it he

re a

nd h

ere

[poi

nts

to th

e tw

o bo

xes

on th

e fo

rm].

Itca

n’t b

e le

gal t

o ho

ld th

e ch

ild o

ver.

Add

ition

ally

, Ms.

Mar

tin’s

col

leag

ues

told

her

not

to g

ive

the

high

est m

ark,

a 4

; “I’

vebe

en w

arne

d th

at if

you

’re

givi

ng 4

s yo

ur re

port

car

ds w

ill p

roba

bly

be g

iven

bac

k to

you

to re

do th

em.”

The

Ide

al S

tude

nt: “

Dem

onst

rate

s E

ffor

t and

Com

plet

es H

omew

ork”

Ms.

Mar

tin in

itial

ly d

irec

ted

her a

ttent

ion

to th

e se

cond

and

thir

d pa

ges

of th

e re

port

card

that

con

tain

ed th

e ev

alua

tion

grid

. The

gri

d w

as o

rgan

ized

by

cont

ent a

rea,

suc

h as

read

ing,

wri

ting,

and

mat

hem

atic

s. B

enea

th e

ach

gene

ral a

rea

wer

e tw

o or

thre

e pe

rfor

-m

ance

indi

cato

rs. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rs fo

r mat

hem

atic

s w

ere

“Dem

onst

rate

s an

und

erst

andi

ng o

f con

tent

; Com

pute

s w

ith a

ccur

acy

and

effic

ienc

y; a

ndSo

lves

pro

blem

s an

d ex

plai

ns s

olut

ions

and

str

ateg

ies.”

The

teac

her t

hen

inse

rted

anu

mbe

r by

each

per

form

ance

indi

cato

r.T

he id

eal s

tude

nt, c

onst

ruct

ed th

roug

h th

e la

ngua

ge o

f thi

s gr

id, i

s an

inde

pend

ent

acto

r. T

hrou

gh th

e re

petit

ive

use

of in

itial

act

ive

verb

s, th

e id

eal s

tude

nt ta

kes

an a

ctiv

ean

d vi

sibl

e ro

le in

the

lear

ning

pro

cess

. Thi

s le

arni

ng is

mad

e vi

sibl

e th

roug

h th

e cl

uste

rof

nou

ns fo

und

in th

e gr

id. O

ne c

lust

er c

onta

ins

oral

lang

uage

, with

nou

ns s

uch

aslis

teni

ng, s

peak

ing,

dis

cuss

ion,

turn

s, c

onve

rsat

ion,

and

opi

nion

s. L

earn

ing

is m

ade

visi

ble

thro

ugh

wri

ting,

voc

abul

ary,

gra

mm

ar, a

nd s

pelli

ng. M

ore

deve

lope

d sp

ecifi

csan

d co

nten

t of a

ll ac

tivity

, how

ever

, wer

e no

t mad

e vi

sibl

e in

this

con

stru

ctio

n. T

here

wer

e fe

wer

adj

ectiv

es a

nd a

dver

bs th

an v

erbs

and

nou

ns.

Onl

y th

ree

phra

ses

used

adje

ctiv

es to

add

det

ail t

o th

e cl

ause

s: “

Rea

ds in

depe

nden

tly fo

r sus

tain

ed p

erio

ds o

ftim

e.”

“Use

s a

wid

e ra

nge

of v

ocab

ular

y,”

and

“Use

s co

rrec

t gra

mm

ar a

nd s

pelli

ng.”

Yet

,ev

en th

ese

adje

ctiv

es a

re v

ague

and

und

efin

ed.

The

ling

uist

ic c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e re

port

car

d cr

eate

d co

nstr

aint

s, a

ccor

ding

to M

s.M

artin

. In

a p

revi

ousl

y qu

oted

seg

men

t, sh

e as

ked

at a

sta

ff m

eetin

g if

she

cou

ld “

fit in

”as

man

y co

mm

ents

as

she

coul

d by

wri

ting

smal

l. E

ven

the

phys

ical

layo

ut o

f the

form

impo

ses

cons

trai

nt.

The

teac

her w

as li

mite

d by

the

narr

ow ra

nge

of n

umer

ical

indi

cato

rsth

at w

ere

“allo

wed

” as

wel

l as

by th

e re

quir

emen

ts o

f one

pre

wri

tten

com

men

t. T

helim

ited

num

ber o

f the

lear

ning

beh

avio

rs c

onst

rict

ed h

er a

bilit

y to

fully

add

ress

the

curr

icul

um s

he ta

ught

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, M

s. M

artin

was

con

cern

ed a

bout

the

indi

cato

r“S

how

s ev

iden

ce o

f und

erst

andi

ng te

xt.”

She

sta

ted,

“T

hat’s

all

they

’re

sayi

ng a

bout

read

ing

com

preh

ensi

on a

nd th

at’s

suc

h a

huge

blo

ck o

f our

day

.” A

dditi

onal

ly th

eco

mbi

ning

of t

wo

inde

pend

ent p

hras

es in

sev

eral

of t

he le

arni

ng in

dica

tors

mad

e it

diff

icul

t for

her

to a

ccur

atel

y co

mm

unic

ate

her e

valu

atio

n of

stu

dent

s (T

able

1).

She

stat

ed:

I fel

t tha

t “D

emon

stra

tes

effo

rt a

nd c

ompl

etes

hom

ewor

k”…

sho

uldn

’t ha

ve b

een

coup

led

toge

ther

bec

ause

ther

e ar

e a

lot o

f kid

s th

at I

know

and

wor

king

with

the

fam

ilies

and

wor

king

with

them

that

a lo

t of t

hem

, for

pra

ctic

al re

ason

s ha

ve a

lot o

fdi

ffic

ulty

com

plet

ing

the

hom

ewor

k at

nig

ht a

nd s

omet

imes

it d

oesn

’t n

eces

sari

lym

ean

that

they

’re

not d

emon

stra

ting

effo

rt.

Thu

s, in

stea

d of

faci

litat

ing

a m

ore

nuan

ced

or d

escr

iptiv

e ev

alua

tion,

the

lang

uage

of t

here

port

car

d its

elf c

reat

ed p

robl

ems.

Whi

le s

he w

ould

hav

e lik

ed to

inte

grat

e he

r und

er-

stan

ding

of a

con

text

wid

er th

an th

e sc

hool

, tha

t of t

he fa

mily

, she

was

lim

ited.

Exa

mple

s of P

hra

ses

on the

Rep

ort

Card

Form

Act

ivity

Phra

se 1

Phra

se 2

Rea

dsal

oud

flue

ntly

with

exp

ress

ion

Wri

tes

inde

pend

ently

on a

var

iety

of t

opic

s

Dem

onst

rate

sef

fort

and

com

plet

es h

omew

ork

Lis

tens

resp

ectf

ully

and

take

s tu

rns

Use

sco

rrec

t gra

mm

aran

d sp

ellin

g

Rea

dsin

depe

nden

tlyfo

r sus

tain

ed p

erio

ds o

f tim

e

Mor

e sp

ecif

ical

ly s

he q

uest

ione

d th

e re

port

car

d la

ngua

ge s

uch

as th

e so

cial

stu

dies

indi

cato

r; “

App

lies

soci

al s

tudi

es s

kills

—I d

on’t

real

ly k

now

wha

t ski

lls th

ey’r

e ta

lkin

gab

out.”

Bec

ause

of h

er u

ncer

tain

ty, s

he d

ecid

ed to

giv

e 2s

to a

ll st

uden

ts “

with

the

exce

ptio

n of

a c

oupl

e of

kid

s w

ho h

aven

’t p

rodu

ced

muc

h or

are

not

par

ticip

atin

g. T

hen

they

are

get

ting

1s.”

The

lang

uage

of t

he re

port

car

d te

xt, a

s pr

evio

usly

not

ed, i

s to

oge

nera

l for

the

teac

her.

She

refe

rs to

the

text

as

“the

y,”

an in

stitu

tiona

lized

bod

y th

atcr

eate

d th

e re

port

car

d te

xt a

t a d

ista

nce

from

her

live

d cl

assr

oom

exp

erie

nce.

The

resu

ltis

her

eva

luat

ion

of s

tude

nt b

ehav

ior b

ased

on

prod

uctio

n an

d pa

rtic

ipat

ion.

Tab

le 1

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The

“R

eal”

Stu

dent

: “D

isru

pts

the

Cla

ss W

ith P

oor

Beh

avio

r”

Aft

er c

ompl

etin

g th

e pe

rfor

man

ce in

dica

tors

on

page

s tw

o an

d th

ree,

Ms.

Mar

tintu

rned

her

atte

ntio

n to

the

com

men

t sec

tion

on th

e ba

ck p

age

of th

e re

port

car

d. T

hefo

urth

pag

e of

the

form

con

tain

ed b

oxes

for t

he te

ache

r to

incl

ude

com

men

ts. D

urin

g he

rfir

st y

ear o

f tea

chin

g at

a p

aroc

hial

sch

ool,

Ms.

Mar

tin h

ad w

ritte

n fiv

e-to

-sev

en-s

ente

nce

com

men

ts fo

r eac

h st

uden

t. H

ere,

at W

ashi

ngto

n Sc

hool

, she

was

told

to s

elec

t one

com

men

t fro

m a

pre

wri

tten

list.

Her

initi

al im

pres

sion

of t

he li

st w

as th

at “

they

real

lydo

n’t s

ay v

ery

muc

h” a

nd s

he fe

lt th

at th

ey w

ould

com

mun

icat

e ve

ry li

ttle

with

out

addi

tiona

l ela

bora

tion.

She

trie

d to

look

at e

ach

stud

ent i

ndiv

idua

lly b

ut “

foun

d th

atth

ere

wer

e so

me

I was

dra

wn

to o

r dra

wn

away

from

.” S

he e

xpla

ined

:

I tri

ed a

s m

uch

as p

ossi

ble

to fi

nd p

ositi

ve o

nes

but w

ith o

nly

one

com

men

t I d

idn’

tw

ant t

o le

ave

the

impr

essi

on th

at e

very

thin

g’s

okay

. “D

oing

sat

isfa

ctor

y w

ork

but

can

do b

ette

r” I

used

with

a c

oupl

e of

my

kids

who

I th

ink

can

show

impr

ovem

ent

and

I thi

nk m

aybe

I w

ould

wor

d th

at a

littl

e di

ffer

ently

but

I th

ink

that

’s a

mes

sage

I cou

ld w

ant t

o co

nvey

.

Ah,

“D

isru

pts

the

clas

s w

ith p

oor b

ehav

ior”

I ha

ve to

put

bec

ause

I re

ally

wan

ted

that

to b

e w

hat I

was

com

mun

icat

ing

to a

lot o

f par

ents

that

thei

r kid

s w

ere

doin

gth

at. I

thin

k if

I ha

d m

y dr

uthe

rs I’

d be

abl

e to

exp

lain

mor

e ab

out i

t.

Her

e, M

s. M

artin

sha

res

that

she

has

“ex

tra-

text

ual”

info

rmat

ion,

diff

eren

t dis

cour

ses,

she

cou

ld u

se in

talk

ing

abou

t her

stu

dent

s, b

ut s

he fe

els

boxe

d in

by

the

repo

rt c

ard

disc

ours

e.E

ight

y po

tent

ial c

omm

ents

wer

e pr

ovid

ed to

the

teac

her f

or in

sert

ion

into

the

com

men

t box

. O

ut o

f the

80

poss

ible

com

men

ts M

s. M

artin

sel

ecte

d 14

diff

eren

tco

mm

ents

for u

se w

ith 1

9 st

uden

ts.

Mos

t of t

hese

pre

wri

tten

com

men

ts w

ere

brie

f. T

henu

mbe

r of w

ords

per

com

men

t ran

ged

from

thre

e to

eig

ht.

The

re w

ere

six

diff

eren

tco

mm

ents

with

thre

e w

ords

, thr

ee d

iffer

ent c

omm

ents

with

four

wor

ds, a

nd o

ne o

r tw

oco

mm

ents

with

five

to e

ight

wor

ds.

The

focu

s of

the

verb

s w

as o

n st

ate

of b

eing

suc

h as

“is

doi

ng”

or “

can

do. “

The

othe

r foc

us w

as o

n be

havi

or. “

Dis

rupt

s” a

ppea

red

thre

e tim

es. A

s an

ear

ly c

aree

r tea

cher

she

was

par

ticul

arly

con

cern

ed w

ith c

lass

room

man

agem

ent,

Ms.

Mar

tin in

dica

ted

that

itw

as im

port

ant t

o “s

end

a m

essa

ge to

par

ents

.” T

he a

djec

tives

wer

e gr

oupe

d as

pos

itive

eval

uativ

e te

rms;

thes

e in

clud

ed w

ord

such

as

satis

fact

ory,

goo

d, e

xcel

lent

, pos

itive

,gr

eat,

or p

oor.

Beh

avio

r was

the

focu

s of

the

noun

s w

ith—

in a

dditi

on to

the

wor

dbe

havi

or—

wor

ds s

uch

as h

abits

, effo

rt, a

nd in

itiat

ive.

Thr

ee o

f the

14

stat

emen

ts d

id n

otco

ntai

n ve

rbs

but w

ere

desc

ript

ors,

suc

h as

“E

xcel

lent

wor

k ha

bits

.” T

hese

com

men

tsfo

cuse

d on

the

beha

vior

or w

ork

habi

ts o

f the

stu

dent

s. T

hey

did

not e

xten

d th

e ev

alua

-tio

n of

the

stud

ents

’ aca

dem

ic w

ork.

Ms.

Mar

tin a

dded

her

com

men

ts a

fter

she

had

com

plet

ed th

e re

port

car

d w

ith th

enu

mer

ic in

dica

tors

. S

he a

ttend

ed to

the

line

in th

e m

iddl

e of

the

com

men

t box

that

stat

ed, “

Sug

gest

ions

for

par

ents

to s

uppo

rt s

tude

nt’s

ach

ieve

men

t” b

y w

riti

ng th

eco

mm

ent b

enea

th th

e lin

e. F

or th

e 19

repo

rt c

ards

ana

lyze

d, s

he w

rote

16

one-

sent

ence

com

men

ts a

nd th

ree

two-

sent

ence

com

men

ts.

All

19 s

tate

men

ts in

clud

ed th

e st

uden

t’sna

me,

mak

ing

it th

e on

ly p

lace

on

the

repo

rt c

ard

that

dir

ectly

link

ed a

n in

divi

dual

stud

ent w

ith a

par

ticul

ar c

omm

ent o

r ass

essm

ent.

The

ave

rage

leng

th o

f the

sen

tenc

ew

as te

n w

ords

. Tw

elve

of t

he n

inet

een

sent

ence

s be

gan

with

the

stud

ent’s

nam

e fo

l-lo

wed

by

shou

ld; f

or e

xam

ple,

“Su

san

shou

ld p

artic

ipat

e m

ore

in c

lass

dis

cuss

ions

.”

38W

ritin

g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

The

lexi

cal t

erm

s fo

r the

teac

her’

s co

mm

ents

sho

wed

the

verb

s cl

uste

red

arou

nd th

ew

ord

shou

ld a

nd th

en th

e ac

tivity

that

sho

uld

be d

one:

pra

ctic

e, w

ork,

com

plet

e, a

ndpa

rtic

ipat

e. T

he a

ctiv

ities

, the

n, c

ente

red

on b

ehav

ior.

Thi

s em

phas

is o

n sh

ould

shi

fted

resp

onsi

bilit

y fr

om th

e te

ache

r to

the

fam

ilies

and

stu

dent

s. T

he n

ouns

reve

aled

a fo

cus

on th

e pr

oduc

ts in

sch

ool,

such

as

book

s, jo

urna

ls, c

lass

wor

k, a

nd m

ost c

omm

only

,sc

hool

wor

k an

d ho

mew

ork.

The

adj

ectiv

es s

tres

sed

qual

ities

of t

hat w

ork,

wor

ds s

uch

asne

at, o

rgan

ized

, ext

ensi

ve, a

nd e

xcel

lent

.O

nly

one

sent

ence

out

of t

he 2

2 se

nten

ces

foun

d in

the

com

men

t box

add

ed a

nad

ditio

nal a

cade

mic

ass

essm

ent o

f the

stu

dent

; “X

had

exc

elle

nt re

adin

g co

mpr

ehen

sion

skill

s.” M

any

of th

e co

mm

ents

use

d th

e la

ngua

ge o

f the

repo

rt c

ard

text

and

the

teac

her

adde

d sh

ould

to it

(Tab

le 2

). In

two

case

s fa

mili

es w

ere

spec

ific

ally

ask

ed to

read

with

and

to th

eir c

hild

. Fo

r the

rem

aind

er o

f the

com

men

ts, t

he s

ugge

stio

ns “

to s

uppo

rtst

uden

t’s a

chie

vem

ent”

took

the

form

of e

xten

ding

the

teac

her’

s ro

le a

nd a

ctin

g as

a k

ind

of s

urve

illan

ce.

The

teac

her’

s se

lect

ion

of w

ords

and

syn

tax

was

ver

y cl

osel

y al

igne

dw

ith th

e pr

ewri

tten

com

men

ts.

As

Schy

er (1

993)

and

Sm

ith (1

997)

foun

d in

thei

r stu

dies

of g

enre

, Ms.

Mar

tin’s

gen

re k

now

ledg

e in

form

ed d

isco

urse

on

thes

e re

port

car

ds in

term

s of

syn

tax

and

lexi

cal s

elec

tion.

The

lang

uage

of t

he fo

rm d

icta

ted

her d

isco

urse

.M

s. M

artin

dir

ecte

d at

tent

ion

tow

ard

area

s th

at n

eede

d im

prov

emen

t with

out

expl

icitl

y la

belin

g or

cri

ticiz

ing

the

beha

vior

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, a

sta

tem

ent s

uch

as “

Plea

sere

min

d [n

ame

of s

tude

nt] t

o fin

ish

all c

lass

wor

k an

d ho

mew

ork

assi

gnm

ents

” im

plie

d,bu

t did

n’t s

tate

, tha

t the

stu

dent

doe

s no

t suf

ficie

ntly

fini

sh c

lass

wor

k an

d ho

mew

ork

assi

gnm

ents

.B

oth

the

prew

ritte

n co

mm

ents

and

the

teac

her-

gene

rate

d co

mm

ents

focu

sed

upon

the

disc

ours

e of

beh

avio

r. T

he c

ultu

ral m

odel

s th

ese

lexi

cal c

hoic

es ta

pped

wer

e of

aco

mpl

iant

, wel

l-be

have

d st

uden

t. T

his

idea

l stu

dent

follo

ws

rule

s, in

wri

ting

and

inso

cial

set

tings

, and

is p

repa

red

and

prod

uctiv

e.T

he c

omm

ent s

ectio

n, th

en, b

ecam

e a

plac

e w

here

a s

ingl

e m

essa

ge w

as c

onve

yed.

As

prev

ious

ly d

escr

ibed

in th

e lin

guis

tic s

ectio

n of

this

ana

lysi

s, th

e m

essa

ges

the

teac

her

sele

cted

con

cern

ed b

ehav

iora

l iss

ues.

Thi

s ex

cerp

t als

o sh

ows

the

teac

her’

s co

ncer

n fo

rth

e po

tent

ial f

amily

and

stu

dent

read

ers

of th

e re

port

car

d, a

s sh

e st

ated

, “I d

idn’

t wan

t to

leav

e th

e im

pres

sion

….”

Con

cern

abo

ut th

e re

adin

g of

the

repo

rt c

ard

was

dem

on-

stra

ted,

too,

by

the

scho

ol p

olic

y th

at c

ontr

olle

d th

e di

stri

butio

n of

repo

rt c

ards

. At

Was

hing

ton

Scho

ol re

port

car

ds w

ere

dist

ribu

ted,

read

, and

col

lect

ed a

t the

fam

ily-

teac

her c

onfe

renc

e ev

enin

g:

Wha

t she

[the

pri

ncip

al] k

eeps

say

ing

over

and

ove

r aga

in is

hav

e th

em s

ign

it on

the

spot

and

leav

e th

e re

port

car

d th

ere

beca

use

it’s

alw

ays

so h

ard

to g

et th

e re

port

car

dsto

com

e ba

ck in

. The

y ca

n’t s

ign

it an

d m

ake

a ph

otoc

opy

so it

’s a

big

pro

blem

for t

hem

.

The

con

fere

nce

setti

ng, t

hen,

bec

ame

the

cont

ext f

or th

e fa

mili

es’ r

eadi

ng o

f the

repo

rt c

ard.

Ms.

Mar

tin re

port

ed th

at s

tude

nts

had

not m

entio

ned

the

repo

rt c

ards

at a

ll in

clas

s.

From

her

per

spec

tive,

the

repo

rt c

ards

see

med

to h

ave

little

impa

ct o

n th

em.

The

re m

ay b

e se

vera

l rea

sons

for t

his.

It m

ay b

e th

e lim

ited

feed

back

the

repo

rt c

ards

prov

ided

stu

dent

s. B

ecau

se th

e fa

mily

was

not

abl

e to

take

the

repo

rt c

ards

hom

e, o

nly

stud

ents

who

acc

ompa

nied

thei

r fam

ily a

ctua

lly s

aw th

e re

port

car

ds.

Stud

ents

may

resi

st o

r dis

mis

s th

e re

port

car

d di

scou

rse.

Fin

ally

, the

four

th g

rade

was

a c

ritic

al te

stin

gye

ar. G

reat

er e

mph

asis

was

pla

ced

on th

e sc

ores

of a

Jan

uary

Eng

lish

Lan

guag

e A

rts

test

and

an A

pril

Mat

h te

st, w

hich

wer

e to

be

the

dete

rmin

ants

of p

rom

otio

n to

the

fifth

gra

de.

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39W

ritin

g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

Tab

le 2

Com

pari

son o

f R

eport

Card

Tex

t and T

each

er-G

ener

ate

d C

om

men

ts

Rep

ort c

ard

phra

ses

Teac

her-

gene

rate

d co

mm

ents

Rea

d to

you

r chi

ld (p

.1)

Rea

d to

___

for a

t lea

st 3

0 m

inut

es d

aily

in a

dditi

on to

hom

ewor

k.C

ontin

ue re

adin

g w

ith _

__ d

aily

.

Use

s co

rrec

t gra

mm

ar a

nd s

pelli

ng (p

.2)

___

shou

ld p

ract

ice

follo

win

g gr

amm

aran

d sp

ellin

g ru

les

whi

le w

ritin

g.

Wri

tes

inde

pend

ently

on

a va

riet

y of

topi

cs (p

.2)

___

shou

ld p

ract

ice

wri

ting

abou

t var

ious

topi

cs.

___

shou

ld p

ract

ice

wri

ting

abou

t ava

riet

y of

topi

cs.

Shar

es in

form

atio

n an

d op

inio

ns in

cla

ssdi

scus

sion

s. (p

.2)

___

shou

ld c

ontr

ibut

e m

ore

to c

lass

disc

ussi

ons.

___

shou

ld p

artic

ipat

e m

ore

in c

lass

disc

ussi

ons.

Solv

es p

robl

ems

and

expl

ains

sol

utio

nsan

d st

rate

gies

(p.2

)__

_ sh

ould

wor

k on

mat

hem

atic

alpr

oble

m s

olvi

ng a

nd d

iscu

ssio

n of

stra

tegi

es.

Dem

onst

rate

s ef

fort

and

com

plet

es h

omew

ork

(p.3

)R

emin

d __

_ to

com

plet

e al

l hom

ewor

kas

sign

men

ts.

Plea

se re

min

d __

_ to

be

prep

ared

for

scho

ol w

ith c

ompl

ete

hom

ewor

k.

Res

pect

s cl

ass

and

scho

ol ru

les

(p.3

)Pl

ease

rem

ind

___

to fo

llow

sch

ool r

ules

.

Seve

ral c

ultu

ral m

odel

s (G

ee, 1

999)

em

erge

thro

ugh

the

prec

edin

g ex

cerp

ts a

nd th

eco

re o

f the

teac

her i

nter

view

as

she

expl

ains

her

exp

erie

nce

and

proc

esse

s w

ritin

g re

port

card

s. O

ne m

odel

refe

rs to

the

lack

of a

uton

omy

as s

he p

ositi

ons

hers

elf i

n re

latio

n to

the

scho

ol. A

noth

er m

odel

add

ress

es h

er p

rofe

ssio

nal c

once

rns

and

ques

tions

, and

the

thir

dis

her

ow

n po

sitio

n of

pro

fess

iona

l con

fiden

ce. T

hese

thre

e ov

erla

p at

tim

es, i

n “c

ruce

s”or

“m

omen

ts o

f con

flic

t in

the

data

” (R

oger

s, 2

002,

p.2

57).

In a

dditi

on, t

his

lang

uage

recr

uits

a d

iffer

ent d

isco

urse

than

is p

rese

nted

in h

er w

ritte

n co

mm

ents

in th

e re

port

car

dte

xts. T

hrou

ghou

t her

dis

cuss

ion,

Ms.

Mar

tin p

ositi

ons

hers

elf a

s th

e su

bjec

t of t

hesc

hool

’s re

quir

emen

ts re

gard

ing

the

repo

rt c

ards

. Thi

s is

evi

dent

in th

e gr

amm

atic

alco

nstr

uctio

n of

her

sen

tenc

es a

bout

this

pro

cess

. Sev

eral

sta

tem

ents

beg

in w

ith th

ey,

whi

le s

he is

pos

ition

ed w

ith th

e us

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, “

They

gav

e us

com

men

ts th

at w

ere

acce

ptab

le,”

“Th

ey to

ld u

s,” a

nd “

They

wan

us

to p

ut in

a g

rade

.” T

he p

rono

un “

they

” is

Con

flic

t, C

once

rn, a

nd C

onfi

denc

e: T

he I

nter

sect

ion

of a

Tea

cher

’s D

isco

urse

used

repe

ated

ly to

enc

ompa

ss th

e pr

inci

pal a

nd m

ore

wid

ely

the

scho

ol s

yste

m. S

heal

igns

her

self

with

oth

er te

ache

rs, t

he “

us.”

Inte

rest

ingl

y th

e pr

inci

pal’s

nam

e is

onl

ym

entio

ned

once

, “I c

an te

ll by

the

way

Ms

Wal

sh ta

lks

abou

t it t

hat r

epor

t car

ds a

re k

ind

of a

hea

dach

e to

her

.” M

s W

alsh

, the

indi

vidu

al, i

s m

ore

freq

uent

ly s

een

as p

art o

f the

larg

er, i

nstit

utio

nal “

they

.” In

deed

, Ms.

Mar

tin re

cogn

izes

that

Ms

Wal

sh, i

n tu

rn, a

lso

ispo

sitio

ned

by th

e a

larg

er e

ntity

, the

dis

tric

t, “S

he [M

s W

alsh

] jus

t wan

ts it

to b

e ve

ryea

sy, y

ou k

now

, no

one

goin

g to

the

dist

rict

.” M

s M

artin

als

o hy

poth

esiz

ed a

pos

sibl

era

tiona

le b

ehin

d th

e co

ntro

l of t

he n

umer

ical

indi

cato

rs, s

tatin

g th

at th

e nu

mbe

rs w

ere

cont

rolle

d to

dem

onst

rate

pro

gres

s du

ring

the

year

:

You

sta

rt w

ith th

e 1s

and

2s.

You

go

to th

e 3.

The

re’s

a re

ason

why

the

kids

are

pass

ing.

The

y ca

n’t r

eally

que

stio

n w

hy th

ese

kids

are

pas

sing

in th

e fo

urth

grad

e…T

hey

[sch

ool a

dmin

istr

atio

n] d

on’t

real

ly s

ay th

at e

xplic

itly

alth

ough

they

do

day

that

, no,

the

dist

rict

will

get

ups

et is

we

do th

at a

nd th

ere’

s an

obv

ious

acc

ount

abili

ty to

the

dist

rict

.

The

re a

re s

ever

al la

yers

of “

they

.” T

hey

is th

e di

stri

ct; t

hey

is th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n. T

heac

coun

tabi

lity

chai

n re

ache

s ev

en fu

rthe

r to

the

fede

ral l

evel

. The

No

Chi

ld L

eft B

ehin

d(2

001)

legi

slat

ion

focu

s on

usi

ng te

st s

core

s to

mea

sure

aca

dem

ic p

rogr

ess

is th

e fin

al“t

hey”

that

impa

cts

the

teac

her.

“The

kid

s ar

e re

ally

com

ing

in a

nd th

e sc

hool

and

the

child

is g

ivin

g an

eff

ort e

very

day

, you

kno

w. B

ut th

en y

ou ta

lk a

bout

No

Chi

ld L

eft

Beh

ind

and

they

don

’t w

ant t

o he

ar th

at.”

In th

is s

tate

men

t, sh

e ex

plic

itly

links

the

loca

lan

d th

e gl

obal

con

text

s fo

r the

repo

rt c

ard

asse

ssm

ent.

The

eff

orts

of t

each

ers,

stu

dent

s,an

d sc

hool

s en

gage

d in

lear

ning

are

not

the

test

sco

res

that

the

coun

t in

No

Chi

ld L

eft

Beh

ind.

With

the

mul

tiple

leve

ls o

f “t

hey”

ther

e is

a d

ehum

aniz

ing

effe

ct.

Num

bers

mat

ter,

not i

ndiv

idua

l chi

ldre

n.T

he fo

rmat

of t

he re

port

car

d cr

eate

s co

nstr

aint

s. In

a p

revi

ousl

y qu

oted

seg

men

t,M

s. M

artin

ask

ed a

t a s

taff

mee

ting

if s

he c

an “

fit in

” as

man

y co

mm

ents

as

she

can

byw

ritin

g sm

all b

ecau

se s

o lit

tle ro

om o

n th

e re

port

car

d w

as a

lloca

ted

for c

omm

ents

. She

was

con

stra

ined

by

the

narr

ow ra

nge

of n

umer

ical

indi

cato

rs th

at w

ere

“allo

wed

” as

wel

las

by

the

requ

irem

ents

of o

ne p

rew

ritte

n co

mm

ent.

The

lim

ited

num

ber o

f the

lear

ning

beha

vior

s co

nstr

icte

d he

r abi

lity

to fu

lly a

ddre

ss th

e cu

rric

ulum

. One

exa

mpl

e is

the

indi

cato

r “Sh

ows

evid

ence

of u

nder

stan

ding

text

.” S

he s

tate

d, “

Tha

t’s a

ll th

ey’r

e sa

ying

abou

t rea

ding

com

preh

ensi

on a

nd th

at’s

suc

h a

huge

blo

ck o

f our

day

.” A

dditi

onal

ly th

ead

ding

toge

ther

of t

wo

inde

pend

ent c

laus

es in

sev

eral

of t

he le

arni

ng in

dica

tors

mad

e it

diff

icul

t for

her

to a

ccur

atel

y co

mm

unic

ate

her e

valu

atio

n. A

s di

scus

sed

earl

ier,

linki

ng“D

emon

stra

tes

effo

rt a

nd c

ompe

ting

hom

ewor

k” p

rese

nted

her

with

diff

icul

ty in

com

mu-

nica

ting

her k

now

ledg

e of

her

stu

dent

s. T

hus

the

lang

uage

of t

he re

port

car

d cr

eate

spr

oble

ms;

it d

oesn

’t fa

cilit

ate

a m

ore

nuan

ced

or d

escr

iptiv

e ev

alua

tion.

Whi

le s

he w

ould

have

like

d to

inte

grat

e he

r und

erst

andi

ng o

f a c

onte

xt w

ider

than

the

scho

ol, t

hat o

f the

fam

ily, t

he d

isco

urse

lim

ited

her.

Ano

ther

cul

tura

l mod

el a

ddre

ssed

is p

rofe

ssio

nal q

uest

ioni

ng a

nd c

once

rns.

Thi

s is

,in

par

t, th

e re

sult

of b

eing

ask

ed b

y th

e re

sear

cher

to re

flec

t upo

n he

r ow

n ex

peri

ence

s,bu

t the

lang

uage

her

e fu

lly e

xpre

sses

the

conc

ern

felt

abou

t thi

s pr

oces

s. A

s sh

e is

aw

are

of th

e co

nstr

aint

s, s

he a

lso

ques

tione

d th

e co

nstr

aint

s an

d pr

obes

und

erly

ing

reas

ons

for

them

. She

theo

rize

d ab

out t

he s

choo

l cul

ture

and

the

emph

asis

on

redu

ctio

n of

con

flic

t,fi

rst b

etw

een

fam

ilies

and

sch

ool,

and

to a

deg

ree,

sch

ool a

nd d

istr

ict:

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ritin

g R

ep

ort

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rds

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41W

ritin

g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

I thi

nk a

t Was

hing

ton

Scho

ol th

ey re

ally

don

’t w

ant a

lot o

f dra

ma

goin

g on

bec

ause

ther

e te

nds

to b

e a

lot o

f con

flic

t whe

n pa

rent

s ge

t ups

et. T

here

isn’

t rea

lly a

sys

tem

atic

way

of d

ealin

g w

ith p

robl

ems

ther

e ot

her t

han

peop

le ju

st y

ellin

g in

the

mai

nof

fice.

So

I thi

nk s

he [t

he p

rinc

ipal

] jus

t wan

ts to

avo

id c

onfl

ict b

y th

ings

that

—ea

syin

, eas

y ou

t.. …

No

one

goin

g to

the

dist

rict

.

I thi

nk it

’s re

late

d to

the

fact

that

they

don

’t w

ant c

onfl

ict.

I rea

lly d

o. T

here

’s a

prob

lem

at o

ur s

choo

l with

par

ents

/adm

inis

trat

ion

rela

tions

hip.

And

ther

e ar

e a

lot o

ffir

es th

at a

re b

eing

put

out

.

The

y [t

he s

choo

l adm

inis

trat

ion]

wan

t us

to k

eep

them

[fam

ily m

embe

rs] c

onte

nt to

som

e de

gree

.

As

an e

arly

car

eer t

each

er, M

s. M

artin

was

par

ticul

arly

sen

sitiv

e to

this

not

ion

ofco

nflic

t. H

er re

peat

ed u

se o

f the

pro

noun

“th

ey”

dist

ance

d he

r fro

m th

e sc

hool

as

anin

stitu

tion.

Her

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

nat

ure

of c

onfl

ict i

n th

e sc

hool

impa

cted

her

disc

ours

e. It

mea

sure

d he

r aw

aren

ess

of th

e po

tent

ial f

or h

er to

be

invo

lved

in c

onfl

ict.

The

re is

the

mes

sage

, too

, tha

t inf

orm

ed fa

mily

mem

bers

may

be

equa

ted

with

con

flic

t.A

cru

ce (R

oger

s, 2

002)

or c

onfl

ict i

n th

e di

scou

rse

is fo

und

in M

s. M

artin

’s re

latio

n-sh

ip to

inst

itutio

nal c

onfl

ict.

Upo

n re

flec

tion,

pro

fess

iona

l qua

ndar

ies

and

conf

licts

emer

ged

as s

he fi

lled

in th

e re

port

car

ds a

nd ta

lked

to fa

mily

mem

bers

. One

cha

lleng

ein

volv

ed b

alan

cing

her

des

ire

to c

omm

unic

ate

wha

t is

impo

rtan

t to

her a

bout

stu

dent

ssh

e kn

ows

in m

any

dim

ensi

ons,

and

her

des

ire

not t

o fu

el o

r con

trib

ute

to a

ny c

onfl

ict

betw

een

fam

ilies

and

her

self

, and

fam

ilies

and

the

scho

ol. I

ndee

d, th

is w

as a

dile

mm

ash

e re

coun

ted

in h

er fi

rst t

each

ing

posi

tion

the

prev

ious

yea

r, th

e an

ecdo

te th

at o

pene

dth

is a

rtic

le.

The

“ro

ck a

nd a

har

d pl

ace”

met

apho

r exe

mpl

ifie

s th

e te

ache

r’s

cultu

ral m

odel

.In

here

nt in

her

pos

ition

as

a te

ache

r is

the

role

of a

n in

term

edia

ry b

etw

een

fam

ily a

ndst

uden

t, fa

mily

and

pri

ncip

al. H

er s

uper

iors

hav

e th

e po

tent

ial t

o m

edia

te a

nd c

hang

e he

rpr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent.

Her

lang

uage

con

stru

cts

her e

quiv

ocat

ion

of th

e si

tuat

ion,

her

allia

nces

with

all

the

part

icip

ants

. For

exa

mpl

e, s

he s

tate

s th

at th

e st

uden

t’s g

rade

s “r

eally

wen

t dow

n si

gnifi

cant

ly”

but q

ualif

ies

her a

sses

smen

t in

the

sam

e se

nten

ce “

not s

o m

uch

that

he

was

in fa

iling

sta

tus.”

The

mot

her w

as “

kind

of u

pset

.” S

he “

kind

of m

ade

aco

mm

itmen

t to

mys

elf”

abo

ut n

ot “

owni

ng”

the

deci

sion

yet

did

not

act

ivel

y op

pose

it.

Sim

ilar d

ilem

mas

app

ear i

n he

r dis

cuss

ion

of c

ompl

etin

g th

e re

port

car

ds in

vest

i-ga

ted

in th

is s

tudy

. Whe

n as

ked

to ta

lk a

bout

repo

rt c

ards

she

had

diff

icul

ty c

ompl

etin

gsh

e re

late

d se

vera

l sto

ries

:

Her

e’s

an is

sue

that

’s h

ard

for m

e ‘c

ause

[Aar

on] d

oes

his

hom

ewor

k ev

ery

nigh

tw

ith h

is m

om b

ut h

e de

mon

stra

tes

no e

ffor

t in

clas

s. S

o I h

ad to

put

som

etim

es.

Alth

ough

I w

ould

like

to b

e m

ore

clea

r her

e. H

e ha

s lik

e al

mos

t a p

hobi

c th

ing

incl

ass

abou

t not

get

ting

star

ted

and

then

he

gets

dis

rupt

ive.

But

he

does

his

hom

ewor

kev

ery

nigh

t. S

o I

know

that

his

mom

doe

s en

gage

in c

onfl

ict s

o I

wan

ted

toco

mm

unic

ate

to h

er th

at I

know

he

does

his

hom

ewor

k. S

o th

is w

as h

ard

for m

e.

She

gave

him

the

com

men

t “D

isru

pts

with

poo

r beh

avio

r.” A

s pr

evio

usly

men

tione

d it

was

impo

rtan

t for

the

teac

her t

o co

nvey

a m

essa

ge a

nd s

o sh

e se

lect

ed o

nly

one.

Cla

ssm

anag

emen

t, sh

e di

sclo

sed

in th

e in

terv

iew

, was

a p

ress

ing

prof

essi

onal

issu

e th

atco

ncer

ned

her g

reat

ly. H

er d

isco

urse

her

e pr

esen

ts c

ausa

l rel

atio

nshi

p be

twee

n A

aron

’s

diff

icul

ty in

get

ting

star

ted

with

the

wor

k an

d hi

s be

havi

or. T

he s

ituat

ion

is d

iffic

ult f

orth

e te

ache

r, as

her

pro

fess

iona

l und

erst

andi

ng is

mor

e co

mpl

ex th

an th

e re

port

car

ddi

scou

rse.

It is

impo

rtan

t for

her

to a

lso

dem

onst

rate

to th

e fa

mily

her

pro

fess

iona

lun

ders

tand

ing

of th

e si

tuat

ion.

The

com

men

ts M

s. M

artin

add

ed to

the

prew

ritte

n co

mm

ents

, as

prev

ious

ly d

is-

cuss

ed, w

ere

auth

orita

tive.

The

y w

ere

inte

rtex

tual

ly li

nked

to b

oth

the

stru

ctur

e an

dco

nten

t to

the

esta

blis

hed

repo

rt c

ard

lang

uage

and

pre

wri

tten

com

men

ts. I

n th

at c

onte

xt,

the

teac

her’

s di

scou

rse

spea

ks w

ith th

e in

stitu

tiona

l dis

cour

se. I

n th

e in

terv

iew

con

text

Ms.

Mar

tin’s

con

fiden

ce in

her

pro

fess

iona

l jud

gmen

ts e

mer

ged

as w

ell a

s he

r con

cern

s.Fo

r exa

mpl

e, s

he d

id n

ot c

heck

the

prom

otio

n st

atus

in th

e qu

estio

n bo

x fo

r all

stud

ents

as w

as s

ugge

sted

, “I j

ust e

nded

up

not d

oing

it b

ecau

se I

didn

’t th

ink

it w

as w

hat I

wan

ted

to s

ay.”

Con

fide

nce

was

exp

ress

ed in

her

abi

lity

to a

sses

s st

uden

ts in

spe

cifi

car

eas

such

as

liter

acy

and

mat

h: “

I thi

nk th

e lit

erac

y on

es w

ere

easy

for m

e. I

knew

wha

tth

ey w

ere

tryi

ng to

say

and

I kn

ew h

ow to

ass

ess

it” a

nd “

Bec

ause

it’s

[mat

h] v

ery

hand

s-on

I’m

aw

are

of w

hat t

hey

can

do.”

Yet

, the

pro

cess

left

her

with

man

y qu

estio

ns. W

hen

desc

ribi

ng h

er p

roce

ss o

fco

mpl

etin

g th

e re

port

car

ds, s

he h

ad s

tate

d th

at th

e 4,

3, 2

, 1 s

yste

m w

as “

pret

ty c

lear

tom

e.”

Whe

n sh

e re

flec

ted

upon

the

mea

ning

of t

he s

yste

m, s

he h

ad q

uest

ions

: “D

o yo

uth

ink

that

’s a

n ac

adem

ic p

robl

em [g

ettin

g a

2 or

1]?

I m

ean,

I do

n’t k

now

. But

if y

ou s

ayit’

s N

ovem

ber a

nd th

ey’r

e fa

r bel

ow th

e st

anda

rd b

ut th

ey’l

l pro

babl

y m

eet t

he s

tand

ards

by J

une,

doe

s th

at m

ean

ther

e’s

an a

cade

mic

pro

blem

?” H

ere

she

wre

stle

s w

ith te

nsio

nsbe

twee

n sc

hool

pol

icy

and

prof

essi

onal

resp

onsi

bilit

y as

she

did

with

the

issu

e w

heth

erto

info

rm a

ll fa

mili

es (a

s su

gges

ted

by h

er a

dmin

istr

atio

n) th

at th

e pr

omot

ion

stat

us o

fth

eir c

hild

ren

may

be

in d

oubt

. W

hat d

oes

a 1

or 2

in N

ovem

ber m

ean?

Alth

ough

in h

erpu

blic

dis

cour

se, t

he w

ritte

n re

port

car

ds a

nd h

er c

onve

rsat

ions

with

fam

ilies

, she

evid

ence

d au

thor

ity a

nd c

onfid

ence

, her

refl

ectio

ns re

veal

ed c

onfu

sion

s an

d co

ncer

nab

out t

he m

eani

ngs

she

co-c

onst

ruct

ed in

the

repo

rt c

ards

.

Fur

ther

Dis

cuss

ion

The

repo

rt c

ard

text

inve

stig

ated

in th

is s

tudy

fram

ed M

s. M

artin

’s d

isco

urse

inse

vera

l way

s. T

he id

eal s

tude

nt c

onst

ruct

ed b

y th

e te

xt w

as a

n in

depe

nden

t, co

mpl

iant

stud

ent w

ho m

aste

red

gene

rally

des

crib

ed a

cade

mic

ski

lls. T

he te

ache

r was

giv

en a

limite

d nu

mbe

r and

rang

e of

per

form

ance

indi

cato

rs, w

hich

freq

uent

ly c

onta

ined

mor

eth

an o

ne a

ttrib

ute,

mak

ing

it di

ffic

ult t

o ex

actly

des

crib

e a

stud

ent’s

pro

gres

s. T

hete

ache

r als

o re

port

ed th

at s

he w

as a

lso

told

to u

se p

re-w

ritte

n co

mm

ents

in th

e co

mm

ent

boxe

s, ra

ther

than

con

stru

ct h

er o

wn.

Whi

le s

he d

id a

dd a

n ad

ditio

nal s

ente

nce

of h

erow

n, th

ese

sent

ence

s m

atch

ed th

e pr

ewri

tten

com

men

ts a

nd th

e re

port

car

d re

fere

nts

insy

ntax

and

lexi

cal c

hoic

es.

The

per

form

ance

indi

cato

rs d

id n

ot m

atch

, in

Ms.

Mar

tin’s

vie

w, t

he d

etai

ls o

f the

curr

icul

um s

he ta

ught

. M

ore

impo

rtan

tly, t

he c

onte

xt w

ithin

whi

ch s

he c

ompl

eted

the

repo

rt c

ards

als

o co

nstr

aine

d an

d lim

ited

her d

isco

urse

and

her

vie

w o

f wha

t con

trol

she

had

over

her

ow

n di

scou

rse.

She

was

exp

licitl

y to

ld to

onl

y us

e tw

o ou

t of t

he fo

urav

aila

ble

num

eric

indi

cato

rs, t

he lo

wes

t tw

o in

dica

tors

. T

his

limite

d he

r abi

lity

toac

coun

t for

her

stu

dent

s’ s

tren

gths

. T

he c

omm

ent s

ectio

ns o

f the

repo

rt c

ards

reve

aled

an

emph

asis

on

beha

vior

, as

evid

ence

d by

the

use

of th

e w

ord

“sho

uld

“with

exp

ecta

tions

that

the

stud

ent a

nd fa

mily

nee

ded

to w

ork

to c

hang

e th

at b

ehav

ior.

Whi

le in

inte

rvie

ws

Ms.

Mar

tin p

ositi

oned

her

self

as

resi

stin

g th

e co

ntro

lling

disc

ours

e of

sch

ool,

on p

aper

she

acq

uies

ced.

She

follo

wed

the

adm

inis

trat

ion’

s re

ques

tan

d se

lect

ed p

rew

ritte

n co

mm

ents

. W

hile

she

inde

pend

ently

add

ed o

ne a

dditi

onal

42W

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g R

ep

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orig

inal

com

men

t to

the

com

men

t box

, her

dis

cour

se w

as fo

und

to b

e re

stri

cted

to th

esa

me

lexi

cal c

hoic

es a

nd g

ram

mat

ical

con

stru

ctio

ns a

s th

e pr

ewri

tten

rep

ort c

ard

disc

ours

e. N

o ne

w in

form

atio

n w

as a

dded

. A

s an

ear

ly c

aree

r tea

cher

she

may

hav

ebe

en p

artic

ular

ly v

ulne

rabl

e to

the

dile

mm

as o

f res

ista

nce

vers

us s

ubm

issi

on. T

he w

ider

scho

ol d

isco

urse

, art

icul

ated

by

Ms.

Mar

tin, w

as th

e av

oida

nce

of c

onfl

ict b

etw

een

scho

ol a

nd fa

mili

es.

Thi

s w

as th

e m

essa

ge s

he h

eard

whe

n in

stru

cted

to li

mit

the

com

men

ts to

pre

-wri

tten

com

men

ts.

Her

per

cept

ion

of th

is d

isco

urse

had

the

effe

ct o

fsi

lenc

ing

her.

The

lim

itatio

ns o

f the

repo

rt c

ard

disc

ours

e an

d th

e pr

oced

ures

by

whi

chsh

e co

mpl

eted

and

dis

trib

uted

them

impo

sed

rest

rict

ions

on

her d

isco

urse

that

she

was

unab

le to

resi

st.

As

stat

ed in

the

open

ing

sect

ion,

Nod

ding

s (1

984)

wro

te th

at th

egr

adin

g pr

oces

s el

icits

in te

ache

rs fe

elin

g “t

orn

betw

een

the

oblig

atio

n to

the

empl

oyin

gco

mm

unity

and

faith

fuln

ess

to th

e st

uden

t” (p

. 194

). W

hile

Ms.

Mar

tin s

poke

with

spec

ific

ity

and

insi

ght a

bout

her

stu

dent

s in

an

inte

rvie

w c

onte

xt, s

he o

blig

ed h

er“e

mpl

oyin

g co

mm

unity

” w

ith th

e re

stri

cted

dis

cour

se o

n th

e re

port

car

d fo

rm.

Impl

icat

ions

for

Teac

her

Edu

catio

n an

d F

urth

er R

esea

rch

From

the

teac

her’

s pe

rspe

ctiv

e, th

e m

ultip

le c

onst

rain

ts p

lace

d up

on h

er c

reat

edpr

ofes

sion

al c

onfl

icts

as

she

nego

tiate

d th

e re

port

-car

d w

ritin

g pr

oces

s. M

s. M

artin

foun

d th

e ge

nera

l lan

guag

e of

the

card

did

not

hel

p he

r to

repo

rt h

er a

sses

smen

t of h

erst

uden

ts. I

t als

o w

as e

vide

nt th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n ex

erte

d a

high

deg

ree

of c

ontr

ol o

ver t

hete

ache

r’s

repo

rt-c

ard

wri

ting

proc

ess

to th

e ex

tent

of d

elin

eatin

g th

e ra

nge

of g

rade

s as

wel

l pre

-wri

tten

com

men

ts. S

he fe

lt “b

etw

een

a ro

ck a

nd a

har

d pl

ace.

”H

ow c

an w

e, a

s te

ache

r edu

cato

rs, h

elp

teac

hers

neg

otia

te th

ese

hard

pla

ces?

Fir

st,

grea

ter a

ttent

ion

to c

urre

nt a

sses

smen

t the

orie

s an

d pr

actic

es th

roug

hout

teac

her e

duca

-tio

n co

urse

s is

war

rant

ed. S

tigge

ns, F

risb

ie, a

nd G

irsw

old

(198

9) a

rgue

d th

at te

ache

red

ucat

ion

prog

ram

s in

cons

iste

ntly

pre

pare

teac

hers

for a

sses

sing

stu

dent

s. S

urve

ys o

fte

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

(Sch

afer

& L

issi

tz, 1

987)

and

teac

hers

(Jet

t & S

chaf

er,

1992

) ind

icat

e in

suff

icie

nt a

ttent

ion

to a

sses

smen

t. Y

et, s

impl

y ad

ding

mor

e as

sess

men

tin

form

atio

n is

not

eno

ugh.

Cha

nges

in a

sses

smen

t pra

ctic

es fr

om N

CL

B (2

001)

hav

eal

so c

reat

ed d

isso

nanc

e be

twee

n as

sess

men

t pra

ctic

es le

arne

d in

teac

her e

duca

tion

and

thos

e in

pra

ctic

e in

sch

ools

(Cam

pbel

l & E

vans

, 200

1; M

aylo

ne, 2

004)

. A

s te

ache

red

ucat

ors,

we

need

to c

ontin

ually

upd

ate

our k

now

ledg

e of

the

asse

ssm

ent a

nd re

port

ing

prac

tices

use

d in

the

scho

ols

in o

ur a

reas

. In

clud

ing

real

exa

mpl

es o

f ass

essm

ents

,es

peci

ally

repo

rt c

ards

in o

ur c

ours

es w

ould

giv

e pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

initi

ally

bec

ome

fam

iliar

with

the

form

s in

use

. As

field

sup

ervi

sors

we

can

faci

litat

eco

nver

satio

ns w

ith c

oope

ratin

g te

ache

rs a

bout

repo

rt c

ards

and

enc

oura

ge w

ays

for

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs to

app

rent

ice

this

asp

ect o

f tea

chin

g. E

ven

mor

e, c

ritic

ally

exa

min

ing

repo

rt c

ards

in th

e co

ntex

t of t

each

er e

duca

tion

cour

ses

wou

ld e

nabl

e pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

to p

ose

ques

tions

and

ant

icip

ate

prob

lem

s w

ithou

t the

imm

edia

cy o

f the

pre

ssur

esex

peri

ence

d by

Ms.

Mar

tin. C

ours

e ac

tiviti

es c

ould

als

o in

clud

e us

ing

case

stu

dies

, with

stud

ent d

ata,

to e

nabl

e pr

eser

vice

to tr

y co

mpl

etin

g re

port

car

ds a

nd e

xplo

re th

eir

lang

uage

cho

ices

. B

y ex

amin

ing

repo

rt c

ards

and

the

asse

ssm

ent p

roce

ss w

ith th

eir

peer

s, in

a s

uppo

rtiv

e co

ntex

t, no

vice

teac

hers

can

als

o se

e th

e va

lue

of b

uild

ing

supp

ortiv

e re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith s

choo

l bas

ed m

ento

rs a

nd c

olle

ague

s an

d be

enc

oura

ged

todr

aw u

pon

thos

e su

ppor

ts a

s th

ey n

egot

iate

the

hard

pla

ces

duri

ng th

eir p

rofe

ssio

nal

care

ers

(Gra

ham

, 200

5).

43W

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g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

44W

ritin

g R

ep

ort

Ca

rds

Ms.

Mar

tin’s

sto

ry a

lso

high

light

s a

need

for g

reat

er d

ialo

gue

in te

ache

r edu

catio

nco

urse

s ab

out t

he c

halle

nges

pre

sent

ed b

y th

e di

ffer

ent a

udie

nces

for r

epor

t car

ds.

We

need

to a

ddre

ss th

e ro

les

of a

dmin

istr

ator

s an

d di

stri

ct o

r city

pol

icy

play

in th

e da

y-to

-da

y liv

es o

f tea

cher

s (G

ross

man

& T

hom

pson

, 200

4; Y

oung

s, 2

007)

. Si

mila

rly,

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs b

enef

it fr

om g

reat

er a

ttent

ion

tow

ard

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e co

mpl

exity

of th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

es o

f the

fam

ilies

with

who

m th

ey w

ill w

ork

(Law

renc

e-L

ight

foot

,20

03).

Hea

ring

firs

t han

d fr

om fa

mili

es a

bout

thei

r exp

ecta

tions

for t

heir

chi

ldre

n, e

ither

as g

uest

s in

teac

her e

duca

tion

cour

ses

or th

roug

h pl

anne

d ac

tiviti

es a

t stu

dent

teac

hing

site

s co

uld

be a

pow

erfu

l exp

erie

nce

for n

ew te

ache

rs a

nd re

info

rce

the

need

to b

egin

, as

Law

renc

e-L

ight

foot

term

s, th

e “e

ssen

tial c

onve

rsat

ion”

that

is th

e br

idge

bet

wee

n ho

me

and

scho

ol.

As

repo

rt c

ards

rem

ain

a fix

ture

in s

choo

ls, f

utur

e re

sear

ch c

ould

furt

her d

ocum

ent

and

inve

stig

ate

the

repo

rt-c

ard

wri

ting

proc

esse

s fo

r tea

cher

s w

ith a

n ad

ditio

nal f

ocus

on

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f str

ateg

ies

to e

nabl

e te

ache

rs to

art

icul

ate

and

addr

ess

thei

r con

cern

s.Fu

ture

rese

arch

sho

uld

inve

stig

ate

the

met

hods

and

kin

ds o

f tra

inin

g pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

rece

ive

conc

erni

ng a

sses

smen

t str

ateg

ies,

incl

udin

g re

port

car

ds, a

nd th

e ch

alle

nges

they

face

as

they

put

this

kno

wle

dge

into

pra

ctic

e.T

he n

umer

ical

indi

cato

rs u

sed

on th

e re

port

car

d w

ere

the

sam

e nu

mer

ical

indi

cato

rsus

ed o

n th

e st

ate

stan

dard

ized

test

s. W

ith th

e di

scou

rse

of a

ccou

ntab

ility

that

has

resu

lted

in in

crea

sed

stan

dard

ized

test

ing,

its

impa

ct o

n th

e pr

ofes

sion

al li

ves

of te

ache

rsan

d ed

ucat

iona

l exp

erie

nces

of c

hild

ren

need

s to

be

mor

e fu

lly re

sear

ched

. Joh

nson

(200

1) fo

und

a co

rrel

atio

n be

twee

n re

port

car

d gr

ades

and

sta

te a

sses

smen

ts in

Was

hing

-to

n St

ate.

Acc

ordi

ng to

Ms.

Mar

tin, t

he n

umer

ical

gra

des

wer

e ca

refu

lly c

ontr

olle

d by

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

so th

at p

rogr

ess

wou

ld b

e sh

own

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar a

nd m

atch

the

num

eric

sco

res

on th

e st

ate

asse

ssm

ent.

As

stat

e an

d fe

dera

l sta

ndar

ds a

nd m

anda

tes

exer

t mor

e an

d m

ore

cont

rol i

n se

tting

and

impl

emen

ting

spec

ific

educ

atio

nal p

olic

y, it

isim

pera

tive

to d

ocum

ent a

nd c

ritiq

ue th

e re

latio

nshi

ps th

at e

mer

ge a

nd it

s im

pact

on

teac

hers

’ pra

ctic

e an

d st

uden

ts’ l

earn

ing.

Cri

tical

dis

cour

se a

naly

sis,

as

Rog

ers

(200

4)ar

gues

, is

a po

wer

ful r

esea

rch

tool

in in

vest

igat

ing

the

com

plex

, oft

en c

ontr

adic

tory

disc

ours

es c

onst

ruct

ed in

the

inte

rsec

tions

of p

olic

y, e

duca

tion,

and

ped

agog

y. A

lling

ton

(200

2) a

nd S

hann

on (2

004)

hav

e de

scri

bed

the

pres

sure

s ex

erte

d on

sch

ools

, tea

cher

s,an

d ch

ildre

n th

roug

h th

e in

crea

sed

leve

ls o

f gov

ernm

ent i

nvol

vem

ent i

n cu

rric

ulum

and

asse

ssm

ent p

olic

ies.

The

inte

rsec

tions

and

impo

sitio

ns o

f the

se d

isco

urse

s, lo

cate

d in

the

repo

rt c

ard

disc

ours

e, p

lace

s te

ache

rs b

etw

een

a ro

ck a

nd a

har

d pl

ace.

Fut

ure

rese

arch

is w

arra

nted

in in

vest

igat

ing

thes

e “h

ard

plac

es.”

Refe

ren

ces

Affl

erba

ch, P

. P.,

& Jo

hnst

on, P

. H. (

1993

). W

ritin

g la

ngua

ge a

rts re

port

card

s: E

leve

n te

ache

rs’

conf

licts

of k

now

ing

and

com

mun

icat

ing.

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool J

ourn

al, 9

4(1)

, 73-

86.

Alli

ngto

n, R

. L. (

2002

). B

ig b

roth

er a

nd th

e na

tiona

l rea

ding

cur

ricu

lum

: H

ow id

eolo

gytr

umpe

d ev

iden

ce. P

orts

mou

th, N

H: H

eine

man

n.A

zwel

l, T.

, & S

chm

ar, E

. (19

95).

Rep

ort c

ard

on r

epor

t car

ds: A

ltern

ativ

es to

cons

ider

. Por

tsm

outh

, NH

: Hei

nem

ann.

Cam

pbel

l, C

., &

Eva

ns, J

. (20

01).

Inve

stig

atio

n of

pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

’ ass

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rnal

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tera

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isad

vant

aged

scho

ol. U

npub

lishe

d do

ctor

al d

isse

rtat

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es C

ook

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nive

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thic

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pis

tem

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d P

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emen

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duca

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t tra

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men

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onve

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teac

her r

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t wri

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Col

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es: b

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duca

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How

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men

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infl

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ache

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xper

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duca

tiona

l Adm

inis

trat

ion

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rter

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Ass

ista

nt P

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ssor

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Edu

cati

on a

t Hun

ter

Col

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ew Y

ork

Cit

y, N

ew Y

ork.

Her

res

earc

h in

tere

sts

incl

ude

teac

her-

pare

ntco

mm

unic

atio

n an

d th

e as

sess

men

t and

inst

ruct

ion

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trug

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mai

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pecti

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trib

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earn

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itie

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hall

enges

for

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uca

tors

an

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du

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tche

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stitu

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ense

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und

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asIn

stitu

te fo

r Urb

an a

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inor

ity E

duca

tion

Teac

hers

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lege

, Col

umbi

a U

nive

rsity

Rob

ert A

. Wis

her

Dep

artm

ent o

f Def

ense

Abs

trac

t

The

impl

icat

ions

for e

duca

tors

and

edu

catio

nal i

nstit

utio

ns o

f uni

vers

ally

acc

essi

ble

inst

ruct

iona

l res

ourc

es th

at a

re a

vaila

ble

anyt

ime

and

anyw

here

app

ear t

o be

ext

ensi

vean

d su

bsta

ntia

l. S

ome

impl

icat

ions

can

be

seen

in th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e A

dvan

ced

Dis

trib

uted

Lea

rnin

g in

itiat

ive

and

the

likel

y cu

lmin

atio

n of

tech

nolo

gy a

nd le

arni

ngtr

ends

in in

stru

ctio

n de

liver

ed a

s an

ytim

e-an

ywhe

re tu

tori

al c

onve

rsat

ions

.O

ppor

tuni

ties

for e

duca

tion

incl

ude

mor

e ac

cess

ible

lear

ning

, mor

e in

divi

dual

ized

lear

ning

, and

con

tinuo

us, u

nobt

rusi

ve a

sses

smen

t. C

halle

nges

incl

ude

need

s to

re-a

sses

sth

e ro

les

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

of fo

rmal

edu

catio

n, th

e bu

dget

ary

and

othe

r adm

inis

trat

ive

prac

tices

of s

choo

ls, a

nd th

e pr

oced

ures

and

sta

ndar

ds fo

r the

pre

para

tion

of te

ache

rs.

Not

es: T

his

arti

cle

is b

ased

on

a pa

per

deliv

ered

at t

he a

nnua

l con

vent

ion

of th

eA

mer

ican

Edu

catio

nal R

esea

rch

Ass

ocia

tion,

Apr

il 2

007.

The

find

ings

, vie

ws,

and

conc

lusi

ons

expr

esse

d in

this

pap

er a

re s

tric

tly th

ose

of th

e au

thor

s an

d do

not

repr

esen

tof

ficia

l pos

ition

s of

the

U.S

. gov

ernm

ent o

r the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Def

ense

.

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dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

The

tim

e m

ay b

e co

min

g, if

it is

not

alr

eady

her

e, w

hen

any

stud

ent c

an a

cces

sav

aila

ble

teac

hing

-lea

rnin

g re

sour

ces

at a

nytim

e an

d fr

om a

nyw

here

, inc

ludi

ng s

choo

ls.

Are

we

read

y fo

r thi

s? D

o w

e kn

ow h

ow to

pre

pare

teac

hers

and

oth

er K

-12

pers

onne

lfo

r suc

h a

futu

re?

For

tuna

tely

for i

ts a

utho

rs, t

his

artic

le a

void

s an

swer

ing

thes

e qu

es-

tions

. In

stea

d w

e ho

pe to

enc

oura

ge o

ther

s, b

ette

r inf

orm

ed a

bout

the

prob

lem

s an

dpr

oces

ses

of K

-12

educ

atio

n th

an a

re w

e, to

see

k an

d de

velo

p th

e ca

pabi

litie

s ne

eded

toen

sure

aff

irm

ativ

e an

swer

s to

thes

e qu

estio

ns.

Our

app

roac

h he

re is

to s

hare

wha

t we

have

lear

ned

from

the

Adv

ance

d D

istr

ibut

ed L

earn

ing

(AD

L) i

nitia

tive

and

disc

uss

the

chal

leng

es a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s th

at m

ay b

e pr

esen

ted

by a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ng to

educ

ator

s an

d ed

ucat

iona

l ins

titut

ions

.

The

Adv

ance

d D

istr

ibut

ed L

earn

ing

Initi

ativ

e

The

AD

L in

itiat

ive

was

und

erta

ken

by th

e D

epar

tmen

t of D

efen

se (D

oD) a

t the

requ

est o

f the

Whi

te H

ouse

Off

ice

of S

cien

ce a

nd T

echn

olog

y Po

licy

and

in c

oope

ratio

nw

ith th

e ot

her F

eder

al A

genc

ies.

It i

s in

tend

ed to

lead

all

the

Fede

ral A

genc

ies

inm

akin

g ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, and

job

perf

orm

ance

aid

ing

avai

labl

e an

ytim

e an

d an

ywhe

re.

It is

sup

port

ed b

y co

rres

pond

ence

bet

wee

n th

e O

ffic

e of

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Polic

yan

d D

oD a

nd b

y Pr

esid

entia

l Exe

cutiv

e O

rder

s is

sued

by

both

the

prev

ious

and

cur

rent

Adm

inis

trat

ions

.T

he c

entr

al ro

le fo

r DoD

may

sur

pris

e ed

ucat

ors,

but

the

exte

nt to

whi

ch D

oD is

invo

lved

in a

ll le

vels

of i

nstr

uctio

n is

bot

h la

rge

and

com

preh

ensi

ve.

DoD

trai

ning

and

educ

atio

n is

not

lim

ited

to p

eopl

e in

uni

form

. In

add

ition

to 1

.3 m

illio

n m

ilita

ry p

erso

n-ne

l, ab

out 8

00,0

00 c

ivili

an e

mpl

oyee

s re

ceiv

e D

oD-s

uppl

ied

educ

atio

n an

d tr

aini

ng.

Abo

ut 8

5 pe

rcen

t of t

his

inst

ruct

ion

invo

lves

pre

para

tion

for t

asks

, job

s, a

nd o

ccup

atio

nal

skill

s w

ith d

irec

t civ

ilian

cou

nter

part

s (F

letc

her &

Cha

telie

r, 20

00).

The

DoD

als

opr

ovid

es K

-12

scho

olin

g fo

r abo

ut 9

0,00

0 m

ilita

ry d

epen

dent

s bo

th o

vers

eas

and

in th

eU

nite

d St

ates

. T

hese

sch

ools

are

not

ed fo

r the

ir a

bilit

y to

est

ablis

h an

d m

aint

ain

high

leve

ls o

f ach

ieve

men

t am

ong

a di

vers

e an

d m

obile

pop

ulat

ion

of s

tude

nts.

Giv

en th

esc

ope

and

inte

nsity

of t

his

activ

ity, i

t doe

s no

t see

m u

nrea

sona

ble

to e

xpec

t the

Def

ense

com

mun

ity to

exe

rcis

e le

ader

ship

in d

evel

opin

g A

DL

.Le

arni

ng in

AD

L re

fers

equ

ally

to e

duca

tion—

prep

arin

g pe

ople

for l

ife—

and

totr

aini

ng—

prep

arin

g pe

ople

for s

peci

fic ta

sks,

jobs

, and

car

eers

. Dis

trib

uted

refe

rs to

deliv

ery

anyt

ime

and

anyw

here

, inc

ludi

ng fo

rmal

set

tings

suc

h as

cla

ssro

oms

and

scho

ols

but a

lso

info

rmal

ven

ues

such

as

hom

es, w

orkp

lace

s, m

useu

ms,

libr

arie

s,co

mm

unity

cen

ters

, or a

ny p

lace

whe

re s

omeo

ne m

ight

see

k as

sist

ance

in le

arni

ng.

Dis

trib

uted

lear

ning

, in

cont

rast

to d

ista

nce

lear

ning

, is

inte

nded

for u

se e

ither

with

or

with

out t

he p

hysi

cal p

rese

nce

of a

(hum

an) t

each

er.

Adv

ance

d is

mea

nt to

em

phas

ize

lear

ning

that

is p

rese

nted

inte

ract

ivel

y an

d ad

aptiv

ely,

cap

italiz

ing

on th

e ca

pabi

litie

s of

com

pute

r tec

hnol

ogy

to a

djus

t qui

ckly

to th

e ne

eds

of in

divi

dual

lear

ners

. A

dvan

ced

Dis

trib

uted

Lea

rnin

g is

, the

n, im

plem

ente

d vi

a co

mpu

ters

—in

som

e ca

ses

by th

e W

orld

Wid

e W

eb.

AD

L h

as d

evel

oped

spe

cific

atio

ns a

nd te

chni

ques

for p

orta

ble,

sha

rabl

e, a

ndre

usab

le in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts (d

igita

l lea

rnin

g m

ater

ials

that

are

del

iver

able

ove

r the

Inte

rnet

and

can

be

acce

ssed

by

mul

tiple

use

rs).

Its

spec

ifica

tions

are

bei

ng a

dopt

ed b

ygo

vern

men

ts, b

usin

esse

s, a

nd s

choo

ls a

roun

d th

e w

orld

. T

hrou

gh th

e us

e of

thes

eob

ject

s, A

DL

can

pro

vide

sig

nifi

cant

eco

nom

ies

in th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

mat

eria

ls fo

rtr

aini

ng. S

tout

, Slo

sser

, and

Hay

es (2

003)

foun

d th

at a

bout

hal

f of t

he d

evel

opm

ent c

osts

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for i

nstr

uctio

nal m

ater

ials

can

be

save

d th

roug

h th

e us

e of

sha

rabl

e in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts.

We

estim

ated

(Fle

tche

r, To

bias

, & W

ishe

r, 20

07) t

hat a

ppro

xim

atel

y si

x m

illio

nsh

arab

le in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts h

ave

been

dev

elop

ed b

y go

vern

men

t, in

dust

ry, a

nd a

ca-

dem

ic in

stitu

tions

for A

DL

. T

he o

bjec

ts c

an b

e de

liver

ed o

ver t

he In

tern

et a

nd/o

r the

Wor

ld W

ide

Web

to m

ultip

le u

sers

who

can

acc

ess

and

use

them

sep

arat

ely

orco

llabo

rativ

ely.

Mos

t of t

hese

obj

ects

are

app

licab

le to

bot

h ed

ucat

ion

and

trai

ning

.T

hey

can

be d

ownl

oade

d, u

sed,

and

reus

ed b

y th

emse

lves

or i

n co

mbi

natio

n w

ith o

ther

inst

ruct

iona

l mat

eria

ls a

nd b

y as

man

y di

ffer

ent l

earn

ers

for a

s m

any

diff

eren

t pur

pose

sin

as

man

y le

arni

ng c

onte

xts

as n

eede

d.A

DL

is p

rese

ntly

focu

sed

on g

over

nmen

t and

bus

ines

s ap

plic

atio

ns, b

ut it

has

sign

ifica

nt im

plic

atio

ns fo

r the

cla

ssro

om s

truc

ture

s, p

roce

sses

, and

act

iviti

es o

f K-1

2ed

ucat

ion

as w

ell (

Flet

cher

et a

l, 20

07; F

letc

her &

Tob

ias,

200

3).

Dev

elop

men

t of A

DL

has

invo

lved

sof

twar

e en

gine

ers,

inst

ruct

iona

l des

igne

rs, a

nd e

duca

tors

from

gov

ern-

men

t, in

dust

ry, a

nd a

cade

mia

. Fo

r a c

ontin

uing

dis

cuss

ion

of a

ll A

DL

mat

ters

per

tain

ing

to e

duca

tion,

ple

ase

subs

crib

e an

d co

ntri

bute

you

r com

men

ts, i

deas

, and

sug

gest

ions

toth

e co

mpl

imen

tary

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L N

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r fo

r E

duca

tors

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rche

rs a

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Why

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hnol

ogy?

It is

diff

icul

t to

conc

eive

of p

ract

ical

way

s to

mak

e A

DL

mat

eria

ls a

vaila

ble

anyt

ime

and

anyw

here

, to

anyo

ne w

ho n

eeds

them

with

out t

he u

se o

f tec

hnol

ogy.

Oth

er re

ason

sto

use

tech

nolo

gy s

tem

from

two

pere

nnia

l cha

lleng

es to

cla

ssro

om in

stru

ctio

n: p

ace

ofle

arni

ng a

nd a

ctiv

e en

gage

men

t.

Lea

rnin

g Pa

ce a

nd C

lass

room

Ins

truc

tion

Man

y te

ache

rs h

ave

been

str

uck

by th

e di

ffer

ence

s in

the

pace

with

whi

ch th

eir

stud

ents

lear

n. H

ere

are

som

e fi

ndin

gs a

bout

the

ratio

s of

tim

e ne

eded

for d

iffer

ent

stud

ents

in d

iffer

ent d

omai

ns to

reac

h th

e sa

me

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ectiv

e:

• 13

:1 b

y ki

nder

gart

en s

tude

nts

to b

uild

wor

ds fr

om le

tters

(Sup

pes,

196

4).

• 4:

1 fo

r stu

dent

s w

ith h

eari

ng im

pair

men

ts a

nd N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

stu

dent

s to

reac

h

mat

hem

atic

s ob

ject

ives

(Sup

pes,

Fle

tche

r, &

Zan

otti,

197

5).

•5:

1 fo

r ind

ivid

ual s

tude

nts

lear

ning

in g

rade

s K

-8 (G

ettin

ger,

1984

).•

7:1

by u

nder

grad

uate

s to

lear

n fe

atur

es o

f the

Lis

t Pro

cess

ing

(LIS

P) p

rogr

amm

ing

la

ngua

ge (P

rivat

e co

mm

unic

atio

n, C

orbe

tt, 1

998)

.

The

mag

nitu

des

of th

e di

ffer

ence

s in

pac

e ar

e re

mar

kabl

e. A

s G

ettin

ger’

s re

view

sugg

ests

, a ty

pica

l cla

ssro

om w

ill h

ave

stud

ents

who

are

pre

pare

d to

lear

n in

one

day

wha

t it w

ill ta

ke o

ther

s in

the

sam

e cl

assr

oom

five

day

s to

lear

n.T

his

dive

rsity

pre

sent

s da

untin

g ch

alle

nges

to te

ache

rs.

How

can

they

ens

ure

that

ever

y st

uden

t has

eno

ugh

time

to re

ach

give

n in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

tives

? O

n th

e ot

her

hand

, how

can

they

ena

ble

stud

ents

who

mas

tere

d th

e co

nten

t to

mov

e ah

ead?

Des

pite

hero

ic e

ffor

ts b

y te

ache

rs to

reso

lve

thes

e is

sues

, stu

dent

div

ersi

ty re

mai

ns a

ser

ious

chal

leng

e in

our

cla

ssro

oms

of 2

0 to

30

stud

ents

. M

any

clas

ses

cont

ain

stud

ents

who

, at

one

end

of th

e sp

ectr

um, a

re b

ored

and

, at t

he o

ther

, are

ove

rwhe

lmed

and

lost

.

49A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

50A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

Act

ive

Eng

agem

ent a

nd C

lass

room

Ins

truc

tion

Gra

esse

r and

Per

son

(199

4) c

ompa

red

inst

ruct

ion

usin

g on

e-on

-one

tuto

ring

with

clas

sroo

m p

ract

ice

in tw

o cu

rric

ulum

are

as: r

esea

rch

met

hods

for c

olle

ge u

nder

grad

uate

san

d al

gebr

a fo

r se

vent

h-gr

ader

s. T

utor

s fo

r th

e re

sear

ch m

etho

ds c

ours

e w

ere

psyc

holo

gy g

radu

ate

stud

ents

and

alg

ebra

tuto

rs w

ere

high

-sch

ool s

tude

nts.

Gra

esse

ran

d Pe

rson

repo

rt th

e fo

llow

ing

data

rega

rdin

g th

e av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of q

uest

ions

in a

clas

sroo

m h

our a

sked

by

• a

teac

her:

3.00

• a

stu

dent

:0.

11

Her

e ar

e da

ta o

n th

e av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of q

uest

ions

in a

tuto

ring

hou

r ask

ed b

y

• a

stu

dent

and

ans

wer

ed b

y a

tuto

r in

rese

arch

met

hods

: 2

1.1

• a

stu

dent

and

ans

wer

ed b

y a

tuto

r in

alge

bra:

32.

2•

a tu

tor a

nd a

nsw

ered

by

a st

uden

t in

rese

arch

met

hods

:11

7.2

• a

tuto

r and

ans

wer

ed b

y a

stud

ent i

n al

gebr

a:14

6.4

The

se fi

ndin

gs s

ugge

st s

tude

nts

bein

g tu

tore

d on

e-on

-one

are

mor

e ac

tivel

y en

gage

din

thei

r lea

rnin

g th

an th

ose

in o

ne-o

n-m

any

clas

sroo

ms.

The

se d

iffe

renc

es in

inte

ract

ivity

app

ear t

o be

link

ed to

ach

ieve

men

t. B

loom

(198

4) c

ompa

red

one-

on-o

netu

tori

ng w

ith

clas

sroo

m in

stru

ctio

n an

d fo

und

an im

prov

emen

t in

achi

evem

ent

appr

oxim

atin

g an

incr

ease

from

the

50th

to 9

8th

perc

entil

e. B

loom

’s fi

ndin

gs, a

nd th

ose

of o

ther

s, s

ugge

st th

at, l

ike

the

data

abo

ut in

tera

ctiv

ity, d

iffer

ence

s be

twee

n th

e re

sults

of

one-

on-o

ne tu

tori

ng a

nd c

lass

room

inst

ruct

ion

are

very

larg

e. W

hy, t

hen,

don

’t w

epr

ovid

e th

ese

bene

fits

to a

ll st

uden

ts?

The

ans

wer

is o

bvio

us:

We

can’

t aff

ord

it.

Tech

nolo

gy in

Edu

catio

n

Ent

er te

chno

logy

. C

ompu

ters

can

pro

vide

inst

ruct

ion

that

pro

ceed

s as

qui

ckly

as

stud

ents

wis

h or

as

slow

ly a

s th

ey n

eed.

The

y ca

n pr

esen

t que

stio

ns ta

ilore

d to

max

imiz

eth

e st

uden

t’s ra

te o

f lea

rnin

g (F

letc

her e

t al.,

200

7), a

nd th

ey c

an a

llow

eith

er th

e st

uden

tor

the

mac

hine

to ta

ke th

e in

itiat

ive

in a

skin

g qu

estio

ns in

a m

ixed

-ini

tiativ

e le

arni

ngdi

alog

ue (C

arbo

nell,

197

0).

As

a bo

nus,

Moo

re’s

Law

con

tinue

s to

ope

rate

. In

196

5G

ordo

n M

oore

, a fo

unde

r of I

ntel

, not

ed th

at e

ngin

eers

wer

e do

ublin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

elec

tron

ic d

evic

es (b

asic

ally

tran

sist

ors)

on

chip

s ev

ery

year

. In

197

5, M

oore

revi

sed

his

stat

emen

t to

say

that

the

doub

ling

was

occ

urri

ng e

very

two

year

s in

stea

d of

one

. If

we

split

the

diff

eren

ce a

nd p

redi

ct th

at it

will

occ

ur e

very

18

mon

ths,

our

exp

ecta

tions

fit

real

ity q

uite

clo

sely

(Ser

vice

, 199

6).

One

eff

ect o

f Moo

re’s

Law

is th

at c

ompu

ters

initi

ally

sel

ling

for,

say,

$1,

000

will

cos

t abo

ut h

alf t

hat i

n 18

mon

ths

with

littl

e, if

any

,lo

ss o

f cap

abili

ty.

In e

ffec

t, co

mpu

ters

are

mak

ing

indi

vidu

aliz

ed in

stru

ctio

n af

ford

able

.R

esul

ts fr

om th

e us

e of

com

pute

rs in

inst

ruct

ion

are

prom

isin

g. R

evie

ws

acro

ssm

any

asse

ssm

ents

of

com

pute

r-ba

sed

inst

ruct

ion

have

sug

gest

ed in

crea

ses

that

appr

oxim

ate

rais

ing

stud

ent a

chie

vem

ent f

rom

the

50th

per

cent

ile to

any

whe

re fr

om65

th to

the

85th

per

cent

ile (F

letc

her,

2003

). T

hese

are

sta

tistic

al s

umm

arie

s; th

ey d

o no

tsp

ecif

y ca

use

and

effe

ct. H

owev

er, i

t see

ms

reas

onab

le to

exp

ect t

hat a

djus

tmen

ts fo

rpa

ce a

nd in

crea

sed

inte

ract

ivity

con

trib

ute

to th

e re

sults

. O

vera

ll, th

e da

ta s

ugge

st th

at

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pute

rs c

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e us

ed s

ucce

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iety

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rope

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lanc

e be

twee

n hu

man

tuto

rs, c

lass

room

teac

hers

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com

pute

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quir

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rese

arch

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e ca

n no

w e

nvis

ion

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orld

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all

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sagi

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nd c

hat r

oom

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able

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lect

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robl

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iscu

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ll m

atte

rs g

reat

and

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l. L

esso

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atio

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nd te

sts

can

be d

ownl

oade

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nstr

uctio

nal o

ne-o

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ues

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een

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ents

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ctor

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ompu

ter

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easi

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e ar

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ime-

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here

dis

trib

uted

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ning

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here

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In th

e fu

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lear

ning

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onal

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smal

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ven

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n w

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esen

tatio

ns in

to in

stru

ctio

nal i

nter

actio

ns o

n de

man

d an

d in

real

-tim

e—an

ytim

e an

dan

ywhe

re—

to m

eet t

he in

divi

dual

nee

ds o

f stu

dent

s. M

ost o

f the

har

dwar

e te

chno

logy

need

ed fo

r PL

As

exis

ts n

ow.

A s

igni

fican

t por

tion

of th

e so

ftw

are

tech

nolo

gy a

lso

exis

ts—

incl

udin

g th

e ne

cess

ary

obje

ct-o

rien

ted

prog

ram

min

g te

chni

ques

for

ma-

nipu

latin

g an

d m

anag

ing

the

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

nee

ded

to re

aliz

e PL

A c

apab

ilitie

s.T

he in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts d

eliv

ered

to P

LA

s w

ill b

e re

trie

ved

from

the

Web

. To

be

usef

ul, t

hey

mus

t be

(a) a

cces

sibl

e, s

o a

serv

er (c

ompu

ter)

can

find

them

; (b)

por

tabl

e,so

they

func

tion

succ

essf

ully

on

wha

teve

r dev

ice

the

serv

er s

ends

them

to; (

c) d

urab

le,

so th

ey w

ill fu

nctio

n re

gard

less

of u

pdat

es in

ser

vers

or s

uppo

rtin

g so

ftw

are;

and

(d)

reus

able

, so

they

find

wid

e us

e ac

ross

man

y ap

plic

atio

ns.

The

se q

ualit

ies

are

prec

isel

yth

e cr

iteri

a fo

r Sha

rabl

e C

onte

nt O

bjec

ts d

evel

oped

for A

DL

. Sp

ecifi

catio

ns fo

r the

seob

ject

s ar

e fo

und

in th

e Sh

arab

le C

onte

nt O

bjec

t Ref

eren

ce M

odel

(SC

OR

M).

SCO

RM

SCO

RM

spe

cifie

s st

anda

rdiz

ed p

roce

dure

s fo

r com

mun

icat

ing

betw

een

shar

able

cont

ent o

bjec

ts; i

t is

unde

r con

tinua

l dev

elop

men

t and

its

curr

ent v

ersi

on c

an b

e fo

und

atw

ww

.adl

net.o

rg.

Succ

essi

ve v

ersi

ons

are

able

to a

ccom

mod

ate

an in

crea

sing

var

iety

of

inst

ruct

iona

l app

roac

hes.

AD

L h

as fo

cuse

d on

the

deve

lopm

ent,

impl

emen

tatio

n, a

ndus

e of

sha

reab

le c

onte

nt o

bjec

ts.

Such

obj

ects

cou

ld b

e en

tire

cour

ses;

less

ons

with

inco

urse

s; m

odul

es w

ithin

less

ons;

or m

ater

ial n

ot s

een

by s

tude

nts

but u

sed

to re

gist

erth

em, r

epor

t on

thei

r pro

gres

s, a

ggre

gate

them

into

cla

sses

, or s

tore

dat

a ne

eded

to ta

ilor

inst

ruct

ion

to th

eir n

eeds

(Dod

ds &

Fle

tche

r, 20

04).

The

obj

ects

cou

ld a

lso

be a

lgo-

rith

ms

that

agg

rega

te, i

nteg

rate

, and

seq

uenc

e ot

her o

bjec

ts n

eede

d to

man

age

stud

ent

prog

ress

. G

ibbo

ns, N

elso

n, a

nd R

icha

rds

(200

0) e

mph

asiz

e th

at th

e ob

ject

s w

ill b

e m

ost

usef

ul if

they

are

sm

all e

noug

h to

be

used

with

out m

ajor

mod

ifica

tions

acr

oss

a va

riet

yof

inst

ruct

iona

l mat

eria

ls.

51A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

52A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

SCO

RM

-con

form

ant i

nstr

uctio

nal o

bjec

ts d

o no

t req

uire

a s

tand

ard

com

pute

rco

nfig

urat

ion,

ope

ratin

g sy

stem

, bro

wse

r, au

thor

ing

tool

, or p

rogr

amm

ing

lang

uage

.In

stea

d, d

evel

oper

s m

ay d

o w

hate

ver i

s ne

eded

with

in e

ach

obje

ct w

hile

SC

OR

Msp

ecifi

catio

ns e

nsur

e re

liabl

e co

mm

unic

atio

n am

ong

obje

cts

and

betw

een

obje

cts

and

othe

r ins

truc

tiona

l res

ourc

es.

Exa

mpl

es o

f ins

truc

tiona

l obj

ects

for e

duca

tiona

l pur

pose

s,an

d ho

w th

ey m

ay b

e ac

cess

ed, a

re g

iven

in th

e la

st is

sue

(No.

5) o

f the

AD

L N

ewsl

ette

rfo

r E

duca

tors

and

Edu

catio

nal R

esea

rche

rs p

revi

ousl

y de

scri

bed.

An

impo

rtan

t nex

t ste

p in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f ins

truc

tiona

l obj

ects

is to

enh

ance

thei

rca

pabi

litie

s fo

r res

pond

ing

to le

arne

r ach

ieve

men

t, pr

ogre

ss, a

s w

ell a

s ne

eds

and

bodi

esof

kno

wle

dge

by in

crea

sing

the

pote

ntia

l for

reco

gniz

ing

sem

antic

link

ages

am

ong

them

.T

his

poin

t bri

ngs

us to

the

Sem

antic

Web

.

Sem

antic

Web

The

Sem

anti

c W

eb (

Ber

ners

-Lee

, Hen

dler

, & L

assi

la, 2

001)

, whi

ch is

bei

ngde

velo

ped

unde

r the

aus

pice

s of

the

Wor

ld W

ide

Web

Con

sort

ium

, is

also

incl

uded

inA

DL

pla

nnin

g. I

ts g

oal i

s to

impr

ove

coop

erat

ion

betw

een

com

pute

rs a

nd h

uman

bei

ngs

by im

buin

g W

eb in

form

atio

n w

ith m

eani

ng.

It is

inte

nded

to id

entif

y an

d ex

pose

sem

antic

link

ages

bet

wee

n bo

dies

of k

now

ledg

e re

gard

less

of h

ow d

ispa

rate

they

may

appe

ar to

be

(e.g

., C

hand

rase

kara

n, J

osep

hson

, & B

enja

min

s, 1

999)

. If

ther

e ar

ese

man

tic li

nkag

es b

etw

een

thir

d-gr

ade

geog

raph

y an

d qu

antu

m m

echa

nics

, to

cite

an

extr

eme

exam

ple,

the

Sem

antic

Web

will

find

them

.B

y no

ting

sem

antic

link

ages

, the

Sem

antic

Web

will

allo

w in

stru

ctio

nal p

rogr

ams

tocr

eate

mod

els

of s

ubje

ct m

atte

r dom

ains

as

wel

l as

lear

ners

’ lev

els

of m

aste

ry.

It w

illhe

lp d

iffer

ent a

pplic

atio

ns ru

nnin

g on

diff

eren

t ope

ratin

g sy

stem

s, d

evel

oped

with

diff

eren

t obj

ect m

odel

s us

ing

diff

eren

t pro

gram

min

g la

ngua

ges

to c

oope

rate

and

bec

ome

incr

easi

ngly

cap

able

edu

catio

nal a

pplic

atio

ns.

The

Sem

antic

Web

will

sig

nific

antly

expa

nd o

ur c

apab

ilitie

s fo

r mod

elin

g st

uden

t kno

wle

dge

and

achi

evem

ent.

It w

ill e

nabl

em

ajor

adv

ance

s ov

er th

e cu

rren

t tex

t-cr

awlin

g pr

oced

ures

use

d by

Web

sea

rch

engi

nes,

and

it w

ill d

o m

uch

to e

nhan

ce th

e ca

pabi

litie

s of

any

time-

anyw

here

lear

ning

.

Inst

ruct

iona

l Dia

logu

e an

d In

stru

ctio

n as

Con

vers

atio

n

In th

e an

ytim

e-an

ywhe

re f

utur

e en

visi

oned

by

AD

L, i

nstr

ucti

on m

ay s

tres

sco

nver

satio

ns b

etw

een

stud

ents

and

the

inst

ruct

iona

l del

iver

y sy

stem

, rat

her t

han

dida

ctic

pre

sent

atio

ns o

f mat

eria

l. A

DL

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

can

bui

ld a

nd in

corp

orat

em

odel

s of

stu

dent

com

pete

nce

and

achi

evem

ent d

eriv

ed fr

om th

ese

conv

ersa

tions

, jus

t as

othe

r tec

hnol

ogy-

base

d ap

proa

ches

to e

duca

tion

have

don

e fo

r som

e tim

e (e

.g.,

Flet

cher

,19

75).

The

se m

odel

s ar

e es

sent

ial i

n ad

aptin

g in

stru

ctio

n to

the

need

s, a

bilit

ies,

and

back

grou

nds

of le

arne

rs.

Com

pute

r-ba

sed

tuto

ring

sys

tem

s de

velo

ped

from

the

1970

s (e

.g.,

Bro

wn,

Bur

ton,

& d

eKle

er, 1

982)

unt

il to

day

(e.g

., G

raes

ser,

Ger

nsba

cher

, & G

oldm

an, 2

003)

hav

e us

edm

ixed

-ini

tiativ

e di

alog

ues,

whi

ch a

llow

eith

er s

tude

nts

or th

e tu

tori

ng s

yste

m to

initi

ate

inte

ract

ions

. T

hese

sys

tem

s ha

ve d

emon

stra

ted

both

the

feas

ibili

ty a

nd u

tility

of n

atur

alla

ngua

ge in

tera

ctio

ns in

tech

nolo

gy-b

ased

inst

ruct

ion.

An

illus

trat

ive

exam

ple

of s

uch

a co

nver

satio

n ad

apte

d fr

om a

n in

tera

ctio

n be

twee

na

stud

ent a

nd S

OPH

IE, a

n el

ectr

onic

trou

bles

hoot

ing

tuto

ring

sys

tem

(Bro

wn,

Bur

ton,

& D

eKle

er,

Page 32: NYACTE · Message from the Presidents of NYACTE and NYSATE Robert J. Michael Jerry Rivera-Wilson Page vii Notes from the Editor Cynthia A. Lassonde Page ix Reports of Research and

1982

), fo

llow

s. I

n th

is e

xam

ple,

the

stud

ent i

s le

arni

ng to

find

a fa

ult i

ntro

duce

d in

to a

pow

er s

uppl

y by

the

SOPH

IE in

stru

ctio

nal m

ater

ials

.

Stud

ent:

Wha

t is

the

base

em

itter

vol

tage

of t

he v

olta

ge li

miti

ng tr

ansi

stor

?SO

PHIE

:T

he b

ase

emitt

er v

olta

ge o

f Q5

is -0

.037

vol

t.

The

stu

dent

-SO

PHIE

inte

ract

ion

in th

is e

xam

ple

is a

str

aigh

tfor

war

d qu

estio

n an

dan

swer

. SO

PHIE

has

intr

oduc

ed a

faul

t int

o th

e si

mul

ated

pow

er s

uppl

y, a

nd th

e st

uden

tis

tryi

ng to

loca

te a

nd re

pair

it.

Stud

ent:

Wha

t abo

ut th

e vo

ltage

for t

he c

urre

nt li

miti

ng tr

ansi

stor

?SO

PHIE

:T

he b

ase

emitt

er v

olta

ge o

f Q8

is 0

.349

vol

t.

The

sec

ond

inte

ract

ion

is le

ss s

trai

ghtf

orw

ard.

In

addi

tion

to s

imul

atin

g th

e fa

ulte

dpo

wer

sup

ply,

SO

PHIE

mus

t par

se th

e di

alog

ue s

uffic

ient

ly to

kno

w th

at th

e st

uden

t is

aski

ng fo

r the

bas

e em

itter

vol

tage

of t

rans

isto

r Q8.

Stud

ent:

Wha

t sho

uld

it be

?SO

PHIE

:In

a w

orki

ng c

ircu

it, th

e ba

se e

mitt

er v

olta

ge o

f Q8

is 0

.593

vol

t.

The

thir

d in

tera

ctio

n co

ntin

ues

its d

epen

denc

e on

SO

PHIE

’s u

nder

stan

ding

of

cont

ext a

nd d

ialo

gue.

Not

ably

the

dial

ogue

requ

ires

SO

PHIE

to e

xtra

ct a

nsw

ers

bysi

mul

atin

g bo

th th

e fa

ulte

d po

wer

sup

ply

and

one

that

is o

pera

ting

corr

ectly

.

Stud

ent:

Rep

lace

Q8.

SOPH

IE:

I am

goi

ng to

ask

you

som

e qu

estio

ns a

bout

how

Q8

is fa

ulte

d. A

re a

nyju

nctio

ns s

hort

ed?

The

four

th in

tera

ctio

n go

es a

ste

p be

yond

wha

t Bro

wn

et a

l. (1

982)

des

crib

ed a

skn

owle

dgea

ble

beha

vior

by

SOPH

IE to

wha

t the

y co

nsid

ered

to b

e in

telli

gent

beh

avio

r.In

it S

OPH

IE h

as c

ontin

ued

to e

xerc

ise

its c

apab

ility

to p

arse

stu

dent

que

stio

ns, s

imul

ate

vari

ous

stat

es o

f the

pow

er s

uppl

y, a

nd th

en p

rovi

de a

nsw

ers,

but

it a

lso

appe

ars

to h

ave

exer

cise

d w

hat m

ight

be

calle

d tu

tori

al in

telli

genc

e. N

ote

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f hav

ing

deve

lope

d a

mod

el o

f stu

dent

pro

gres

s to

man

age

the

conv

ersa

tion.

SO

PHIE

has

shad

owed

the

stud

ent’s

sol

utio

n pa

ths,

mod

eled

his

/her

trou

bles

hoot

ing

hypo

thes

es,

dete

rmin

ed th

at th

ey w

ere

inco

rrec

t, an

d th

en to

ok o

ver t

he d

ialo

gue

initi

ativ

e in

ord

er to

purs

ue a

ser

ies

of tu

tori

al in

tera

ctio

ns in

tend

ed to

gui

de th

e st

uden

t to

a co

rrec

t sol

utio

n.SO

PHIE

pro

vide

s an

exa

mpl

e of

bot

h in

divi

dual

izat

ion

and

goal

-ori

ente

d, tu

tori

al,

prob

lem

-sol

ving

con

vers

atio

ns b

etw

een

lear

ners

and

a c

ompu

ter-

tuto

r. S

uch

conv

ersa

-tio

ns c

ould

als

o po

int l

earn

ers

to p

re-s

tore

d di

dact

ic le

sson

s, te

sts,

sim

ulat

ions

, and

oth

erpr

esen

tatio

ns o

r lea

rnin

g en

viro

nmen

ts.

The

ada

ptat

ion

of in

stru

ctio

n in

this

con

vers

atio

nar

ises

from

a m

odel

of t

he s

tude

nt g

ener

ated

by

the

syst

em d

urin

g th

e di

alog

ue a

nd a

mod

el d

escr

ibin

g th

e or

gani

zatio

n of

the

cont

ent.

53A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

54A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

AD

L c

apab

ilitie

s ca

n be

use

d in

cla

ssro

oms

and

anyw

here

els

e. A

pplie

d ap

prop

ri-

atel

y, th

ey c

an b

e m

inim

ally

dis

rupt

ive

to th

e or

gani

zatio

n an

d cu

lture

of a

ny s

choo

l. In

addi

tion

to b

eing

rela

tivel

y un

cons

trai

ned

by th

e co

mpu

ter s

yste

ms

used

, the

y ca

n be

used

acr

oss

a va

riet

y of

sch

ool o

rgan

izat

ions

and

cla

ssro

om a

ppro

ache

s ra

ngin

g fr

omin

quir

y-or

ient

ed c

lass

es to

rela

tivel

y tr

aditi

onal

one

s.In

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts c

an b

e us

ed to

sup

port

app

roac

hes

such

as

situ

ated

lear

ning

(Paa

vola

, Lip

pone

n, &

Hak

kara

inen

, 200

4), f

acili

tate

d co

mm

uniti

es o

f lea

rner

s (B

row

n&

Cam

pion

e, 1

994)

, anc

hore

d in

stru

ctio

n, (C

ogni

tion

& T

echn

olog

y G

roup

at

Van

derb

ilt, 1

997)

, and

cas

e-ba

sed

lear

ning

(Alle

n, O

tto, &

Hof

fman

, 200

0).

Teac

hers

have

bee

n ur

ged

to c

onsi

der c

hang

ing

thei

r ins

truc

tiona

l pra

ctic

e “F

rom

sag

e on

the

stag

eto

gui

de o

n th

e si

de.”

In

this

vie

w, i

nstr

ucto

rs d

eem

phas

ize

the

deliv

ery

of in

stru

ctio

nal

cont

ent a

nd s

tres

s pr

ovid

ing

guid

ance

to s

tude

nts

in lo

catin

g an

d us

ing

appr

opri

ate

inst

ruct

iona

l res

ourc

es, m

uch

the

way

a c

oach

or i

ndiv

idua

l tut

or m

ight

. T

he a

vaila

bilit

yof

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

can

faci

litat

e su

ch a

tran

sitio

n by

hel

ping

stu

dent

s le

arn

toex

plor

e, a

naly

ze, a

nd s

ynth

esiz

e in

form

atio

n fr

om a

var

iety

of s

ourc

es w

hile

rece

ivin

ggu

idan

ce fr

om th

eir t

each

ers.

The

obj

ects

cou

ld b

e us

ed in

trad

ition

al te

ache

r-le

d cl

asse

s by

ass

igni

ng th

em to

one

stud

ent,

a cl

ass

sub-

grou

p, o

r the

who

le c

lass

. St

uden

ts c

ould

wor

k on

obj

ects

in s

choo

lor

as

hom

ewor

k, w

orki

ng a

lone

, in

smal

l gro

ups,

or i

n ph

ysic

ally

sep

arat

e bu

t net

wor

ked

loca

tions

. Sim

ilarl

y, in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts c

ould

be

refe

renc

ed in

cur

ricu

lum

gui

des,

wor

kboo

ks, a

nd te

ache

rs’ e

ditio

ns o

f tex

tboo

ks.

We

hope

that

teac

her e

duca

tors

will

aler

t tom

orro

w’s

teac

hers

to th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

and

way

s to

use

them

to a

chie

ve e

duca

tiona

l goa

ls.

Man

y te

ache

rs a

nd te

ache

r edu

cato

rs h

ave

an u

nder

stan

dabl

e sk

eptic

ism

abo

ut h

owhe

lpfu

l tec

hnol

ogy

can

be.

Such

dou

bts

may

ste

m fr

om th

e en

thus

iasm

that

sup

port

ers

of te

chno

logy

oft

en b

ring

to e

duca

tion

whe

re p

rom

ises

hav

e ou

tstr

ippe

d w

hat t

echn

olog

yha

s de

liver

ed.

The

adv

ent o

f any

time-

anyw

here

inst

ruct

ion

and

adva

nces

in b

oth

inst

ruct

iona

l psy

chol

ogy

and

educ

atio

nal t

echn

olog

y su

gges

t tha

t we

may

be

at a

poi

ntw

hen

tech

nolo

gy c

an d

eliv

er o

n its

pro

mis

es to

sup

port

edu

catio

n.In

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts c

an b

e us

ed w

hile

we

are

still

lear

ning

the

best

way

s to

app

lyth

em.

Com

pute

r-ba

sed

educ

atio

n w

as u

sed

in s

choo

ls b

efor

e de

finiti

ve e

vide

nce

of it

sva

lue

accu

mul

ated

(Tob

ias,

198

5).

Nov

el in

stru

ctio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

are

bei

ng im

ple-

men

ted

whi

le e

vide

nce

of th

eir e

ffec

tiven

ess

is s

till b

eing

col

lect

ed (e

.g.,

Duf

fy &

Kir

kley

, 200

3; P

aavo

la e

t al.,

200

4).

Whe

n an

ytim

e-an

ywhe

re in

stru

ctio

n an

d in

stru

c-tio

nal o

bjec

ts b

ecom

e ub

iqui

tous

in b

usin

ess,

indu

stry

, the

gov

ernm

ent,

and

the

mili

tary

,it

seem

s lik

ely

that

they

will

be

used

in s

choo

ls e

ven

as re

sear

ch d

ealin

g w

ith th

eir

effe

ctiv

enes

s an

d ap

plic

abili

ty c

ontin

ues.

Fina

lly, a

n at

trac

tive

aspe

ct o

f ins

truc

tiona

l obj

ects

is th

at o

nce

stud

ents

hav

e le

arne

dto

retr

ieve

them

they

can

do

so w

hene

ver t

heir

cur

iosi

ty h

as b

een

arou

sed.

The

read

yac

cess

ibili

ty o

f AD

L o

bjec

ts c

an h

elp

educ

ator

s an

d st

uden

ts ta

ke b

est a

dvan

tage

of

“tea

chab

le m

omen

ts,”

whi

ch w

e ha

ve d

iscu

ssed

els

ewhe

re (F

letc

her e

t al.,

200

7).

The

avai

labi

lity

of in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts to

aro

use

and/

or s

atis

fy c

urio

sity

, hel

p st

uden

ts s

olve

prob

lem

s of

imm

edia

te in

tere

st to

them

, or s

impl

y to

com

plet

e as

sign

ed s

choo

lwor

kan

ytim

e an

d an

ywhe

re, m

ay m

ake

the

obje

cts

as v

alua

ble

and

ubiq

uito

us in

edu

catio

nal

setti

ngs

as th

ey a

lrea

dy a

re in

trai

ning

con

text

s.

Impl

icat

ions

for

Edu

catio

n

At l

east

thre

e ge

nera

l ben

efits

, and

som

e ch

alle

nges

can

ari

se fr

om A

DL

teac

hing

-lea

rnin

g en

viro

nmen

ts:

Ben

efits

and

Cha

lleng

es

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55A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

Mor

e in

divi

dual

izat

ion.

The

se e

nvir

onm

ents

can

take

wha

teve

r dir

ectio

n an

d pa

cem

ight

be

need

ed.

Inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

all

ow a

ffor

dabl

e on

-dem

and,

rea

l-ti

me,

resp

onsi

ve in

tera

ctiv

ity to

be

mor

e ne

arly

real

ized

(Gib

bons

et a

l., 2

000)

. In

con

tras

t to

trai

ning

, doi

ng s

o se

ems

espe

cial

ly im

port

ant i

n ed

ucat

ion

whe

re o

bjec

tives

may

be

nego

tiabl

e as

teac

hers

and

stu

dent

s w

ork

to id

entif

y an

d de

velo

p th

eir a

bilit

ies,

inte

rest

s,an

d va

lues

.C

ontin

uous

ass

essm

ent.

Ass

essm

ent i

n in

stru

ctio

nal c

onve

rsat

ions

can

bec

ome

cont

inuo

us a

nd le

ss in

trus

ive

as c

apab

ilitie

s fo

r gen

erat

ing

mod

els

of in

divi

dual

lear

ners

from

thei

r ins

truc

tiona

l int

erac

tions

evo

lve.

Suc

h as

sess

men

t may

occ

ur b

y no

ting

the

lear

ner’

s vo

cabu

lary

, use

of t

echn

ical

info

rmat

ion,

leve

l of a

bstr

actio

n, c

lust

erin

g(c

hunk

ing)

of c

once

pts,

hyp

othe

sis

form

atio

n, a

nd th

e lik

e. T

hese

cap

abili

ties

have

yet

to b

e fu

lly e

xplo

red

and

veri

fied,

but

eno

ugh

rese

arch

has

bee

n co

mpl

eted

to s

ugge

stth

eir p

rom

ise

for t

he a

dapt

ive

asse

ssm

ent o

f kno

wle

dge

and

abili

ties

need

ed to

tailo

rin

stru

ctio

n to

lear

ners

’ nee

ds (F

letc

her,

2002

). E

xplic

it te

stin

g an

d pr

obin

g m

ay s

till b

ene

eded

to a

sses

s le

arne

r pro

gres

s ef

ficie

ntly

. T

he o

ptim

al d

esig

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t of

asse

ssm

ents

cap

italiz

ing

on a

ll ex

istin

g an

d em

ergi

ng c

apab

ilitie

s is

a c

halle

nge

for

educ

ator

s, in

stru

ctio

nal d

esig

ners

, and

the

test

ing

com

mun

ity to

inte

grat

e ev

alua

tion

with

inst

ruct

ion

as B

aker

(200

3), a

mon

g ot

hers

, hav

e st

rong

ly re

com

men

ded.

Mor

e le

arni

ng.

Incr

easi

ng th

e ac

cess

ibili

ty o

f lea

rnin

g re

sour

ces

is a

wor

thy

goal

for b

oth

educ

ator

s an

d in

stru

ctio

nal d

evel

oper

s. R

esul

ts fr

om re

sear

ch o

n tu

tori

ng,

indi

vidu

aliz

atio

n of

inst

ruct

ion,

and

com

pute

r bas

ed in

stru

ctio

n su

gges

t tha

t stu

dent

lear

ning

can

be

enha

nced

by

the

incr

ease

d ac

cess

ibili

ty p

rovi

ded

by in

stru

ctio

nal o

bjec

ts.

The

act

ive

part

icip

atio

n of

edu

cato

rs in

the

proc

ess

is im

port

ant t

o as

sure

that

the

obje

cts

are

max

imal

ly u

sefu

l for

edu

catio

n.

Som

e C

halle

nges

Teac

her

prep

arat

ion.

Onc

e an

ytim

e-an

ywhe

re in

stru

ctio

nal r

esou

rces

, as

impl

emen

ted

by A

DL

, are

incr

easi

ngly

use

d by

stu

dent

s, a

num

ber o

f iss

ues

will

hav

e to

be a

ddre

ssed

. In

-ser

vice

teac

her e

duca

tion

will

hav

e to

be

prov

ided

so

that

teac

hers

can

inte

grat

e th

ose

reso

urce

s w

ith th

eir i

nstr

uctio

nal p

ract

ices

. In

the

abse

nce

of s

uch

educ

atio

n, w

hate

ver a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ng is

ava

ilabl

e is

like

ly to

be

igno

red

byte

ache

rs a

nd u

ltim

atel

y by

stu

dent

s, d

espi

te th

e ra

pidl

y gr

owin

g us

e by

bot

h gr

oups

of

out-

of-s

choo

l Web

obj

ects

and

reso

urce

s. T

each

er e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s w

ill n

eed

topr

epar

e fu

ture

teac

hers

to u

se a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ng re

sour

ces

effe

ctiv

ely

and

appr

opri

atel

y.T

he a

dven

t of a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ng c

an in

crea

sing

ly g

ive

rise

to s

ituat

ions

inw

hich

stu

dent

s be

com

e m

ore

expe

rt th

an th

eir

teac

hers

. H

ow s

houl

d te

ache

rs b

epr

epar

ed to

dea

l with

suc

h si

tuat

ions

that

may

bec

ome

incr

easi

ngly

pre

vale

nt w

hen

stud

ents

hav

e re

ady

acce

ss to

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

mak

ing

mos

t hum

an k

now

ledg

e,in

form

atio

n, a

nd, n

otab

ly, m

isin

form

atio

n re

adily

ava

ilabl

e to

them

?E

valu

atio

n an

d cr

eden

tialin

g. H

ow w

ill a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ng b

e ev

alua

ted?

How

will

suc

h le

arni

ng b

e ar

ticul

ated

with

exi

stin

g cu

rric

ular

obj

ectiv

es?

If s

tude

nts

dete

rmin

e th

at le

arni

ng f

rom

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

is n

ot e

valu

ated

as

part

of

the

curr

icul

um, t

hey

are

likel

y to

ass

ign

little

impo

rtan

ce to

it.

The

re a

re a

lso

issu

es d

ealin

g w

ith c

rede

ntia

ling.

How

ill a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ngbe

reco

gniz

ed fo

r cre

dent

ialin

g pu

rpos

es?

Man

y pr

ofes

sion

s an

d oc

cupa

tions

hav

e a

pres

crib

ed c

urri

culu

m, a

nd q

uest

ions

will

ari

se a

bout

how

obj

ectiv

es m

aste

red

with

inst

ruct

iona

l obj

ects

will

then

be

accr

edite

d.

56A

dva

nce

d D

istr

ibu

ted

Le

arn

ing

Bud

getin

g. F

ull-

tim

e te

achi

ng e

quiv

alen

ts a

nd in

stru

ctor

con

tact

hou

rs a

reco

mm

only

use

d to

est

ablis

h bu

dget

s fo

r edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng.

The

se p

roce

dure

s of

ten

wor

k w

ell f

or s

tand

ard

clas

sroo

m p

ract

ice.

We

may

kno

w h

ow m

any

teac

hers

to a

ssig

nfo

r cla

ssro

oms

of v

ario

us s

izes

. B

ut w

hat m

ight

hap

pen

in a

n an

ytim

e-an

ywhe

re s

ettin

gw

hen

the

num

ber o

f stu

dent

s a

teac

her c

an s

erve

incr

ease

s dr

amat

ical

ly a

nd m

ay w

ell b

eun

know

n? S

houl

d w

e re

duce

the

budg

et p

ropo

rtio

nally

? In

crea

se it

? W

hat p

roce

dure

ssh

ould

be

used

to d

eal w

ith th

ese

ques

tions

?R

oles

and

res

pons

ibili

ties

of s

choo

ls.

We

are

seei

ng m

any

disc

ussi

ons

abou

t the

role

of t

each

ers.

The

se d

iscu

ssio

ns s

houl

d al

so c

onsi

der t

he ro

les

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

ofth

e in

stitu

tions

that

teac

hers

ser

ve.

In a

wor

ld w

here

inst

ruct

iona

l res

ourc

es a

re a

vaila

ble

anyt

ime

and

anyw

here

, wha

t are

the

role

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

sch

ools

? H

ow s

houl

dth

e ac

tiviti

es a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s of

form

al e

duca

tion

be ‘

blen

ded’

with

any

time-

anyw

here

reso

urce

s?P

riva

cy.

Con

cern

s ha

ve e

mer

ged

rega

rdin

g pr

ivac

y fo

r use

rs o

f the

Inte

rnet

. If

PLA

s ar

e ca

pabl

e of

mod

elin

g st

uden

t pro

gres

s, in

tere

sts,

and

abi

litie

s w

ho s

houl

d be

able

to a

cces

s th

is in

form

atio

n? T

o w

hat e

xten

t sho

uld

teac

hers

and

sch

ools

use

this

info

rmat

ion?

Equ

ity.

It is

wel

l kno

wn

that

chi

ldre

n fr

om p

oor a

nd m

inor

ity b

ackg

roun

ds, i

n ur

ban

or ru

ral a

reas

, hav

e le

ss a

cces

s to

tech

nolo

gica

l dev

ices

sup

port

ing

inst

ruct

ion

than

thei

rw

ealth

ier p

eers

(U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mer

ce, 1

999)

. T

here

is a

lack

of e

quity

eve

n in

the

cont

ent a

vaila

ble

for a

cces

s by

tech

nolo

gy (L

azar

us &

Mor

a, 2

000)

. T

his

“dig

ital

divi

de”

is li

kely

to m

ake

it ea

sier

for m

ore

affl

uent

chi

ldre

n to

acc

ess A

DL

inst

ruct

iona

lob

ject

s th

an fo

r the

ir le

ss a

fflu

ent p

eers

, and

wea

lthie

r stu

dent

s ar

e m

ore

likel

y to

hav

eea

sier

acc

ess

to P

LA

s th

an th

eir l

ess

affl

uent

cou

nter

part

s. C

lear

ly s

ome

thou

ght w

illha

ve to

be

give

n to

take

ste

ps to

redu

ce th

e di

gita

l div

ide.

Inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty.

If e

duca

tors

dev

elop

mat

eria

ls th

at c

an b

e m

ade

glob

ally

avai

labl

e an

ytim

e an

d an

ywhe

re, w

hat p

rote

ctio

ns s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d fo

r the

ir p

rodu

cts?

How

sho

uld

teac

hers

be

com

pens

ated

, fin

anci

ally

or

in r

elea

sed

tim

e, f

or th

eir

deve

lopm

ent o

f ins

truc

tiona

l obj

ects

? W

hat p

rote

ctio

ns s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d fo

r the

prod

ucts

of s

tude

nts,

and

sho

uld

they

be

com

pens

ated

? If

they

sho

uld

be c

ompe

nsat

ed,

shou

ld th

at b

e fi

nanc

ial,

or in

term

s of

pro

vidi

ng th

em w

ith

rele

ase

from

oth

erin

stru

ctio

nal r

equi

rem

ents

?Su

mm

ary.

The

con

cern

s su

mm

ariz

ed h

ere

are

only

a s

ampl

e of

the

issu

esco

nfro

ntin

g ed

ucat

ion

in a

wor

ld w

here

stu

dent

s ca

n av

ail t

hem

selv

es o

f ins

truc

tiona

lre

sour

ces

anyt

ime

and

anyw

here

to m

aste

r cur

ricu

lar o

bjec

tives

. W

e ho

pe to

stim

ulat

ese

riou

s at

tent

ion

to b

oth

the

oppo

rtun

ities

and

cha

lleng

es p

rese

nted

by

initi

ativ

es s

uch

asA

DL

and

by

anyt

ime-

anyw

here

edu

catio

n in

gen

eral

. T

he is

sues

rais

ed a

re fa

r mor

eex

tens

ive

than

thos

e lis

ted

here

. It

is h

oped

that

edu

catio

nal a

dmin

istr

ator

s an

d te

ache

red

ucat

ors

can

begi

n to

thin

k ab

out t

hese

issu

es s

o th

ey m

ay b

e re

ady

to a

ddre

ss th

emw

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anyt

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anyw

here

edu

catio

n be

com

es a

s ub

iqui

tous

as

cell

phon

es, I

POD

s, a

ndPD

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are

toda

y.

Fin

al W

ord

We

have

dis

cuss

ed th

e si

gnifi

canc

e of

lear

ning

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time

and

anyw

here

for e

duca

tion

and

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ribe

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pre

sent

impl

emen

tatio

n in

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t pro

babl

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vent

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DL

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d le

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nges

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able

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n fo

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e. C

olum

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heem

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rney

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n w

irel

ess

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grap

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orse

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nolo

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lope

d th

at le

d us

into

terr

itory

not

env

isio

ned

in th

e or

igin

al, p

reci

pita

ting

met

apho

r.W

e an

ticip

ate

a si

mila

r eff

ect w

ith th

e ad

vent

of a

nytim

e-an

ywhe

re le

arni

ng.

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x-pe

cted

ben

efits

and

cha

lleng

es a

re li

kely

to a

rise

and

will

hav

e to

be

addr

esse

d as

the

futu

re w

e ha

ve o

utlin

ed, o

r som

e va

rian

t of i

t tha

t we

have

not

exp

ecte

d, b

ecom

e re

ali-

ties.

We

hope

that

edu

cato

rs w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f any

time-

anyw

here

capa

bilit

ies

for l

earn

ing,

suc

h as

AD

L, s

o th

at th

ey w

ill u

se th

eir e

duca

tiona

l exp

erie

nce

and

wis

dom

to d

eal a

nd p

rofit

from

thes

e ev

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n, B

. S.,

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letc

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nce

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ted

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arn

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hor

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grap

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tche

r, Ph

.D.,

is a

Sen

ior R

esea

rch

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f Mem

ber a

t the

Inst

itute

for

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ense

Ana

lyse

s in

Ale

xand

ria,

Virg

inia

. H

is re

sear

ch in

tere

sts

incl

ude

mili

tary

and

indu

stri

al tr

aini

ng, d

esig

n an

d ev

alua

tion

of in

stru

ctio

nal t

echn

olog

y, a

ndco

st-e

ffec

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ess

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mai

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und

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as, P

h.D

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Dis

tingu

ishe

d R

esea

rch

Scie

ntis

t at t

he In

stitu

te fo

rU

rban

and

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ority

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catio

n, T

each

ers

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lege

, Col

umbi

a U

nive

rsity

. H

isre

sear

ch in

tere

sts

incl

ude

met

acog

niti

on, a

dapt

ing

inst

ruct

ion

to s

tude

ntch

arac

teri

stic

s, a

nd le

arni

ng w

ith te

chno

logy

. Em

ail:

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i@ao

l.com

.

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ert A

. Wis

her,

Ph.D

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ecto

r of t

he A

dvan

ced

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trib

uted

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rnin

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itiat

ive

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e O

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Secr

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ense

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inin

g te

chno

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for s

ixto

eig

ht w

eeks

eac

h, th

e pr

ogra

m p

lace

s st

uden

ts s

imul

tane

ousl

y in

bot

h hi

gh s

choo

l and

mid

dle

scho

ol s

ettin

gs fo

r wha

t am

ount

s to

a fu

ll da

y’s

expe

rien

ce.

Thi

s ar

ticle

dis

cuss

esth

e ad

vant

ages

stu

dent

s an

d fa

culty

hav

e ex

peri

ence

d us

ing

this

app

roac

h as

wel

l as

cont

inui

ng p

robl

emat

ic is

sues

. To

dat

e, th

e ex

peri

ence

s of

our

stu

dent

s su

gges

ts th

ead

vant

ages

, am

ong

them

impr

oved

pla

nnin

g, g

reat

er u

nder

stan

ding

of s

tude

nt le

arni

ngst

yles

, and

dev

elop

ing

clas

sroo

m m

anag

emen

t ski

lls, o

utw

eigh

per

sist

ent c

ompl

aint

s or

diff

icul

ties.

62M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

The

mos

t cri

tical

ele

men

t in

the

prep

arat

ion

of p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs is

the

prac

ticum

or s

tude

nt te

achi

ng e

xper

ienc

e. I

t is

duri

ng th

is e

xper

ienc

e th

at w

ould

-be

teac

hers

get

topr

actic

e th

e th

eory

and

met

hods

they

hav

e be

en ta

ught

. It

is w

here

they

beg

in to

def

ine

thei

r te

achi

ng p

erso

nas.

It i

s w

here

they

fir

st a

ttem

pt to

man

age

a cl

assr

oom

and

impl

emen

t the

teac

hing

str

ateg

ies

they

hop

e w

ill re

sult

in m

eani

ngfu

l les

sons

for t

heir

stud

ents

. It

is, i

n ot

her w

ords

, whe

re th

e “r

ubbe

r mee

ts th

e ro

ad.”

As

a so

cial

stu

dies

educ

ator

, I s

ee m

y pr

eser

vice

teac

hing

stu

dent

s lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

thei

r stu

dent

teac

hing

assi

gnm

ents

with

a m

ix o

f fee

lings

rang

ing

from

exc

item

ent t

o te

rror

.In

so

man

y w

ays,

stu

dent

teac

hing

is a

n ar

tific

ial e

xper

ienc

e th

at fa

ils to

ade

quat

ely

prep

are

our f

utur

e te

ache

rs fo

r wha

t aw

aits

them

in th

eir f

irst

teac

hing

pos

ition

s. S

tude

ntte

ache

rs o

ften

feel

mor

e lik

e gu

ests

in s

omeo

ne e

lse’

s cl

assr

oom

. O

ften

they

may

lack

auth

ority

or s

tand

ing,

and

they

may

be

trea

ted

mor

e as

an

aide

than

as

prof

essi

onal

sbe

ginn

ing

thei

r jo

urne

ys to

lice

nsur

e. B

ritz

man

(20

03)

desc

ribe

s th

is p

oten

tial

lysc

hizo

phre

nic

wor

ld o

f the

pra

ctic

um: “

Mar

gina

lly s

ituat

ed in

two

wor

lds,

the

stud

ent

teac

her a

s pa

rt s

tude

nt a

nd p

art t

each

er h

as th

e du

al s

trug

gle

of e

duca

ting

othe

rs w

hile

bein

g ed

ucat

ed”

(p. 3

6).

McG

uire

(199

6) a

llege

s th

at “

whi

le u

nive

rsity

stu

dent

s ge

ner-

ally

rate

thei

r stu

dent

teac

hing

as

the

mos

t val

uabl

e ex

peri

ence

in th

eir p

repa

ratio

n fo

rte

achi

ng,”

ther

e is

oft

en a

dis

conn

ect b

etw

een

prog

ram

exp

ecta

tions

and

pra

ctic

umex

peri

ence

s ow

ing

to “

a la

ck o

f co

hesi

vene

ss”

(p. 7

5).

Fro

m c

ompl

aini

ng a

bout

coop

erat

ing

teac

hers

to lo

okin

g fo

rwar

d to

the

end

of th

e ex

peri

ence

, stu

dent

teac

hing

isa

rite

of p

assa

ge fo

r the

teac

hing

pro

fess

ion.

In m

y po

sitio

n as

soc

ial s

tudi

es e

duca

tor i

n th

e Sc

hool

of E

duca

tion,

I ha

ve s

een

the

look

of f

ear o

n th

e fa

ces

of s

ome

of m

y se

cond

ary

stud

ent t

each

ers.

I w

ork

with

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs fo

r tw

o se

mes

ters

. M

y in

itial

exp

erie

nce

with

them

is th

e fir

st o

f tw

odi

scip

line-

base

d m

etho

ds s

emin

ars.

Thi

s se

min

ar is

off

ered

in th

e sp

ring

pri

or to

thei

rpr

actic

a. T

he s

econ

d m

etho

ds s

emin

ar c

ompl

emen

ts th

eir s

tude

nt te

achi

ng d

urin

g th

efa

ll te

rm.

To s

ay th

at s

ome

of m

y st

uden

ts h

ave

view

ed th

e ap

proa

ch o

f Lab

or D

ay w

ithdi

ffer

ing

degr

ees

of a

nxie

ty w

ould

be

an u

nder

stat

emen

t.In

this

pap

er, I

will

des

crib

e a

diff

eren

t con

figur

atio

n to

stu

dent

teac

hing

bei

ng e

mpl

oyed

by th

e ad

oles

cent

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m a

t Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity.

I will

exp

lain

why

the

facu

lty o

pted

for t

his

diff

eren

t app

roac

h an

d al

so id

entif

y w

hat w

e be

lieve

are

bot

h th

est

reng

ths

and

prob

lem

s in

here

nt in

it.

In d

oing

so

I will

mak

e ex

plic

it th

e re

ason

s w

hyw

e be

lieve

this

to b

e a

bette

r exp

erie

nce

than

the

trad

ition

al p

ract

icum

for o

ur s

tude

nts.

In c

oncl

usio

n, I

will

off

er s

ome

sugg

estio

ns d

eriv

ed fr

om th

is p

rogr

amm

atic

cha

nge

for

cons

ider

atio

n fo

r the

futu

re o

f stu

dent

teac

hing

for p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs.

The

Way

We

Wer

e: T

he F

orm

er S

tude

nt T

each

ing

Exp

erie

nce

The

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m a

t Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity is

exc

lusi

vely

a g

radu

ate

degr

eepr

ogra

m.

The

Sch

ool o

f Edu

catio

n of

fers

mas

ters

deg

rees

in e

arly

chi

ldho

od e

duca

tion,

incl

usiv

e ch

ildho

od e

duca

tion,

spe

cial

edu

catio

n, li

tera

cy e

duca

tion,

and

ado

lesc

ence

educ

atio

n. O

ur p

rogr

ams

are

desi

gned

for p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs a

nd in

-ser

vice

teac

hers

.O

ur p

rese

rvic

e ad

oles

cent

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m is

als

o a

smal

l one

with

our

stu

dent

sty

pica

lly to

talin

g 40

to 4

8 st

uden

ts, w

ith 1

0 to

12

stud

ents

eac

h in

the

cont

ent a

reas

of

Eng

lish,

mat

h, s

cien

ce, a

nd s

ocia

l stu

dies

(As

of J

uly

1, 2

006,

the

form

er S

choo

l of

Edu

catio

n an

d H

uman

Dev

elop

men

t as

divi

ded

into

two

with

one

bei

ng a

free

sta

ndin

gSc

hool

of E

duca

tion.

The

new

Sch

ool i

s co

mm

itted

to c

ontr

olle

d gr

owth

Page 37: NYACTE · Message from the Presidents of NYACTE and NYSATE Robert J. Michael Jerry Rivera-Wilson Page vii Notes from the Editor Cynthia A. Lassonde Page ix Reports of Research and

63M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

over

the

next

five

yea

rs.

The

ove

rall

num

bers

will

, how

ever

, con

tinue

to re

pres

ent a

smal

l gra

duat

e pr

ogra

m).

Prio

r to

2002

, the

stu

dent

teac

hing

exp

erie

nce

for s

tude

nts

in a

dole

scen

ce e

duca

tion

was

ess

entia

lly o

ne p

lace

men

t at e

ither

the

mid

dle-

or h

igh-

scho

ol le

vel.

Stu

dent

teac

hing

last

ed 1

6 w

eeks

from

the

first

day

of s

choo

l in

Sept

embe

r unt

il th

e da

y sc

hool

scl

osed

for w

inte

r bre

ak in

Dec

embe

r. A

s a

smal

l pro

gram

, we

offe

r stu

dent

teac

hing

only

in th

e fa

ll se

mes

ter.

Dur

ing

this

tim

e, s

tude

nts

wou

ld h

ave

a br

ief a

dditi

onal

expe

rien

ce a

t the

oth

er le

vel—

perh

aps

team

teac

hing

with

a c

lass

mat

e or

ass

istin

g a

teac

her i

n th

at s

ettin

g (F

igur

e 1)

. T

he s

tude

nt-t

each

ing

expe

rien

ce w

as a

hal

f-da

y w

ithth

e re

st o

f the

day

dev

oted

to k

eepi

ng u

p w

ith c

lass

wor

k fo

r the

uni

vers

ity.

Figu

re 1

. Dia

gram

of f

orm

er p

ract

icum

exp

erie

nce

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs w

ith s

ome

of it

sad

vant

ages

.

typi

call

y ei

ght c

redi

t hou

rs in

add

itio

n to

stu

dent

teac

hing

(ex

cept

for

the

scie

nce

stud

ents

who

wer

e re

quir

ed to

spe

nd th

e en

tire

day

at th

eir p

lace

men

ts).

Thi

s co

nfig

urat

ion

for s

tude

nt te

achi

ng e

nabl

ed o

ur s

tude

nts

to d

evel

op a

sm

all s

ense

of w

hat w

as in

volv

ed fo

r pla

nnin

g se

vera

l uni

ts a

nd a

lso

for d

irec

ting

stud

ents

thro

ugh

the

first

mar

king

per

iod

for g

radi

ng p

urpo

ses.

The

y es

tabl

ishe

d th

eir c

lass

room

env

iron

-m

ent f

rom

ear

ly in

the

scho

ol y

ear,

if n

ot fr

om th

e ve

ry fi

rst d

ay.

Rel

atio

nshi

ps w

ith

Full-

Sem

este

r Stu

dent

Tea

chin

g, H

alf D

ay in

One

Pla

cem

ent

Stud

ent T

each

ers

Get

“E

xper

ienc

e”A

t Oth

er S

econ

dary

Lev

el fo

rTw

o to

Thr

ee W

eeks

• St

uden

ts d

evel

op n

earl

y a

sem

este

r’s

wor

th o

f les

son

plan

s•

Stud

ents

exp

erie

nce

asse

ssin

g st

uden

t wor

k an

d as

sign

ing

grad

es fo

r a q

uart

er a

ndre

port

car

gra

ding

• St

uden

ts c

an p

rogr

ess

in d

evel

opin

g th

eir c

lass

room

man

agem

ent

• St

uden

ts c

an s

ee d

evel

opm

ent a

nd p

rogr

ess

in th

eir s

tude

nts

• M

eets

the

lette

r of t

he la

w b

y pr

ovid

ing

“exp

erie

nce”

at b

oth

leve

ls

Wee

k 1

Wee

k 16

64M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

stud

ents

wer

e os

tere

d an

d th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

s co

uld

see

the

prog

ress

thei

r stu

dent

s w

ere

mak

ing.

Thi

s ar

rang

emen

t was

als

o co

nven

ient

for t

he u

nive

rsity

sup

ervi

sors

to s

ched

ule

thei

r site

vis

its to

obs

erve

thei

r stu

dent

teac

hers

and

to m

eet w

ith th

em to

dis

cuss

thei

rpr

ogre

ss.

The

Nee

d fo

r So

met

hing

Diff

eren

t

Eff

ectiv

e Fe

brua

ry 2

, 200

4, N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e im

plem

ente

d se

vera

l cha

nges

in th

ece

rtifi

catio

n pr

oces

s (s

ee h

ttp://

high

ered

.nys

ed.g

ov/c

ert/p

art5

2-21

.htm

). M

ost s

igni

fican

tfo

r our

mod

el o

f sup

ervi

sing

stu

dent

teac

hers

was

a d

ocum

ent p

ublis

hed

by th

e St

ate

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k in

200

1. A

New

Vis

ion

in T

each

er E

duca

tion

stat

ed th

at e

ffec

-tiv

e w

ith th

e fa

ll 20

02 s

emes

ter,

“Stu

dent

teac

hing

will

con

sist

of a

min

imum

of 7

5 da

ysin

cla

ssro

oms

and

scho

ols

[with

90

days

bei

ng d

esir

able

] in

two

sepa

rate

exp

erie

nces

…”

(200

1, p

. 2).

As

a re

sult

of th

is c

hang

e, w

e co

uld

no lo

nger

con

tinue

this

pra

ctic

e th

atha

d se

rved

us

wel

l. T

he q

uest

ion

conf

ront

ing

us, t

here

fore

, was

wha

t wou

ld o

ur n

ewpr

actic

um lo

ok li

ke?

Giv

en th

e fa

ct th

at w

e ha

d to

cha

nge,

we

cons

ider

ed tw

o op

tions

. O

ne w

ould

be

tofo

llow

wha

t I w

ill c

all t

he tr

aditi

onal

str

uctu

re u

sed

for s

tude

nt te

achi

ng in

muc

h of

New

Yor

k St

ate.

Thi

s m

odel

div

ides

the

sem

este

r int

o tw

o di

stin

ct b

lock

s w

ith th

e pr

eser

vice

teac

hers

spe

ndin

g on

e bl

ock

in a

hig

h-sc

hool

set

ting

and

one

in a

mid

dle-

scho

ol s

ettin

g.To

mee

t the

requ

irem

ent o

f for

ty d

ays

in e

ach

setti

ng, t

hese

blo

cks

wou

ld e

ach

have

to b

eei

ght w

eeks

in d

urat

ion.

The

sec

ond

optio

n w

ould

be

to d

evel

op s

omet

hing

diff

eren

t.O

ur q

uest

ion

then

was

wou

ld w

e ad

opt t

he fa

mili

ar p

atte

rn c

omm

on to

oth

er in

stitu

tions

or w

ould

we

deve

lop

som

ethi

ng o

ut o

f the

ord

inar

y th

at w

ould

ena

ble

us to

pro

vide

wha

tth

e fa

culty

bel

ieve

d w

ould

be

a be

tter e

xper

ienc

e fo

r our

stu

dent

s.B

y tr

aditi

onal

mod

el, I

mea

n a

prac

ticum

in w

hich

stu

dent

teac

hers

wor

k fo

r a fu

llda

y in

one

sec

onda

ry s

ettin

g, e

ither

mid

dle

scho

ol o

r hig

h sc

hool

, for

a q

uart

er –

that

is,

eigh

t wee

ks o

r hal

f a c

olle

ge s

emes

ter –

and

then

cha

nge

leve

ls c

ompl

etel

y an

d w

ork

for

anot

her e

ight

wee

ks a

t the

oth

er le

vel (

Figu

re 2

). T

ypic

ally

, stu

dent

teac

hers

atte

nddi

stri

ct a

nd b

uild

ing

mee

tings

hel

d th

e Tu

esda

y af

ter L

abor

Day

and

repo

rt fo

r the

iras

sign

men

ts th

e fi

rst d

ay o

f sch

ool i

n th

e fa

ll. T

heir

pla

cem

ents

usu

ally

end

just

bef

ore

the

win

ter h

olid

ay b

reak

in D

ecem

ber.

By

divi

ding

the

assi

gnm

ent i

nto

eigh

t-w

eek

inte

rval

s, s

tude

nts

wou

ld a

ppar

ently

mee

t the

requ

irem

ent o

f for

ty d

ays

of te

achi

ng a

tea

ch le

vel t

houg

h ob

viou

sly

this

doe

s no

t tak

e in

to a

ccou

nt d

ays

lost

to h

olid

ays,

vac

a-tio

ns, a

nd w

eath

er.

The

re a

re a

t lea

st th

ree

adva

ntag

es to

this

arr

ange

men

t. F

or o

ne, s

tude

nts

get t

oex

peri

ence

a fu

ll da

y of

teac

hing

in th

e sa

me

setti

ng.

Typi

cally

, aft

er a

wee

k or

two,

they

are

give

n th

e fu

ll sc

hedu

le o

f the

ir c

oope

ratin

g te

ache

r, th

ereb

y, e

nabl

ing

them

to li

ve th

elif

e of

a te

ache

r, if

onl

y fo

r a b

rief

tim

e. S

econ

d, m

any,

if n

ot m

ost,

mid

dle

scho

ols

utili

ze te

amin

g, a

pra

ctic

e in

whi

ch th

e st

uden

t pop

ulat

ion

is d

ivid

ed a

nd th

e sa

me

stud

ents

are

ass

igne

d to

team

s of

teac

hers

repr

esen

ting

Eng

lish,

mat

h, s

cien

ce, a

nd s

ocia

lst

udie

s. O

ften

a s

peci

al e

duca

tion

teac

her i

s al

so p

art o

f the

team

. St

uden

t tea

cher

s ar

eth

en a

ble

to a

ttend

team

mee

tings

no

mat

ter w

hat p

erio

d in

the

day

they

may

be

sche

d-ul

ed.

Thi

s al

low

s th

em to

obs

erve

and

take

par

t in

com

mon

pla

nnin

g an

d to

dis

cuss

prob

lem

s re

leva

nt to

a c

omm

on te

am o

f stu

dent

s. T

hird

, the

re a

re n

o tr

avel

issu

esbe

twee

n bu

ildin

gs n

or is

ther

e a

disp

arity

in th

e am

ount

of t

ime

spen

t in

each

set

ting.

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akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

Figu

re 2

. Dia

gram

of a

trad

ition

al m

odel

for s

tude

nt te

achi

ng s

prea

d ov

er 1

6 w

eeks

and

som

e of

its

adva

ntag

es.

Reg

ardl

ess

of th

ese

bene

fits,

sho

rtco

min

gs to

this

trad

ition

al a

rran

gem

ent m

ust

be n

oted

. Fi

rst,

“the

sho

rt d

urat

ion

of th

e pr

eser

vice

per

iod

limits

its

impa

ct”

and

the

requ

isite

“cr

itica

l exa

min

atio

n of

one

’s id

eolo

gy a

nd it

s re

latio

nshi

p to

pra

ctic

e ta

kes

time”

(Pat

ters

on &

Luf

t, 20

04, p

. 140

). S

ix to

eig

ht w

eeks

, whi

le n

ot w

ithou

t val

ue, i

sno

t lon

g en

ough

for p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs to

“un

ders

tand

the

rela

tions

hip

of b

elie

fs a

ndpr

actic

es a

nd th

eir i

nter

actio

n” (P

atte

rson

& L

uft,

2004

, p. 1

41).

Sec

ond,

exp

erie

nce

sugg

ests

the

seco

nd b

lock

of t

ime

in th

is a

rran

gem

ent i

s le

ss s

atis

fyin

g fo

r bot

h st

uden

tte

ache

r and

cla

ssro

om te

ache

r. S

tude

nt te

ache

rs c

ompl

ain

they

hav

e no

ow

ners

hip

of th

ecl

ass;

they

are

sim

ply

enac

ting

the

less

ons

of th

e co

oper

atin

g te

ache

r (C

T) l

esso

ns.

“She

wan

ts m

e to

teac

h he

r cla

ss”

com

plai

ned

one

stud

ent t

each

er (q

uote

d in

Bul

loug

h et

al.,

2002

, p. 7

2).

For m

any

CT

s th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

s ap

pear

to o

nly

wan

t “to

par

rot”

wha

tth

ey o

bser

ve (S

chlo

sser

, Lile

s, &

DuP

re, 2

007)

.B

elie

ving

a lo

nger

exp

erie

nce

wou

ld p

rodu

ce g

reat

er b

enef

its fo

r pre

serv

ice

teac

hers

, the

ado

lesc

ent e

duca

tion

facu

lty (r

epre

sent

ing

Eng

lish,

mat

h, s

cien

ce a

nd s

ocia

lst

udie

s) a

t Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity d

ecid

ed to

do

som

ethi

ng d

iffer

ent.

Inst

ead

of d

ivid

ing

the

sem

este

r int

o ha

lves

for s

tude

nt te

achi

ng, w

e di

vide

d th

e da

y in

to h

alve

s fo

r tea

chin

gat

bot

h th

e m

iddl

e sc

hool

and

hig

h sc

hool

leve

ls.

Rec

ogni

zing

our

form

er c

onfig

urat

ion

was

now

inad

equa

te, w

e ex

plor

ed th

e po

ssib

ility

of a

full-

day

expe

rien

ce w

ith o

urst

uden

t tea

cher

s sp

endi

ng a

hal

f-da

y at

the

high

sch

ool l

evel

and

a h

alf-

day

at th

e m

iddl

esc

hool

leve

l (Fi

gure

3).

By

doin

g th

is, w

e co

uld

mai

ntai

n th

e ad

vant

ages

that

we

belie

ved

wer

e pr

esen

t in

our e

arlie

r mod

el, a

nd a

t the

sam

e tim

e w

e co

uld

ensu

re o

urco

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e ne

w s

tate

regu

latio

ns.

How

ever

, our

mot

ivat

ion

was

mor

e th

an

Wee

k 1

Wee

k 16

Eig

ht W

eeks

in th

e Fi

rst

Seco

ndar

y Pl

acem

ent

• Fu

ll-da

y ex

peri

ence

at b

oth

leve

ls• A

ble

to p

artic

ipat

e in

team

mee

tings

at m

iddl

e sc

hool

• Ava

ilabl

e al

l day

to h

elp

stud

ents

• B

ette

r abl

e to

par

ticip

ate

in s

choo

l act

iviti

es

Seco

nd E

ight

Wee

ks in

the

Nex

t Sec

onda

ry S

ettin

g

66M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

mer

e co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith s

tate

regu

latio

ns.

We

wan

ted

an e

xper

ienc

e th

at w

ould

be

mor

ebe

nefi

cial

for o

ur s

tude

nts

than

trad

ition

al e

ight

-wee

k pl

acem

ents

. W

e w

ante

d on

e th

atw

ould

min

imiz

e th

e ar

tific

ial n

atur

e of

an

adm

itted

ly a

rtif

icia

l exp

erie

nce,

one

that

wou

ldfa

cilit

ate

“the

gro

wth

of t

he p

rosp

ectiv

e te

ache

r thr

ough

exp

erie

nce,

refl

ectio

n, a

nd s

elf-

exam

inat

ion”

(McI

ntyr

e, B

oyd,

& F

oxx,

199

6, p

. 172

). A

t eac

h le

vel,

our s

tude

ntte

ache

rs w

ould

be

resp

onsi

ble

for a

t lea

st o

ne c

lass

. A

t the

dis

cret

ion

of th

e co

oper

atin

gte

ache

rs th

ey c

ould

teac

h ad

ditio

nal s

ectio

ns o

f the

sam

e co

urse

. T

hey

wou

ld a

lso

have

adu

ty a

t one

of t

he s

ites.

Our

stu

dent

s w

ould

thus

onl

y be

resp

onsi

ble

for t

wo

prep

ara-

tions

and

cou

ld, b

y th

e en

d of

thei

r pra

ctic

um, t

each

four

or f

ive

clas

ses

or th

e eq

uiva

lent

of a

full

teac

hing

load

.T

he g

oals

for t

his

diff

eren

t app

roac

h w

ere

to h

ave

our s

tude

nts

max

imiz

e th

epo

tent

ial b

enef

its o

f wor

king

in b

oth

setti

ngs

for t

hem

selv

es a

nd fo

r the

stu

dent

s th

eyw

ould

be

teac

hing

. T

his

new

par

adig

m fo

r stu

dent

teac

hing

see

med

to o

ffer

a g

reat

ernu

mbe

r of b

enef

its th

an d

id th

e tr

aditi

onal

con

figu

ratio

n. T

he p

robl

em th

en b

ecam

e ho

ww

e w

ere

to p

rese

nt th

is to

the

CT

s w

ho w

orke

d w

ith o

ur s

tude

nts.

Wee

k 1

Wee

k 16

Full-

Sem

este

r Stu

dent

Tea

chin

g at

Hig

h Sc

hool

Lev

el (H

alf D

ay)

• N

earl

y ha

lf y

ear o

f les

son

plan

s at

two

leve

ls

• C

an s

ee g

row

th o

f stu

dent

s ov

er a

qua

rter

and

a h

alf

• D

evel

opin

g lo

ng-t

erm

rela

tions

hips

with

thei

r stu

dent

s

• C

an s

ee a

nd b

e pa

rt o

f sta

rt o

f sch

ool y

ear a

t bot

h le

vels

• G

et a

bet

ter s

ense

of t

he s

choo

l cul

ture

in tw

o se

tting

s

• Will

be

resp

onsi

ble

for s

eein

g st

uden

ts c

ompl

ete

a m

arki

ng p

erio

d an

d be

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r com

putin

g gr

ades

• H

ave

a m

ore

real

istic

teac

hing

exp

erie

nce

at tw

o le

vels

• H

ave

mor

e tim

e to

dev

elop

ped

agog

ical

ski

lls a

t bot

h le

vels

Full-

Sem

este

Stu

dent

Tea

chin

g at

Mid

dle-

Scho

ol L

evel

(Hal

f Day

)

Fig

ure

3. D

iagr

am o

f cur

rent

Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity m

odel

for s

tude

nt te

achi

ng w

ithso

me

of it

s ad

vant

ages

.

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akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

Mak

ing

the

Cas

e fo

r C

hang

e

By

mak

ing

this

cha

nge,

we

knew

we

had

to p

ersu

ade

the

coop

erat

ing

teac

hers

of t

heva

lue

of d

oing

so.

Add

ition

ally

, by

doub

ling

the

teac

hing

ass

ignm

ents

, we

wer

e al

sodo

ublin

g ou

r nee

d fo

r CT

s. A

s a

facu

lty, w

e ne

eded

to m

ake

a co

nvin

cing

cas

e fo

rse

lect

ing

this

man

ner o

f fac

ilita

ting

stud

ent t

each

ing

inst

ead

of re

lyin

g on

the

mor

etr

aditi

onal

app

roac

h.T

he re

ason

s fo

r im

plem

entin

g th

is m

odel

wer

e se

vera

l. F

irst

, we

wan

ted

to m

aint

ain

the

adva

ntag

es o

f our

old

app

roac

h, e

spec

ially

stu

dent

teac

hers

dev

elop

ing

a ne

arly

sem

este

r-lo

ng re

latio

nshi

p w

ith th

eir s

tude

nts.

Add

ition

ally

, we

thou

ght i

t adv

anta

geou

sth

at th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

s be

gan

the

year

in b

oth

site

s to

witn

ess—

or p

artic

ipat

e in

—tw

odi

ffer

ent s

choo

l ope

ning

s. T

here

wou

ld b

e tw

o di

ffer

ent b

uild

ing

cultu

res,

two

diff

eren

tap

proa

ches

em

ploy

ed b

y th

e C

Ts

to o

pen

thei

r aca

dem

ic y

ears

, and

, of c

ours

e, tw

odi

ffer

ent c

lass

env

iron

men

ts.

Thi

s w

ould

ena

ble

the

stud

ent t

each

ers

to o

bser

ve th

est

reng

ths

and

adva

ntag

es to

the

diff

eren

t sty

les

used

that

wou

ld fa

cilit

ate

the

earl

yde

velo

pmen

t of t

heir

ow

n ap

proa

ches

. Fu

rthe

rmor

e, th

ey w

ould

be

part

of t

he c

lass

room

ecol

ogy

from

the

very

firs

t day

in b

oth

setti

ngs

rath

er th

an e

nter

ing

one

(the

sec

ond

plac

emen

t) in

mid

-sem

este

r. In

the

latte

r ins

tanc

e, th

e st

uden

ts w

ould

be

“run

ning

at f

ull

spee

d” a

fter

sev

en o

r eig

ht w

eeks

toge

ther

. T

he c

lass

room

cul

ture

wou

ld a

lrea

dy b

ees

tabl

ishe

d in

clud

ing

a cl

earl

y de

fined

sys

tem

for c

lass

room

man

agem

ent.

Mea

nwhi

le,

the

stud

ent t

each

ers

wou

ld b

e en

teri

ng th

e cl

ass

and

esse

ntia

lly b

e st

artin

g at

wee

k on

e in

term

s of

lear

ning

the

nam

es o

f stu

dent

s, a

cclim

atin

g to

the

lear

ning

env

iron

men

t, an

des

tabl

ishi

ng th

emse

lves

in th

eir r

oles

as

teac

hers

. A

s B

ullo

ugh

and

colle

ague

s (2

002)

put

it, th

e m

ajor

issu

e fo

r stu

dent

teac

hers

in th

is s

ituat

ion

is “

to fi

t int

o th

e es

tabl

ishe

dcu

rric

ulum

” (p

. 72)

. In

this

situ

atio

n, o

ur s

tude

nts

wou

ld c

lear

ly b

e pe

rcei

ved

as v

isito

rsw

ho w

ere

stud

ent t

each

ing

an e

stab

lishe

d cu

rric

ulum

rath

er th

an a

s te

ache

rs c

harg

edw

ith d

efin

ing

and

enac

ting

the

curr

icul

um.

A s

econ

d re

ason

for i

mpl

emen

ting

this

pro

gram

was

our

bel

ief t

hat o

ur m

odel

wou

lden

able

the

stud

ent t

each

ers

to b

ette

r est

ablis

h au

then

tic re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith th

eir s

tude

nts

and,

not

coi

ncid

enta

lly, w

ith th

eir C

Ts.

In

the

trad

ition

al m

odel

, jus

t as

they

are

gai

ning

acce

ptan

ce a

nd b

ecom

ing

conf

iden

t in

thei

r rol

e in

the

first

set

ting,

they

are

rem

oved

and

need

to s

tart

ove

r at t

he s

econ

d pl

acem

ent.

The

re is

no

sens

e of

con

tinui

ty.

Oft

enst

uden

t tea

cher

s fi

nd th

emse

lves

mer

ely

mir

rori

ng le

sson

s an

d st

rate

gies

em

ploy

ed b

yth

eir C

Ts.

Bey

er (1

987)

has

des

crib

ed h

ow “

stud

ent t

each

ers

tend

to a

ccep

t the

pra

ctic

esth

ey o

bser

ve in

thei

r fie

ld p

lace

men

ts…

as a

mod

el fo

r acc

epte

d pr

actic

e” (p

. 21)

. In

the

trad

ition

al m

odel

, stu

dent

teac

hers

oft

en fe

el p

ress

ured

to c

ontin

ue in

the

mod

e es

tab-

lishe

d by

the

CT

—to

per

petu

ate

this

sty

le o

f tea

chin

g—so

as

not t

o di

srup

t the

CT

’scl

assr

oom

. T

his

is a

less

edu

cativ

e ex

peri

ence

for s

tude

nt te

ache

rs a

s th

ey a

re le

ss li

kely

to tr

y to

impl

emen

t wha

t the

y ha

ve le

arne

d in

thei

r met

hods

cla

sses

. Fu

rthe

rmor

e, in

such

an

envi

ronm

ent,

it is

incr

easi

ngly

like

ly th

at “

a st

uden

t tea

cher

ass

umes

that

out

side

forc

es d

eter

min

e st

anda

rds,

that

peo

ple

conf

orm

to e

stab

lishe

d pr

actic

es, a

nd th

at p

eopl

efo

llow

man

date

s ha

nded

dow

n by

thos

e in

aut

hori

ty”

(McI

ntyr

e, B

oyd,

& F

oxx,

199

6, p

.17

2). T

his

beha

vior

of b

eing

a fo

llow

er m

ay, t

here

fore

, be

pass

ed o

n to

his

or h

erst

uden

ts.

The

mod

el w

e ad

opte

d en

able

s ou

r stu

dent

teac

hers

to s

ee g

reat

er c

ontin

uity

inth

e cu

rric

ulum

than

whe

n th

ey o

nly

wor

k w

ith s

even

or e

ight

wee

ks o

f it.

Thi

s lo

nger

expe

rien

ce a

lso

affo

rds

a gr

eate

r opp

ortu

nity

to o

bser

ve d

evel

opm

enta

l cha

nges

in th

eir

stud

ents

and

the

peda

gogi

cal r

esul

ts fr

om th

eir t

each

ing.

In

both

set

tings

they

will

hav

ebe

en re

spon

sibl

e fo

r the

“re

al s

tuff

” of

teac

hing

(e.g

., at

tend

ance

, dis

cipl

ine,

cla

ssro

omm

anag

emen

t, an

d gr

adin

g) fo

r at l

east

one

qua

rter

. Thi

s af

ford

s th

em g

reat

er c

redi

bilit

yw

ith b

oth

stud

ents

and

par

ents

. In

som

e m

iddl

e sc

hool

s st

uden

ts re

ceiv

e re

port

car

ds

68M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

ever

y si

x w

eeks

. O

ur s

tude

nt te

ache

rs, t

here

fore

, will

hav

e th

e op

port

unity

to b

e w

ithth

eir c

lass

es th

roug

h tw

o gr

adin

g pe

riod

s. W

ilson

, Flo

den,

and

Fer

rini

-Mun

dy (2

002)

foun

d th

at p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs w

hose

pra

ctic

um e

xper

ienc

e la

sted

a fu

ll ye

ar “

wer

e m

ore

satis

fied

with

teac

hing

and

with

thei

r tea

cher

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m”

(p. 1

96).

Whi

le o

urco

nfig

urat

ion

is n

ot fo

r a fu

ll ye

ar, i

t off

ers

mor

e of

the

bene

fits

Wil

son

and

her

col-

leag

ues

desc

ribe

than

wou

ld a

sev

en-

or e

ight

-wee

k ex

peri

ence

.O

ur th

ird

reas

on fo

r im

plem

entin

g th

e pr

ogra

m w

as th

at o

ur s

tude

nt te

ache

rs b

enef

itfr

om te

achi

ng n

earl

y a

full

half

-yea

r of t

heir

resp

ectiv

e N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e E

duca

tion

Dep

artm

ent (

NY

SED

) cur

ricu

la a

t bot

h le

vels

. T

his

is fi

rst-

hand

exp

erie

ntia

l lea

rnin

gth

at m

eans

they

will

hav

e tw

o se

ts o

f les

son

plan

s—on

e at

eac

h le

vel—

that

may

be

usef

ul in

thei

r fut

ure

care

ers.

Whe

n co

mpa

red

to s

eein

g ap

prox

imat

ely

one

quar

ter o

fea

ch c

urri

culu

m u

nder

the

trad

ition

al m

odel

, our

app

roac

h of

fers

real

ben

efits

in th

isre

gard

. A

gain

, the

re is

incr

ease

d co

ntin

uity

of l

earn

ing

on th

eir p

art.

Thi

s lo

nger

expe

rien

ce a

lso

faci

litat

es o

ur p

ract

icum

stu

dent

s de

velo

ping

str

onge

r ped

agog

ical

ski

llsat

bot

h le

vels

and

allo

ws

for g

reat

er e

xper

imen

tatio

n w

ith te

achi

ng s

trat

egie

s th

ey h

ave

lear

ned

in th

eir m

etho

ds c

lass

es.

The

long

er te

nure

at b

oth

leve

ls in

crea

ses

oppo

rtun

ities

for i

mpr

oved

teac

hing

per

form

ance

, ref

lect

ion,

and

pro

fess

iona

l gro

wth

.Fo

urth

, our

stu

dent

s w

ill g

ain

a cl

eare

r pic

ture

of t

he d

iffer

ing

acad

emic

and

soc

ial

dem

ands

that

exi

st a

t the

mid

dle-

and

hig

h-sc

hool

leve

ls.

The

y w

ill g

ain

a be

tter

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

deve

lopm

enta

l diff

eren

ces,

of t

he d

iffer

ing

skill

s re

quir

ed, a

nd o

fth

e va

ried

ped

agog

ical

str

ateg

ies

requ

ired

in m

iddl

e- a

nd h

igh-

scho

ol c

lass

room

s.A

dditi

onal

ly, t

hey

may

ser

ve a

s po

tent

ial c

ondu

its o

f inf

orm

atio

n be

twee

n m

iddl

e- a

ndhi

gh-s

choo

l tea

cher

s an

d cu

rric

ula.

Pra

ctiti

oner

s fr

eque

ntly

com

plai

n th

ere

are

not

enou

gh o

ppor

tuni

ties

to d

iscu

ss c

urri

cula

r an

d/or

ped

agog

ical

issu

es w

ith

thei

rco

lleag

ues

in th

eir b

uild

ings

, let

alo

ne a

cros

s gr

ade

leve

ls (s

ee, f

or e

xam

ple,

Cor

cora

n,19

95).

Thi

s fa

ct is

als

o co

nfir

med

by

part

icip

ants

in s

umm

er w

orks

hops

for s

ocia

l stu

dies

teac

hers

spo

nsor

ed b

y th

e C

ente

r fo

r Te

achi

ng A

mer

ican

His

tory

at B

ingh

amto

nU

nive

rsity

from

200

2 to

200

6.

On

the

eval

uatio

n in

stru

men

t I a

dmin

iste

r at t

he c

lose

of

the

wee

k-lo

ng w

orks

hops

, the

teac

hers

freq

uent

ly c

omm

ent t

hat s

uch

oppo

rtun

ities

for

prof

essi

onal

dis

cuss

ions

are

rare

yet

ver

y pr

oduc

tive

whe

n th

ey d

o oc

cur.

Our

stu

dent

sca

n m

ake

bette

r con

nect

ions

bet

wee

n th

e gr

ade

leve

ls a

nd a

lso

beco

me

mor

e fa

mili

arw

ith tw

o di

stin

ct c

urri

cula

. W

e ex

pect

, the

refo

re, t

hat o

ur s

tude

nt te

ache

rs w

ill b

e ab

le to

bette

r ser

ve th

e st

uden

ts th

ey te

ach

at b

oth

leve

ls.

Fina

lly, t

his

exte

nded

exp

erie

nce

in b

oth

setti

ngs

will

faci

litat

e ou

r stu

dent

teac

hers

in a

cqui

ring

a s

ense

of t

wo

diff

eren

t sch

ool c

ultu

res

and

clim

ate.

Thi

s ca

n he

lp th

em g

eta

sens

e of

any

teac

hing

pre

fere

nce

they

may

hav

e fo

r tho

se p

artic

ular

gra

de le

vels

. A

lso,

the

two

prin

cipa

ls in

the

diff

eren

t set

tings

wou

ld h

ave

incr

ease

d op

port

uniti

es to

obs

erve

thei

r tea

chin

g an

d as

sess

thei

r per

form

ance

for p

ossi

ble

hiri

ng in

the

futu

re.

The

seob

serv

atio

ns w

ould

pro

vide

add

ition

al c

onst

ruct

ive

feed

back

for t

he s

tude

nt te

ache

rs to

use

in re

flec

ting

on th

eir w

ork.

Eac

h un

iver

sity

sup

ervi

sor

for

the

resp

ectiv

e di

scip

line

s ut

iliz

ed th

ese

argu

men

tsw

hen

cont

acti

ng th

e co

oper

atin

g te

ache

rs in

the

late

spr

ing

in a

ntic

ipat

ion

of th

eup

com

ing

fall

sem

este

r. T

ypic

ally

, len

gthy

lett

ers

wer

e se

nt d

escr

ibin

g th

e ex

pect

a-ti

ons

for

the

CT

s, th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

s, a

nd th

e un

iver

sity

sup

ervi

sors

. In

clud

ed in

this

lett

er w

as a

des

crip

tion

of

our

new

con

figu

rati

on a

nd a

lso

the

rati

onal

e ba

sed

onth

e pr

eced

ing

reas

ons.

Fee

dbac

k w

as m

ixed

, but

we

pres

sed

forw

ard.

A m

ajor

ity

ofth

e pl

acem

ents

wer

e m

ade

acco

rdin

g to

this

new

con

figu

rati

on.

Page 40: NYACTE · Message from the Presidents of NYACTE and NYSATE Robert J. Michael Jerry Rivera-Wilson Page vii Notes from the Editor Cynthia A. Lassonde Page ix Reports of Research and

69M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

Eva

luat

ing

Our

Pra

ctic

um to

Dat

e

Stre

ngth

s

At B

ingh

amto

n U

nive

rsity

we

have

use

d th

is c

onfig

urat

ion

for t

he p

ract

icum

for f

ive

cycl

es (a

gain

, fal

l sem

este

rs o

nly)

and

bel

ieve

our

pro

gram

has

bee

n ve

ry s

ucce

ssfu

l.T

his

is n

ot to

say

ther

e ar

e no

t pro

blem

s. O

vera

ll, w

e ar

e co

nvin

ced

this

des

ign

for

stud

ent t

each

ing

offe

rs m

ore

adva

ntag

es th

an th

e tr

aditi

onal

mod

el.

We

have

foun

d th

e ad

vant

ages

we

antic

ipat

ed a

s ou

tline

d in

the

prev

ious

sec

tion

have

, in

fact

, bee

n th

e ca

se.

Our

stu

dent

s in

thes

e ha

lf-d

ay a

rran

gem

ents

hav

eex

peri

ence

d a

full

15- o

r 16-

wee

k ex

peri

ence

in tw

o di

stin

ct s

ettin

gs in

whi

ch th

ey h

ave

deve

lope

d le

sson

pla

ns fo

r nea

rly

half

a s

choo

l yea

r for

two

leve

ls.

The

y ha

ve b

enef

ited

from

the

long

er e

xpos

ure

to tw

o di

ffer

ent c

lass

room

env

iron

men

ts.

“I li

ked

it. I

thin

k I

lear

ned

a lo

t. D

ave

and

Terr

y ha

ve v

ery

diff

eren

t sty

les

but I

thin

k I l

earn

ed fr

om e

ach

ofth

em”

a fo

rmer

stu

dent

told

me.

The

y ha

ve d

evel

oped

long

-ter

m re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith b

oth

facu

lty a

nd s

tude

nts

in tw

o se

tting

s an

d ha

ve b

een

resp

onsi

ble

for d

eter

min

ing

stud

ent

grad

es fo

r one

and

one

-hal

f qua

rter

s. S

tude

nts

in th

eir c

lass

es, t

here

fore

, hav

e co

me

tose

e th

em a

s “t

each

ers”

mor

e th

an a

s “s

tude

nt te

ache

rs.”

Thi

s al

igns

nic

ely

with

the

wor

kof

McI

ntyr

e, B

oyd,

and

Fox

(199

6) w

ho fo

und

that

long

er s

tude

nt te

achi

ng e

xper

ienc

es“h

elpe

d st

uden

ts d

evel

op c

onfid

ence

and

sel

f-es

teem

” as

wel

l as

“a b

ette

r und

erst

andi

ngof

teac

hers

’ act

ions

, cur

ricu

lum

, and

stu

dent

beh

avio

r.” (p

. 175

). O

ne o

f my

stud

ent

teac

hers

told

me

that

whi

le

…it

was

a p

ain

to ra

ce fr

om th

e hi

gh s

choo

l to

my

mid

dle

scho

ol p

lace

men

t, in

the

end

I was

bet

ter a

ble

to d

eal w

ith m

y hi

gh s

choo

lers

. I d

on’t

thin

k I w

ould

hav

ebe

en a

ble

to g

et th

em to

coo

pera

te a

nd w

ork

if I

was

ther

e fo

r onl

y ei

ght w

eeks

.

Stud

ent t

each

ers

also

hav

e es

sent

ially

four

mon

ths

to b

e ob

serv

ed b

y th

eir c

oope

ratin

gte

ache

rs, t

he u

nive

rsity

sup

ervi

sors

, and

sch

ool a

dmin

istr

ator

s. F

or e

xam

ple,

one

form

erst

uden

t tol

d m

e th

at “

in a

dditi

on to

Kir

k [t

he C

T] i

n a

thre

e-w

eek

span

I w

as o

bser

ved

byD

oug

[the

dep

artm

ent c

hair

] and

bot

h th

e hi

gh-s

choo

l and

mid

dle-

scho

ol p

rinc

ipal

s.”T

his

affo

rds

mul

tiple

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r con

stru

ctiv

e cr

itici

sm o

f the

ir w

ork

and

enha

nces

thei

r pro

spec

ts fo

r fut

ure

empl

oym

ent.

Fro

m th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

e of

the

univ

ersi

ty s

uper

viso

r, th

is a

rran

gem

ent w

orks

bet

ter

beca

use

ther

e is

a g

reat

er w

indo

w o

f op

port

unit

y to

obs

erve

the

stud

ent t

each

ers

than

in th

e tr

adit

iona

l mod

el.

Spe

akin

g fr

om p

erso

nal e

xper

ienc

e, d

ue to

hea

lth

conc

erns

, I w

as n

ot a

ble

to b

e ou

t in

the

field

for n

earl

y si

x w

eeks

in th

e fa

ll of

200

5. I

nth

ose

case

s in

whi

ch s

tude

nts

wer

e do

ing

bloc

ks o

f eig

ht w

eeks

eac

h, I

was

una

ble

to s

eeth

em in

thos

e se

tting

s an

d lo

st v

alua

ble

obse

rvat

ion

time.

Thi

s de

priv

ed th

e st

uden

tte

ache

rs o

f my

feed

back

on

thei

r pro

gres

s. I

n th

ose

setti

ngs

in w

hich

stu

dent

s w

ere

teac

hing

hal

f day

s fo

r the

ent

ire

sem

este

r (an

d re

ally

two

to th

ree

wee

ks m

ore)

, I d

id n

otha

ve th

is p

robl

em. I

cou

ld e

asily

sch

edul

e la

ter o

bser

vatio

ns a

t bot

h lo

catio

ns.

Fur

ther

evi

denc

e of

the

succ

ess

of th

is m

odel

com

es f

rom

the

stud

ents

them

-se

lves

. T

his

was

true

of

stud

ents

who

wor

ked

the

half

-day

arr

ange

men

t as

wel

l as

thos

e w

ho d

id n

ot.

One

of

my

stud

ent t

each

ers

put i

t wel

l whe

n sh

e to

ld m

e th

ator

igin

ally

she

was

thri

lled

to b

e w

orki

ng in

two

sett

ings

as

she

pref

erre

d ei

ght w

eeks

at a

tim

e in

eac

h pl

acem

ent.

How

ever

, at o

ur e

nd o

f th

e pr

acti

cum

deb

rief

ing,

she

told

me

she

“was

env

ious

” of

thos

e w

ho h

ad b

een

in th

e ha

lf-d

ay a

rran

gem

ent.

70M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

I was

just

get

ting

to k

now

the

kids

and

est

ablis

h m

ysel

f, w

hen

I had

to p

ick

upan

d le

ave.

The

n I h

ad to

sta

rt a

ll ov

er a

gain

and

by

the

time

I was

get

ting

to h

ave

a re

al ra

ppor

t with

them

, I w

as fi

nish

ed.

Thi

s st

uden

t was

not

the

only

one

to e

xpre

ss th

is fr

ustr

atio

n w

ith th

e tr

aditi

onal

stu

dent

teac

hing

exp

erie

nce.

To b

e ho

nest

, the

rush

ing

from

the

high

scho

ol to

the

mid

dle

scho

ol w

as a

prob

lem

.B

ut I

am g

lad

I had

the

half

day

plac

emen

ts b

ecau

se I

thin

k I g

ot a

bette

r fee

l for

the

two

leve

ls o

f tea

chin

g. I

thin

k it

help

ed m

e to

dec

ide

I pre

fer t

each

ing

high

scho

ol.

In s

um, m

y ex

peri

ence

has

bee

n th

at s

tude

nts

enjo

y a

broa

der e

xper

ienc

e th

at e

nhan

ces

thei

r pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t. T

hey

grow

in tw

o se

tting

s an

d ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

rst

artin

g ou

t a s

choo

l yea

r and

mai

ntai

ning

app

ropr

iate

cla

ssro

om m

anag

emen

t and

disc

iplin

e in

eac

h. I

n th

e tr

aditi

onal

con

figur

atio

n, th

e se

cond

of t

he tw

o bl

ocks

of t

ime

is e

spec

ially

art

ific

ial a

s th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

inhe

rits

a c

lass

room

env

iron

men

t tha

t has

alre

ady

been

est

ablis

hed.

He

or s

he is

real

ly “

play

ing”

teac

her r

athe

r tha

n te

achi

ng.

As

Bul

loug

h (1

989)

has

not

ed, i

n th

is e

nvir

onm

ent “

plan

ning

for m

anag

emen

t obv

ious

lyw

as n

ot re

quir

ed, s

ince

she

ent

ered

a c

lass

room

alr

eady

reas

onab

ly w

ell r

outin

ized

,pe

rhap

s ru

le b

ound

, whe

re s

tude

nt p

assi

vity

was

muc

h m

ore

of a

pro

blem

than

act

ing

out”

(p. 1

42).

McI

ntyr

e, B

oyd,

and

Fox

x (1

996)

foun

d th

at a

yea

r-lo

ng e

xten

ded

stud

ent

teac

hing

exp

erie

nce

“hel

ped

stud

ents

dev

elop

con

fiden

ce a

nd s

elf-

este

em”

and

“a b

ette

run

ders

tand

ing

of te

ache

rs a

ctio

ns, c

urri

culu

m, a

nd s

tude

nt b

ehav

ior”

(p. 1

75).

Whi

le th

eco

nfig

urat

ion

espo

used

by

Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity is

onl

y ha

lf th

at, w

e be

lieve

it is

cert

ainl

y be

tter t

han

a pr

actic

um th

at la

sts

only

eig

ht w

eeks

. St

uden

ts e

xper

ienc

ed th

e“g

row

ing

pain

s” o

f wor

king

and

lear

ning

on

a da

ily b

asis

in tw

o di

ffer

ent s

ettin

gs fo

rw

hich

they

wer

e re

spon

sibl

e.

Pro

blem

atic

Con

cern

s

Whi

le w

e be

lieve

this

new

mod

el to

be

bette

r tha

n th

e tr

aditi

onal

mod

el, t

hat i

s no

t to

say

ther

e ar

e no

t pro

blem

s w

ith it

. Fi

rst,

by d

ivid

ing

the

stud

ent t

each

er’s

day

into

two

part

s, th

e ne

w m

odel

rest

rict

s th

eir t

ime

to b

e av

aila

ble

to th

e st

uden

ts th

ey te

ach.

Obv

ious

ly, t

hey

are

only

ava

ilabl

e fo

r the

per

iods

of t

he d

ay th

ey a

re in

the

build

ing.

The

se m

ay n

ot c

oinc

ide

wel

l with

the

peri

ods

stud

ents

are

free

to c

ome

to th

em fo

r hel

por

to m

ake

up w

ork.

As

one

CT

put

it, “

the

prob

lem

is P

ete

is s

o de

dica

ted

and

he w

ants

to b

e th

ere

for t

he k

ids.

But

with

his

sch

edul

e he

has

to ru

sh o

ut o

f her

e to

get

to [t

hem

iddl

e sc

hool

] on

time.

”T

his

can

be c

ompl

icat

ed b

y a

seco

nd fa

ctor

; nam

ely,

it is

rare

for a

per

son

to h

ave

exac

tly a

hal

f-da

y in

one

set

ting

and

a ha

lf-d

ay in

the

othe

r. T

ypic

ally

, a s

tude

nt te

ache

ris

in o

ne b

uild

ing

for f

ive

or s

ix p

erio

ds a

nd in

the

seco

nd fo

r tw

o or

thre

e (a

ssum

ing

atr

adit

iona

l eig

ht-

or n

ine-

peri

od d

ay is

in p

lace

). M

iddl

e-sc

hool

and

hig

h-sc

hool

sche

dule

s us

ually

run

at d

iffer

ent t

imes

, and

this

can

cau

se th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

s to

eith

erru

sh o

ut o

r be

rush

ing

in to

mak

e it

to th

eir n

ext a

ssig

nmen

t on

time.

In

man

y of

our

plac

emen

ts, t

he m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh s

choo

l sha

re th

e sa

me

cam

pus

and

in c

ases

whe

re th

eydo

not

, it u

sual

ly is

not

mor

e th

an a

ten-

min

ute

driv

e fo

r the

m.

Still

, the

arr

ange

men

t can

be s

omew

hat p

robl

emat

ic b

ecau

se o

f the

se s

ched

ule

diff

eren

ces.

“I k

now

you

pre

fer

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71M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

your

arr

ange

men

t,” a

form

er s

tude

nt te

ache

r sai

d, “

but p

erso

nally

I h

ated

it.

I rar

ely

had

time

to m

eet w

ith s

tude

nts

in o

ne p

lace

and

get

to m

y ot

her p

lace

men

t on

time.

” L

ike-

wis

e so

me

CT

s co

mpl

aine

d of

not

bei

ng a

ble

to e

asily

mee

t with

thei

r stu

dent

teac

hers

.“M

y sc

hedu

le is

so

wei

rd th

is y

ear,

that

by

the

time

I hav

e a

prep

per

iod

to s

it an

d ta

lk to

Pete

, he

has

alre

ady

left

for t

he m

iddl

e sc

hool

.” O

f cou

rse

it sh

ould

be

note

d, to

o, th

atth

ere

are

inst

ance

s in

whi

ch a

sec

onda

ry te

ache

r’s

wor

kday

is s

plit

betw

een

high

-sch

ool

and

mid

dle-

scho

ol a

ssig

nmen

ts s

o ou

r arr

ange

men

t of t

he p

ract

icum

is n

ot to

tally

unre

alis

tic.

The

fina

l, an

d pr

obab

ly th

e m

ost s

igni

fican

t, pr

oble

m w

e ha

ve e

ncou

nter

ed is

the

resi

stan

ce o

n th

e pa

rt o

f som

e co

oper

atin

g te

ache

rs to

try

this

new

mod

el.

Wils

on,

Flod

en, a

nd F

erri

ni-M

undy

(200

2) h

ave

foun

d th

at “

coop

erat

ing

teac

hers

hav

e a

pow

er-

ful i

nflu

ence

on

the

natu

re o

f the

stu

dent

teac

hing

exp

erie

nce”

(p. 1

95).

Thi

s sh

ould

not

com

e as

a s

urpr

ise.

How

ever

, a c

onse

quen

ce o

f thi

s in

flue

nce

is “

stud

ent t

each

ers

tend

not t

o ro

ck th

e bo

at in

the

clas

sroo

ms

in w

hich

they

are

pla

ced”

(p. 1

95).

The

resi

stan

ceto

our

new

con

figur

atio

n of

the

prac

ticum

has

bee

n es

peci

ally

the

case

with

mid

dle-

scho

ol te

ache

rs.

The

ir ra

tiona

le fo

r pre

ferr

ing

the

trad

ition

al s

truc

ture

is th

eir b

elie

f tha

tth

e st

uden

t tea

cher

ben

efits

mor

e fr

om b

eing

in th

e sa

me

setti

ng fo

r the

full

day

and

that

this

mor

e cl

osel

y ap

prox

imat

es th

e liv

ed e

xper

ienc

e of

teac

hers

. O

ne C

T to

ld m

e:

You

kno

w, I

like

the

old

way

of d

oing

stu

dent

teac

hing

. I t

hink

it is

impo

rtan

tth

at th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

get

s a

sens

e of

wha

t a fu

ll da

y of

teac

hing

is li

ke.

Bes

ides

, with

my

sche

dule

I ca

n ge

t a c

hanc

e to

talk

to h

im th

is w

ay.

I sus

pect

, too

, tha

t mos

t tea

cher

s th

emse

lves

wen

t thr

ough

pro

gram

s th

at w

ere

of th

eei

ght-

wee

k/ei

ght-

wee

k (o

r a s

imila

r con

figur

atio

n) v

arie

ty. T

here

fore

, the

trad

ition

alm

odel

is m

ore

fam

iliar

to th

em.

Som

e C

Ts

have

exp

ress

ed th

eir p

refe

renc

es fo

r the

trad

ition

al a

rran

gem

ent—

and

a fe

w h

ave

insi

sted

on

it. T

his

can

mak

e as

sign

ing

plac

e-m

ents

diff

icul

t. S

ome

CT

s w

ho a

t fir

st re

sist

ed o

ur n

ew m

odel

hav

e be

en c

onve

rted

to—

or a

re a

t lea

st to

lera

nt o

f—th

is n

ew a

ppro

ach

to th

e st

uden

t tea

chin

g ex

peri

ence

. O

ther

sco

ntin

ue to

resi

st.

As

one

CT

put

it, “

I und

erst

and

wha

t you

are

say

ing.

I ju

st li

ke it

whe

n th

e pe

rson

is w

ith m

e al

l day

.”Ir

onic

ally

, as

I not

ed e

arlie

r, th

ere

is e

vide

nce

of d

issa

tisfa

ctio

n w

ith th

e tr

aditi

onal

conf

igur

atio

n on

the

part

of b

oth

clas

sroo

m te

ache

rs a

nd s

tude

nt te

ache

rs.

At a

n op

enfo

rum

rega

rdin

g st

uden

t tea

chin

g he

ld a

t the

New

Yor

k St

ate

Cou

ncil

for t

he S

ocia

lSt

udie

s (N

YSC

SS) s

ever

al te

ache

rs c

ompl

aine

d th

at e

spec

ially

in th

e se

cond

blo

ck o

fst

uden

t tea

chin

g, s

tude

nt te

ache

rs s

eem

ed c

onte

nt to

sim

ply

mim

ic w

hat t

he C

Ts

wer

edo

ing

and

lack

ed a

ny in

itiat

ive

(Sch

loss

er, L

iles,

& D

uPre

, 200

7).

A s

tude

nt te

ache

r at

the

sam

e se

ssio

n co

mm

ente

d th

at h

e fe

lt co

nstr

aine

d an

d ob

ligat

ed to

follo

w to

the

lette

rth

e di

rect

ion

set b

y th

e C

T. T

hese

com

men

ts c

orre

late

with

the

findi

ngs

of B

ullo

ugh

and

colle

ague

s (2

002)

: “L

esso

n pl

an to

pics

alm

ost a

lway

s ca

me

from

men

tor t

each

ers,

and

pres

ervi

ce te

ache

rs ra

rely

sou

ght g

reat

er c

ontr

ol o

f the

cur

ricu

lum

or m

ore

invo

lvem

ent

with

it”

(p. 7

2).

Sim

ilarl

y on

e of

my

form

er s

tude

nt te

ache

rs to

ld m

e “I

alm

ost a

lway

sus

e Je

rry’

s le

sson

pla

ns.

I mea

n he

has

a to

n of

mat

eria

ls, a

nd th

is w

ay I

am n

ot s

crew

-in

g hi

m u

p w

hen

I lea

ve.”

Ano

ther

com

pone

nt to

this

resi

stan

ce s

eem

s to

be

the

incr

ease

d pr

essu

res

of h

igh-

stak

es R

egen

ts te

stin

g an

d th

e N

o C

hild

Lef

t Beh

ind

(NC

LB

) leg

isla

tion.

Pry

or (2

006)

has

note

d “t

he n

arro

win

g of

sch

ool c

urri

culu

m a

nd a

dev

alua

tion

of p

edag

ogic

al k

now

l-ed

ge”

(p. 1

16) a

s a

resu

lt of

NC

LB

in th

e ar

ea o

f dem

ocra

tic e

duca

tiona

l pra

ctic

e. O

nedi

stri

ct a

dmin

istr

ator

told

us

teac

hers

in h

er d

istr

ict w

ere

relu

ctan

t to

wor

k w

ith s

tude

ntte

ache

rs in

gen

eral

bec

ause

they

fea

r th

e lo

ss o

f ti

me

wit

h th

eir

stud

ents

and

, not

insi

gnifi

cant

ly, a

nnua

l sum

mat

ive

eval

uatio

ns o

f tea

cher

s ar

e ba

sed

in p

art o

n st

uden

t tes

tpe

rfor

man

ce.

The

sam

e is

true

for t

each

ers

who

feel

pre

ssur

ed to

do

mor

e to

pro

duce

good

test

sco

res

and

less

to d

evel

op h

igh-

orde

r thi

nkin

g sk

ills

and

in-d

epth

lear

ning

.C

onse

quen

tly, t

each

ers

fear

that

aft

er fi

ftee

n or

six

teen

wee

ks o

ne o

r tw

o of

thei

r cla

sses

may

be

too

far a

head

or b

ehin

d th

eir o

ther

cla

sses

whe

n th

e st

uden

t tea

cher

leav

es.

Thi

sin

crea

ses

the

stre

sses

ass

ocia

ted

wit

h pr

oduc

ing

desi

rabl

e te

st d

ata

whe

n th

e ex

ami-

natio

ns a

re g

iven

in J

une.

Qui

te fr

ankl

y, th

ere

have

bee

n ca

ses

in w

hich

we

have

had

to u

tiliz

e w

hat I

hav

ere

ferr

ed to

as

the

trad

ition

al m

odel

. T

here

hav

e be

en s

ituat

ions

in w

hich

the

CT

was

so

skill

ed th

at w

e di

d no

t wan

t to

depr

ive

our s

tude

nt o

f a v

ery

valu

able

lear

ning

exp

erie

nce.

The

sec

ond

case

was

whe

n du

e to

a la

ck o

f par

ticip

atin

g C

Ts,

a s

tude

nt h

ad to

be

plac

edin

two

diff

eren

t dis

tric

ts. T

he c

omm

ute

mad

e a

half

-day

arr

ange

men

t im

poss

ible

.Fi

nally

, in

case

s w

hen

ther

e ha

s be

en a

sho

rtag

e of

pla

cem

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

we

have

, of

nece

ssit

y, p

lace

d ou

r st

uden

ts w

ith

a C

T w

ho in

sist

ed o

n th

e tr

adit

iona

l mod

el.

Obv

ious

ly, t

he n

eeds

of o

ur s

tude

nts

for p

lace

men

ts h

ad to

take

pre

cede

nce

over

any

disa

gree

men

t ove

r the

nat

ure

of th

e pr

actic

um a

ssig

nmen

t. S

ome

CT

s co

ntin

ue to

obj

ect

to o

ur p

refe

rred

mod

el, a

nd th

is is

pro

blem

atic

. H

owev

er, a

s ou

r pro

gram

bec

omes

mor

ees

tabl

ishe

d an

d m

ore

of o

ur g

radu

ates

are

wor

king

in a

rea

scho

ols,

we

antic

ipat

e le

ssre

sist

ance

and

, the

refo

re, f

ewer

inst

ance

s in

whi

ch th

e tr

aditi

onal

mod

el w

ould

be

nece

ssar

y. A

lso

as w

e “p

reac

h” th

e be

nefi

ts fo

r the

stu

dent

teac

hers

som

e co

oper

atin

gte

ache

rs h

ave

agre

ed to

try

our c

onfi

gura

tion.

Con

clus

ion

In th

eir r

evie

w o

f tea

cher

pre

para

tion,

Wils

on, F

lode

n, a

nd F

erri

ni-M

undy

(200

2)of

fer a

con

vinc

ing

argu

men

t tha

t “as

a fi

eld,

[we]

mus

t mak

e ch

ange

s th

at w

ill, i

n th

eco

min

g ye

ars,

giv

e us

a b

ette

r gro

undi

ng fo

r the

pra

ctic

es w

e be

lieve

in o

r per

haps

giv

eus

reas

ons

to re

thin

k so

me

prac

tices

” (p

. 201

). F

or p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs, t

he p

ract

icum

isar

guab

ly th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t—an

d m

ost d

iffic

ult—

com

pone

nt o

f the

ir p

repa

ratio

n. It

iscr

itica

l to

beco

min

g gr

ound

ed in

the

prof

essi

on.

Idea

lly, i

t is

an e

xper

ienc

e in

whi

chdi

scov

erin

g id

eas

for p

acin

g m

ater

ial a

nd m

anag

ing

a cl

ass

are

lear

ned.

It i

s a

time

whe

nst

uden

t tea

cher

s ar

e be

ginn

ing

to fi

nd th

eir c

lass

room

voi

ce a

nd le

arni

ng h

ow to

inte

ract

with

stu

dent

s in

way

s th

at w

ill re

sult

in th

eir d

efin

ing

appr

opri

ate

boun

dari

es.

The

Stu

dy o

f the

Edu

catio

n of

Edu

cato

rs s

urve

yed

both

facu

lty a

nd s

tude

nts

inte

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

in 1

990

and

foun

d th

at s

tude

nt te

ache

rs th

ough

t stu

dent

teac

hing

had

“th

e gr

eate

st p

oten

tial f

or c

ontr

ibut

ing

to th

eir f

utur

e su

cces

s as

teac

hers

”an

d th

at it

was

“th

e m

ost i

nter

estin

g pa

rt”

of th

eir p

repa

ratio

n (c

ited

in E

dmun

dson

,19

90, p

. 720

). It

is a

lso,

rega

rdle

ss o

f whi

ch m

odel

a te

ache

r pre

para

tion

prog

ram

follo

ws,

an

artif

icia

l atte

mpt

to p

rovi

de s

tude

nts

with

the

real

-wor

ld e

xper

ienc

e of

clas

sroo

m te

achi

ng.

Mor

e th

an 1

5 ye

ars

ago,

stu

dent

teac

hers

oft

en fo

und

they

wer

e“d

evot

ed to

a s

ingl

e te

ache

r and

cla

ssro

om, n

ot to

team

s of

teac

hers

or t

o w

hole

sch

ools

”an

d th

at “

theo

ry a

nd p

ract

ice

rare

ly w

ere

inte

rtw

ined

” (G

oodl

ad, 1

990,

p. 1

90).

A d

ecad

e ag

o M

cGui

re (1

996)

als

o ar

gued

that

tens

ions

exi

sted

in s

tude

nt te

achi

ngpl

acem

ents

due

to c

onfl

icts

“be

twee

n th

e te

achi

ng s

ettin

g an

d un

iver

sity

pro

gram

, tim

ean

d cu

rric

ulum

con

stra

ints

, tea

chin

g st

yles

and

per

sona

litie

s, a

nd a

myr

iad

of o

ther

fact

ors”

(p. 7

5).

Arg

uabl

y, th

ese

conc

erns

are

no

less

rele

vant

toda

y. S

ituat

ed in

the

soci

al c

onte

xt o

fa

clas

sroo

m (a

nd a

sch

ool)

in w

hich

indi

vidu

als

with

thei

r ow

n hi

stor

ies

and

perc

eptio

nsco

llide

in a

com

mon

env

iron

men

t, te

nsio

ns m

ay a

rise

. G

iven

the

stud

ent t

each

er’s

sta

tus

as a

beg

inne

r and

ess

entia

lly a

vis

itor,

his

or h

er p

erso

nal v

iew

or p

hilo

soph

y is

the

mos

t

72M

akin

g t

he

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urn

ey I

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ach

ing

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likel

y to

be

com

prom

ised

. T

he ro

ad to

teac

hing

repr

esen

ts “

a so

cial

pro

cess

of n

egot

ia-

tion”

and

is a

“tim

e of

form

atio

n an

d tr

ansf

orm

atio

n, o

f scr

utin

y in

to w

hat o

ne is

doi

ng,

and

who

one

can

bec

ome”

(Bri

tzm

an, 2

003,

p. 3

1).

Our

job

at th

e un

iver

sity

leve

l is

togu

ide

and

supp

ort t

heir

initi

al d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

is p

roce

ss.

Bul

loug

h an

d co

lleag

ues

(200

2) a

rgue

that

it is

“cr

ucia

lly im

port

ant t

o fu

ture

sch

ool i

mpr

ovem

ent e

ffor

ts th

at th

ista

ken-

for-

gran

ted

view

of t

each

ing

and

of le

arni

ng to

teac

h be

alte

red”

(p. 7

9).

Prov

idin

gth

e be

st p

ossi

ble

prac

ticum

exp

erie

nce

is, t

here

fore

, ess

entia

l. T

he n

ew c

onfi

gura

tion

for

stud

ent t

each

ing

bein

g us

ed b

y th

e ad

oles

cent

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m a

t Bin

gham

ton

Uni

ver-

sity

can

be

one

way

to a

ccom

plis

h th

is g

oal.

In a

n er

a w

hen

publ

ic e

duca

tion

is in

crea

sing

ly u

nder

atta

ck a

nd te

ache

rs a

re b

eing

put u

nder

clo

ser s

crut

iny

to p

rodu

ce h

ighe

r sta

ndar

ds, i

t is

esse

ntia

l tha

t tea

cher

edu

ca-

tion

prog

ram

s m

eet t

his

chal

leng

e w

ith n

ew a

ppro

ache

s to

pro

duci

ng to

mor

row

’ste

ache

rs.

Thi

s ex

tern

al p

ress

ure

furt

her e

xace

rbat

es “

a gr

owin

g ne

ed fo

r exp

erim

enta

tion

with

con

figur

atio

ns o

f fie

ld e

xper

ienc

e an

d fo

r the

gen

erat

ion

and

stud

y of

new

mod

els

to d

eter

min

e th

eir e

ffec

tiven

ess”

(Bul

loug

h et

al.,

200

2, p

. 69)

. Tr

aditi

onal

mod

els

for

stud

ent t

each

ing

may

not

be

as s

ervi

ceab

le to

day

as th

ey w

ere

a de

cade

ago

. A

tB

ingh

amto

n U

nive

rsity

we

will

mon

itor o

ur p

rogr

ams

to b

ette

r acc

omm

odat

e th

ein

tere

sts

of o

ur s

tude

nts

and

to b

uild

str

onge

r pro

fess

iona

l rel

atio

nshi

ps w

ith a

rea

scho

ols

and

teac

hers

. W

e at

Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity h

ope

the

diff

eren

t app

roac

h w

e ha

veim

plem

ente

d ca

n ad

d to

the

disc

ussi

on o

f how

to im

prov

e th

e pr

actic

um e

xper

ienc

e fo

rpr

eser

vice

teac

hers

. A

t the

sam

e tim

e, w

e ho

pe to

be

able

to b

ette

r mee

t the

cha

lleng

e of

build

ing

and

exte

ndin

g co

llabo

rativ

e re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith o

ur p

ublic

sch

ool p

artn

ers.

Not

eI w

ould

like

to th

ank

Prof

esso

r Bet

h B

urch

for h

er c

omm

ents

and

sug

gest

ions

to a

nea

rlie

r dra

ft o

f thi

s ar

ticle

. A

lso,

I am

dee

ply

inde

bted

to th

e ed

itor a

nd a

nony

mou

sre

view

ers

for t

heir

ver

y co

nstr

uctiv

e su

gges

tions

for i

mpr

ovin

g th

is m

anus

crip

t. T

heir

reco

mm

enda

tions

wer

e in

valu

able

.

Refe

ren

ces

Bey

er, L

. (1

987)

. Wha

t kno

wle

dge

is o

f mos

t wor

th in

teac

her e

duca

tion?

In

J. S

myt

h(E

d.),

Edu

catin

g te

ache

rs:

Cha

ngin

g th

e na

ture

of p

edag

ogic

al k

now

ledg

e,(p

p. 1

9-34

). L

ondo

n: T

he F

alm

er P

ress

.B

ritz

man

, D. P

. (20

03).

Pra

ctic

e m

akes

pra

ctic

e: A

cri

tical

stu

dy o

f lea

rnin

g to

teac

h(r

evis

ed e

ditio

n).

[Ele

ctro

nic

vers

ion]

. A

lban

y, N

Y:

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

of N

ewY

ork

Pres

s.B

ullo

ugh,

R. V

. (19

89).

Fir

st-y

ear

teac

her:

A c

ase

stud

y. N

ew Y

ork:

Tea

cher

s Col

lege

Pre

ss.

Bul

loug

h, R

. V.,

You

ng, J

., E

rick

son,

L, B

irre

ll, J

. R.,

Cla

rk, D

. C.,

Ega

n, M

. W.,

et. a

l.(2

002)

. R

ethi

nkin

g fie

ld e

xper

ienc

e: P

artn

ersh

ip te

achi

ng v

ersu

s si

ngle

-pl

acem

ent t

each

ing.

Jou

rnal

of T

each

er E

duca

tion,

53(

1), 6

8-80

.C

orco

ran,

T. C

. (19

95).

Tra

nsfo

rmin

g pr

ofes

sion

al d

evel

opm

ent f

or te

ache

rs:

A G

uide

for

stat

e po

licy

mak

ers.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.:N

atio

nal G

over

nors

’ Ass

ocia

tion.

Edm

unds

on, P

. J. (

1990

). A

nor

mat

ive

look

at t

he c

urri

culu

m in

teac

her

educ

atio

n. P

hiD

elta

Kap

pan,

71(

9), 7

17-7

22.

73M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

74M

akin

g t

he

Jo

urn

ey I

nto

Te

ach

ing

Goo

dlad

, J. I

. (1

990)

. Bet

ter t

each

ers

for o

ur n

atio

n’s

scho

ols.

Phi

Del

ta K

appa

n,72

(3),

184-

194.

McG

uire

, M. E

. (1

996)

. NC

SS a

nd te

ache

r edu

catio

n. I

n O

. L. D

avis

, Jr.,

(Ed.

),N

CSS

in r

etro

spec

t, (p

p. 6

7-77

). W

ashi

ngto

n, D

. C.:

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

for t

heSo

cial

Stu

dies

.M

cInt

yre,

D. J

., B

oyd,

D. M

., &

Fox

x, S

. M.

(199

6). F

ield

and

Lab

orat

ory

Exp

erie

nces

. In

J. S

ikul

a, (E

d.),

Han

dboo

k of

res

earc

h on

teac

her

educ

atio

n,(2

nd e

d., p

p. 1

71-1

93).

New

Yor

k: A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Tea

cher

Edu

cato

rs.

Patte

rson

, N. C

., &

Luf

t, J.

A.

(200

4). C

reat

ing

a co

ntin

uum

: C

onsi

deri

ng in

duct

ion

prog

ram

s fo

r sec

onda

ry s

ocia

l stu

dies

teac

hers

. Th

eory

and

Res

earc

h in

Soc

ial

Edu

catio

n, 3

2(2)

, 138

-152

.Pr

yor,

C. R

. (2

006)

. Pre

serv

ice

to in

-ser

vice

cha

nges

in b

elie

fs:

A s

tudy

of i

nten

tion

tobe

com

e a

dem

ocra

tic p

ract

ition

er.

Theo

ry a

nd R

esea

rch

in S

ocia

l Edu

catio

n,34

(1),

98-1

23.

Schl

osse

r, L

. K.,

Lile

s, J

., &

DuP

re, J

. (2

007,

Mar

ch).

The

nex

t gen

erat

ion:

Aco

nver

satio

n ab

out m

ento

ring

our

futu

re s

ocia

l stu

dies

teac

hers

. Pr

esen

tatio

n at

the

69th

Ann

ual C

onfe

renc

e of

the

New

Yor

k St

ate

Cou

ncil

for t

he S

ocia

l Stu

dies

,R

oche

ster

, NY

.St

ate

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k. (

2001

). A

new

vis

ion

in te

ache

r ed

ucat

ion:

Age

nda

for

cha

nge

in S

UN

Y’s

teac

her

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

ms.

Alb

any:

aut

hor.

Wils

on, S

. M.,

Flod

en, R

. E.,

& F

erri

ni-M

undy

, J. (

2002

). T

each

er p

repa

ratio

nre

sear

ch:

An

insi

der’

s vi

ew fr

om th

e ou

tsid

e. J

ourn

al o

f Tea

cher

Edu

catio

n,53

(3),

190-

204.

Au

tho

r B

iog

rap

hy

Jam

es J

. Car

pent

er, E

d.D

., is

Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

of s

ocia

l stu

dies

edu

catio

n an

dC

oord

inat

or o

f the

doc

tora

l pro

gram

in E

duca

tiona

l The

ory

and

Prac

tice

atB

ingh

amto

n U

nive

rsity

, Bin

gham

ton,

New

Yor

k. H

is re

sear

ch in

tere

sts

incl

ude

citiz

ensh

ip e

duca

tion,

the

educ

atio

nal t

houg

ht o

f Joh

n D

ewey

and

Tho

mas

Jeff

erso

n, a

nd th

e em

pow

erm

ent o

f tea

cher

s in

an

era

of h

igh-

stak

es te

stin

g.E

mai

l: jc

arpe

nt@

bing

ham

ton.

edu.

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No

ta B

en

e: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

The

New

Yor

k C

ompr

ehen

sive

Cen

ter:

Sup

port

ing

Facu

ltyw

ho P

repa

re T

each

ers

Susa

n V

illan

iL

earn

ing

Inno

vatio

ns a

t Wes

tEd

and

New

Yor

k C

ompr

ehen

sive

Cen

ter

The

New

Yor

k C

ompr

ehen

sive

Cen

ter (

NY

CC

) is

wor

king

to s

uppo

rt in

stitu

tes

ofhi

gher

edu

catio

n (I

HE

) fac

ulty

who

pre

pare

teac

hers

. It

is d

oing

this

in a

num

ber o

fw

ays.

As

the

IHE

Tea

cher

Qua

lity

Team

Lea

der,

I wou

ld li

ke to

sha

re w

ith y

ou in

form

a-tio

n ab

out t

he re

sour

ces

NY

CC

off

ers,

spe

cific

ally

thes

e tw

o:

1.

Sym

posi

a on

lite

racy

for I

HE

facu

lty a

nd th

e N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e E

duca

tion

Dep

artm

ent

(NY

SED

), an

d

2.

Teac

her

Qua

lity

(T

Q)

Onl

ine,

an

onli

ne e

nvir

onm

ent d

esig

ned

to p

rovi

de

in

form

atio

n on

lite

racy

and

teac

her p

repa

ratio

n an

d a

prot

ecte

d sp

ace

for r

egis

tere

d

fa

culty

to w

rite

to e

ach

othe

r abo

ut th

eir p

ract

ices

.

Bef

ore

I des

crib

e th

ese

ende

avor

s in

det

ail,

here

are

a fe

w th

ings

you

sho

uld

know

abou

t NY

CC

.

Wha

t Is

NY

CC

?

NY

CC

, one

of 1

6 re

gion

al c

ompr

ehen

sive

cen

ters

fund

ed b

y th

e U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n, s

uppo

rts

educ

atio

n le

ader

s in

thei

r res

pect

ive

stat

es a

s th

ey s

triv

e to

mee

t the

goal

s of

No

Chi

ld L

eft B

ehin

d (N

CL

B) a

nd im

prov

e ac

hiev

emen

t out

com

es fo

r all

stud

ents

. The

mis

sion

of N

YC

C, w

hich

beg

an it

s w

ork

in J

anua

ry, 2

006,

is to

dev

elop

the

capa

city

of N

YSE

D, i

ts n

etw

orks

, and

its

agen

cies

to a

ssis

t dis

tric

ts a

nd s

choo

ls in

impr

ovin

g ac

hiev

emen

t out

com

es fo

r all

stud

ents

. In

doin

g so

, the

Cen

ter s

triv

es to

enga

ge w

ith s

tate

edu

catio

n le

ader

s in

• Thi

nkin

g sy

stem

ical

ly a

bout

the

rela

tions

hips

am

ong

all e

lem

ents

to c

reat

e co

here

nce

and

art

icul

ate

a co

mm

on p

urpo

se;

• Usi

ng r

esea

rch-

base

d fi

ndin

gs a

nd r

igor

ous

evid

ence

to e

valu

ate

impa

ct, r

efin

e p

ract

ices

, see

k ne

w s

olut

ions

, and

mee

t lea

rner

s’ n

eeds

;• A

ctin

g st

rate

gica

lly to

max

imiz

e op

port

uniti

es a

nd m

ake

the

best

use

of a

vaila

ble

res

ourc

es; a

nd• W

orki

ng c

olla

bora

tivel

y ac

ross

lead

ersh

ip le

vels

and

org

aniz

atio

ns to

leve

rage

res

ourc

es a

nd o

verc

ome

barr

iers

.

Exc

elsi

or:

Lead

ersh

ip in

Tea

chin

g an

d Le

arni

ngV

olum

e 2,

Num

ber 1

F

all/W

inte

r 200

7

7

5

76N

ota

Be

ne

: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

Wha

t Doe

s N

YC

C D

o?

NY

CC

eng

ages

New

Yor

k St

ate

educ

atio

n le

ader

s in

usi

ng re

sear

ch-b

ased

find

ings

and

rigo

rous

evi

denc

e to

mee

t the

goa

ls o

f NC

LB

. The

Cen

ter’

s pu

rpos

e is

to d

esig

nte

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e se

rvic

es th

at m

eet e

duca

tion

lead

ers’

pri

ority

nee

ds, f

urth

er th

e ke

yin

itiat

ives

of t

he U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion,

and

hav

e th

e gr

eate

st p

oten

tial f

orde

velo

ping

sta

te c

apac

ity to

hel

p di

stri

cts

and

scho

ols

impr

ove.

Thr

ough

spe

cific

requ

ests

and

regu

lar m

eetin

gs w

ith s

tate

edu

catio

n le

ader

s to

disc

uss

thei

r pri

ority

nee

ds fo

r tec

hnic

al a

ssis

tanc

e, N

YC

C d

evel

ops

and

cont

inua

llyre

view

s th

e N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e Se

rvic

e D

eliv

ery

Plan

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e C

ente

r’s

wor

k is

attu

ned

to th

e St

ate’

s em

ergi

ng n

eeds

. Som

e of

NY

CC

’s s

peci

al in

itiat

ives

incl

ude

teac

her q

ualit

y, th

e ro

le o

f hig

her e

duca

tion

in p

repa

ring

the

teac

her w

orkf

orce

, and

oth

erco

ncer

ns th

at a

re c

omm

on a

cros

s al

l are

as o

f the

sta

te.

NY

CC

has

a w

ebsi

te w

ww

.nyc

ompr

ehen

sive

cent

er.o

rg a

nd li

stse

rvs

to s

hare

up-

to-

date

info

rmat

ion

abou

t Cen

ter e

vent

s, N

CL

B u

pdat

es, n

ews

from

NY

SED

, and

a v

arie

tyof

rese

arch

reso

urce

s. T

he fi

ve U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

Con

tent

Cen

ters

are

am

ajor

sou

rce

of c

urre

nt re

sear

ch a

nd re

sour

ces

avai

labl

e to

edu

cato

rs. S

ome

are

refe

r-en

ced

on th

e w

ebsi

te.

Who

Are

the

Staf

f Mem

bers

of N

YC

C?

The

NY

CC

dra

ws

staf

f tim

e an

d ex

pert

ise

from

four

par

tner

s. R

MC

Res

earc

hC

orpo

ratio

n is

lead

ing

this

end

eavo

r and

is w

orki

ng w

ith fo

ur d

istin

guis

hed

part

ners

inde

sign

ing,

man

agin

g, a

nd d

eliv

erin

g te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e in

New

Yor

k. T

hey

are

The

Edu

catio

n A

llian

ce a

t Bro

wn

Uni

vers

ity, P

rovi

denc

e, R

hode

Isla

nd; t

he E

duca

tion

Dev

elop

men

t Cen

ter,

Inc.

, New

ton,

Mas

sach

uset

ts; L

earn

ing

Inno

vatio

ns a

t Wes

tEd,

Wob

urn,

Mas

sach

uset

ts; a

nd th

e U

nite

d Fe

dera

tion

of T

each

ers

Teac

her C

ente

r, N

ewY

ork.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n ab

out t

hese

org

aniz

atio

ns, v

isit

thei

r web

site

s:

RM

C R

esea

rch

Cor

pora

tion

at w

ww

.rmcr

es.c

omT

he E

duca

tion

Alli

ance

at B

row

n U

nive

rsity

at w

ww

.alli

ance

.bro

wn.

edu

The

Edu

catio

n D

evel

opm

ent C

ente

r (E

DC

) at w

ww

.edc

.org

Lea

rnin

g In

nova

tions

at W

estE

d at

ww

w.w

este

d.or

g/li

The

Uni

ted

Fede

ratio

n of

Tea

cher

s Te

ache

r Cen

ter a

t ww

w.u

fttc

.org

NY

CC

eng

ages

lead

ers

of IH

E w

ith te

ache

r pre

para

tion

prog

ram

s in

act

ion

plan

ning

to in

corp

orat

e th

e us

e of

sci

entif

ical

ly b

ased

rese

arch

find

ings

in e

arly

lite

racy

. In

addi

tion

to th

e N

YC

C c

omm

ittee

that

is fo

cuse

d on

inst

itute

s of

hig

her e

duca

tion

and

teac

her q

ualit

y (I

HE

TQ

), ot

her i

nitia

tives

incl

ude

Ado

lesc

ent L

itera

cy, A

sses

smen

t, E

-L

earn

ing,

and

Par

ent I

nvol

vem

ent.

Wha

t Has

NY

CC

Don

e to

Sup

port

IH

E F

acul

ty?

NY

CC

has

had

sev

eral

eve

nts

and

begu

n an

on-

line

envi

ronm

ent f

or IH

E fa

culty

toin

tera

ct w

ith e

ach

othe

r abo

ut th

eir c

urri

cula

and

reso

urce

s th

ey u

se in

thei

r pra

ctic

e.

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ota

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ne

: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

Enh

anci

ng T

each

er E

ffec

tiven

ess

Sym

posi

um

Aug

ust 2

006,

Col

lege

of S

aint

Ros

e, A

lban

y, N

Y

The

NY

CC

Enh

anci

ng T

each

er E

ffec

tiven

ess

Sym

posi

um b

roug

ht to

geth

er te

ache

red

ucat

ors

from

IHE

s ac

ross

New

Yor

k St

ate

with

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om N

YSE

D a

nd lo

cal

educ

atio

n ag

enci

es. P

artic

ipan

ts jo

ined

to e

xpan

d th

eir k

now

ledg

e of

sci

entif

ical

ly b

ased

rese

arch

in re

adin

g (S

BR

R) a

nd e

xplo

re w

ays

to e

nhan

ce te

ache

r edu

catio

n. T

he L

ally

Scho

ol o

f Edu

catio

n at

the

Col

lege

of S

aint

Ros

e ho

sted

the

even

t, w

hich

laun

ched

NY

CC

’s IH

E/T

each

er Q

ualit

y in

itiat

ive.

Thi

s sy

mpo

sium

, the

firs

t of s

ever

al p

lann

ed N

YC

C e

vent

s, g

ave

IHE

facu

lty w

hopr

epar

e K

-12

teac

hers

a fo

rum

to d

iscu

ss S

BR

R a

nd h

ow to

teac

h it

to fu

ture

edu

cato

rs.

Lan

guag

e an

d lit

erac

y ex

pert

s D

r. C

athe

rine

Sno

w a

nd D

r. Sh

ari B

utle

r spo

ke w

ithpa

rtic

ipan

ts a

bout

SB

RR

and

inco

rpor

atin

g it

into

teac

her e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s. T

hesy

mpo

sium

was

als

o an

opp

ortu

nity

to b

rain

stor

m fu

ture

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r col

labo

ratio

n,bo

th a

mon

g an

d be

twee

n IH

E fa

culty

, sta

te p

erso

nnel

, and

dis

tric

t per

sonn

el. N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e C

omm

issi

oner

of E

duca

tion

Ric

hard

P. M

ills

disc

usse

d th

e im

port

ance

of t

hepa

rtic

ipan

ts’ w

ork

in p

repa

ring

hig

hly

qual

ified

teac

hers

—th

us e

nsur

ing

that

eve

ry c

hild

in N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e ha

s ac

cess

to a

goo

d te

ache

r. H

e co

nclu

ded

by te

lling

par

ticip

ants

, “

It is

des

pera

tely

impo

rtan

t tha

t you

suc

ceed

in w

hat y

ou a

re d

oing

.”

Teac

her

Qua

lity

Web

inar

Let

’s T

alk

Abo

ut C

onte

nt A

rea

Lite

racy

: Pre

-ser

vice

and

In-s

ervi

ce T

each

er E

duca

tors

Shar

e N

otes

May

200

7

Thi

s w

ebin

ar w

as fo

r pre

-ser

vice

teac

her e

duca

tors

, in-

serv

ice

teac

her t

rain

ers,

and

othe

rs w

ith a

sta

ke in

teac

her e

duca

tion

from

New

Yor

k an

d N

ew E

ngla

nd. A

web

inar

isa

pres

enta

tion

that

is d

one

onlin

e, w

ith b

oth

a vi

sual

and

ora

l com

pone

nt.

Part

icip

ants

dial

in a

nd a

re a

ble

to s

ee a

Pow

erPo

int o

nlin

e w

hile

hea

ring

the

spea

ker(

s) d

iscu

ss it

.W

ebin

ars

also

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r par

ticip

ants

to w

rite

or s

peak

thei

r que

stio

ns a

ndco

mm

ents

. Thi

s on

e w

as th

e fi

rst w

ebin

ar to

be

offe

red

by th

e N

ew E

ngla

nd/N

ew Y

ork

Com

preh

ensi

on C

ente

rs T

each

er Q

ualit

y C

olla

bora

tions

Tea

m.

Invi

tatio

nal S

ympo

sium

Prom

otin

g St

uden

t Lite

racy

Thr

ough

Com

preh

ensi

on: E

nhan

cing

Tea

cher

Pre

para

tion

and

Prof

essi

onal

Dev

elop

men

t

June

200

7, A

lban

y, N

ew Y

ork

Thi

s sy

mpo

sium

, joi

ntly

off

ered

by

NY

CC

and

the

New

Eng

land

Com

preh

ensi

veC

ente

r, w

as th

e se

cond

in a

ser

ies

of s

ympo

sium

s to

str

engt

hen

teac

her e

duca

tion.

Mic

hael

Kam

il of

Sta

nfor

d U

nive

rsity

and

Nel

l Duk

e of

Mic

higa

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ity w

ere

the

feat

ured

spe

aker

s. I

n ad

diti

on t

o he

arin

g fr

om t

hese

pro

min

ent

rese

arch

ers,

78N

ota

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: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

part

icip

ants

had

opp

ortu

niti

es to

eng

age

with

New

Eng

land

col

leag

ues

and

each

oth

eron

issu

es o

f po

licy

and

pra

ctic

e fo

r en

hanc

ing

teac

her

educ

atio

n. S

aid

seve

ral

part

icip

ants

,

Thi

s w

as a

won

derf

ul o

ppor

tuni

ty to

hea

r dis

tingu

ishe

d ed

ucat

ors

and

inte

ract

with

them

abo

ut th

eir r

esea

rch.

It w

as g

reat

to fi

nd o

ut w

hat o

ther

s ar

e do

ing,

bot

h in

our

ow

n st

ate

and

thro

ugho

utN

ew E

ngla

nd.

I am

so

exci

ted

abou

t thi

s ev

ent.

I ca

n’t w

ait u

ntil

tom

orro

w to

hea

r mor

e.

How

Els

e D

oes

NY

CC

Pro

mot

e C

omm

unic

atio

n A

mon

g IH

E F

acul

ty?

One

of t

he N

YC

C’s

tool

s fo

r bui

ldin

g th

e ca

paci

ty o

f sta

tes

and

IHE

s to

enh

ance

the

use

of S

BR

-L in

teac

her p

repa

ratio

n an

d pr

ofes

sion

al d

evel

opm

ent i

s T

Q O

nlin

e, a

dyna

mic

onl

ine

spac

e fo

r tho

se w

ith a

sta

ke in

teac

her e

duca

tion.

TQ

Onl

ine

is c

o-sp

onso

red

by th

e N

ew Y

ork

and

New

Eng

land

Com

preh

ensi

ve C

ente

rs.

TQ

Onl

ine

prov

ides

a m

eetin

g gr

ound

whe

re te

ache

r edu

cato

rs, s

tate

edu

catio

npe

rson

nel,

and

othe

rs th

roug

hout

New

Eng

land

and

New

Yor

k ca

n te

st n

ew id

eas,

brai

nsto

rm s

olut

ions

, sha

re re

sour

ces,

and

see

k ad

vice

from

col

leag

ues

and

expe

rts

abou

tho

w to

alig

n in

stru

ctio

n w

ith s

cien

tific

find

ings

—an

d to

do

so a

cros

s ge

ogra

phic

bou

nd-

arie

s. Part

icip

ants

hav

e pr

aise

d T

Q O

nlin

e as

a re

sour

ce th

at s

uppo

rts

thei

r wor

k, s

ayin

g it

“is

alm

ost l

ike

free

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t” a

nd “

supp

orts

my

teac

hing

in w

ays

that

are

only

lim

ited

to m

y ow

n pa

rtic

ipat

ion.

” T

Q O

nlin

e of

fers

the

follo

win

g be

nefi

ts:

•U

nlim

ited

conv

ersa

tion

with

a n

etw

ork

of d

iver

se c

olle

ague

s th

roug

hout

New

Yor

k a

nd th

e si

x N

ew E

ngla

nd s

tate

s;•

The

cha

nce

to b

uild

par

tner

ship

s w

ith c

ross

-rol

e co

lleag

ues;

•A

cces

s to

the

late

st s

cien

tific

ally

bas

ed re

sear

ch in

lite

racy

, inc

ludi

ng re

sear

ch o

n s

peci

al e

duca

tion,

Eng

lish

lang

uage

lear

ners

, and

ado

lesc

ent l

itera

cy;

• Web

inar

s fe

atur

ing

in-d

eman

d sp

eake

rs o

n to

pics

requ

este

d by

par

ticip

ants

;•

Faci

litat

ed fo

llow

-up

conv

ersa

tions

onl

ine

afte

r eac

h w

ebin

ar;

• “A

sk th

e E

xper

t!”

foru

ms

in w

hich

par

ticip

ants

can

hav

e di

scou

rse

with

a v

isiti

ng e

xper

t on

SBR

-L o

r pol

icy

for p

resc

ribe

d pe

riod

s.

The

re a

re c

urre

ntly

two

colla

bora

tion

area

s on

TQ

Onl

ine:

Shar

ing

Sylla

bi a

nd R

esou

rces

Col

labo

ratio

n

Mem

bers

hip:

Exc

lusi

ve to

IHE

teac

her e

duca

tion

facu

lty a

nd N

ew E

ngla

nd a

nd N

ewY

ork

Com

preh

ensi

ve C

ente

r sta

ff.

In th

is o

nlin

e ar

ea, t

each

er e

duca

tors

, inc

ludi

ng fu

ll-tim

e fa

culty

, adj

unct

s, a

ndgr

adua

te te

achi

ng a

ssis

tant

s, c

an s

hare

and

dis

cuss

syl

labi

for l

itera

cy-r

elat

ed te

ache

rpr

epar

atio

n co

urse

s. D

iscu

ssio

ns fo

cus

on e

nhan

cing

the

alig

nmen

t of c

ours

e co

nten

t and

mat

eria

ls w

ith S

BR

-L, a

nd in

corp

orat

ing

SBR

-L in

to te

ache

r pre

para

tion

cour

sew

ork.

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follo

win

g co

mm

ents

wer

e w

ritte

n by

IHE

facu

lty d

urin

g on

line

disc

ussi

ons

abou

t cou

rses

they

teac

h:

Tha

nks

for t

he fe

edba

ck; i

t’s g

ood

to k

now

that

oth

ers

wou

ld s

truc

ture

this

cou

rse

insi

mila

r way

s.

Plea

se le

t us

know

you

r res

ults

. If

you

find

it e

ffec

tive

I’d

like

to e

mul

ate

you

and

subs

titut

e a

PD g

roup

for t

he s

hado

win

g/in

terv

iew

ass

ignm

ent c

urre

ntly

in m

y sy

llabu

s.

To a

cces

s th

e m

embe

rshi

p re

ques

t fo

rm f

or t

his

area

, go

toht

tp:/

/nyc

ompr

ehen

sive

cent

er.o

rg/f

orm

_ws1

.

Scie

ntif

ical

ly B

ased

Res

earc

h in

Lite

racy

(SB

R-L

) and

Stat

e St

anda

rds

Res

ourc

e C

olla

bora

tion

Mem

bers

hip:

Tea

cher

edu

cato

rs, l

eade

rs fr

om s

tate

and

loca

l edu

catio

n ag

enci

es,

and

othe

rs w

ith a

sta

ke in

teac

her e

duca

tion.

Her

e, m

embe

rs c

an:

•sh

are

and

disc

uss

reso

urce

s ab

out S

BR

-L a

nd te

ache

r edu

catio

n;•

exam

ine

best

pra

ctic

es fo

r inc

reas

ing

SBR

-L in

to te

ache

r pre

para

tion

prog

ram

s an

d p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent i

nitia

tives

; and

• di

alog

ue a

bout

alig

ning

teac

her p

repa

ratio

n pr

ogra

ms

with

sta

te s

tand

ards

.

The

New

Yor

k C

ompr

ehen

sive

Cen

ter e

nthu

sias

tical

ly in

vite

s N

ew Y

ork

IHE

facu

ltyto

par

ticip

ate

in T

Q O

nlin

e an

d th

e sy

mpo

sia.

To

acce

ss th

e m

embe

rshi

p fo

rm fo

r thi

sar

ea, g

o to

http

://ny

com

preh

ensi

vece

nter

.org

/for

m_w

s2.

Her

e is

an

unso

licite

d co

mm

ent o

ne N

YSA

TE

mem

ber w

rote

abo

ut T

Q O

nlin

e.

I fin

d I c

an’t

resi

st c

licki

ng o

n th

e po

stin

gs a

s th

ey c

ome

to m

y m

ailb

ox e

ach

day

tofin

d ou

t wha

t peo

ple

are

sayi

ng. I

t onl

y ta

kes

a co

uple

of m

inut

es, a

nd it

’s a

goo

dle

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e fo

r me.

It’s

ope

ning

doo

rs to

con

vers

atio

ns th

at o

ther

wis

ew

ould

n’t h

appe

n. I

not o

nly

lear

n fr

om p

eopl

e I t

alk

with

face

-to-

face

at m

y co

llege

,bu

t the

who

le s

tate

is o

pen

for c

onve

rsat

ion

now

! I d

on’t

feel

I’m

hel

ping

you

or

the

foru

m [w

hen

I par

ticip

ate]

, but

that

you

and

it a

re h

elpi

ng m

e by

sup

port

ing

my

teac

hing

in w

ays

that

are

onl

y lim

ited

to m

y ow

n pa

rtic

ipat

ion.

Clo

sing

Tho

ught

s

I hav

e he

ard

man

y IH

E fa

culty

spe

ak a

bout

the

isol

atio

n th

ey e

xper

ienc

e w

hen

prep

arin

g an

d te

achi

ng th

eir c

ours

es.

The

y ha

ve s

aid

they

wel

com

e di

alog

ue w

ithco

lleag

ues

at o

ther

IHE

s to

lear

n w

hat t

hey

are

teac

hing

and

thin

king

and

to s

hare

idea

s.Si

mila

rly,

I ha

ve h

eard

SE

D s

taff

com

men

t tha

t the

y w

ould

wel

com

e m

ore

oppo

rtun

ities

to h

ave

colle

gial

dia

logu

e w

ith IH

E fa

culty

abo

ut w

orki

ng to

geth

er to

pre

pare

and

supp

ort n

ew te

ache

rs. I

kno

w N

YC

C is

com

mitt

ed to

pro

vidi

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

for s

uch

colla

bora

tion,

all

in s

ervi

ce o

f the

teac

hers

and

the

stud

ents

of N

ew Y

ork,

and

invi

te y

outo

bri

ng y

our v

oice

to th

e co

nver

satio

n.

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ne

: R

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mat

ion

abou

t upc

omin

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uabl

ere

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ator

s. F

or m

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e N

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d.D

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rch

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each

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ualit

y te

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Boo

k R

evie

w o

f Rea

ders

of t

he Q

uilt:

Ess

ays

on B

eing

Bla

ck, F

emal

e, a

nd L

itera

teE

dite

d by

Joa

nne

Kilg

our

Dow

dy. (

2005

).C

ress

kill,

NJ:

Ham

pton

Pre

ss.

Kje

rsti

VanS

lyke

-Bri

ggs

SUN

Y O

neon

ta

Dow

dy b

ring

s to

geth

er a

n ex

celle

nt c

olle

ctio

n of

ess

ays

in a

com

mun

ity o

f voi

ces

that

all

cons

ider

the

role

of t

he B

lack

wom

an in

a li

tera

te s

ocie

ty.

Alth

ough

the

essa

ysar

e di

vers

e in

thei

r app

roac

h to

the

cent

ral s

ubje

ct, e

ach

wri

ter e

xam

ines

the

expe

rien

ceof

edu

catio

n fo

r Bla

ck w

omen

. Se

vera

l of t

he e

ssay

s m

odel

a re

sear

ch fo

rmat

whi

leot

hers

refl

ect m

ore

pers

onal

sto

ries

. E

ach,

how

ever

, rec

ount

s ta

les

of s

trug

gle,

em

pow

er-

men

t, an

d th

e di

ffic

ultie

s in

neg

otia

ting

an a

cade

mic

life

and

soc

ieta

l exp

ecta

tions

.T

he to

pics

cov

ered

in th

e es

says

rang

e fr

om a

n ex

amin

atio

n of

wom

en in

the

wel

fare

syst

em (G

olde

n) to

wom

en a

nd th

e ro

les

port

raye

d in

feat

ure

film

s (D

owdy

). T

he b

ook

is d

ivid

ed in

to th

ree

sect

ions

. With

in e

ach

sect

ion,

mul

tiple

aut

hors

are

repr

esen

ted,

incl

udin

g do

ctor

al c

andi

date

s, e

stab

lishe

d pr

ofes

sors

, mas

ter’

s de

gree

stu

dent

s, a

nd p

ast

high

-sch

ool t

each

ers.

The

text

s ea

ch c

onsi

der d

iffer

ent a

spec

ts o

f lite

racy

and

por

tray

the

mul

tiple

lite

raci

es th

at p

lay

an a

ctiv

e ro

le in

con

stru

ctin

g on

e’s

iden

tity.

Of t

hose

cons

ider

ed, f

unct

iona

l lite

racy

, tra

ditio

nal l

itera

cy, a

nd m

edia

lite

racy

pla

y a

pred

omin

ant

role

. One

of t

he th

emes

that

pla

ys a

pre

dom

inan

t rol

e th

roug

h m

any

of th

e es

says

is th

atof

sto

ryte

lling

. M

ost o

f the

ess

ays

incl

ude

som

e pe

rson

al n

arra

tive

in c

omm

unic

atin

g th

eth

esis

and

in s

ome

case

s th

e au

thor

s ha

ve c

hose

n to

exa

min

e th

ose

stor

ies

for d

eepe

rm

eani

ng.

Cha

pter

9 S

tory

telli

ng (F

rank

lin a

nd D

owdy

) exa

min

es th

e ro

le o

f sto

ryte

lling

as a

“fu

nctio

n in

life

for a

ll pe

ople

bec

ause

they

[sto

ries

] hel

p cr

eate

a fo

unda

tion

onw

hich

we

build

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

wor

ld”

(p. 1

19).

The

incl

usio

n of

thes

e st

orie

sst

reng

then

s th

e te

xt a

s th

e re

ader

enc

ount

ers

each

ess

ay.

The

per

sona

l nar

rativ

e ad

ds a

sens

e of

aut

hori

ty to

the

text

as

wel

l as

iden

tity.

Perh

aps

due

to th

e va

riet

y of

bac

kgro

unds

the

auth

ors

repr

esen

t, so

me

essa

ys a

rest

rong

er th

an o

ther

s. U

near

thin

g H

idde

n L

itera

cy: S

even

Les

sons

I L

earn

ed in

a C

otto

nFi

eld

(Sm

ith),

for i

nsta

nce,

is a

str

onge

r sel

ectio

n th

an s

ever

al o

ther

s in

the

text

. Thi

ses

say

reso

nate

s w

ith th

e us

e of

per

sona

l nar

rativ

e an

d a

won

derf

ul s

ense

of v

oice

. Sm

ithis

abl

e to

dra

w c

onne

ctio

ns b

etw

een

an a

cade

mic

vie

w o

f lite

racy

and

her

exp

erie

nces

pick

ing

cotto

n on

her

aun

t’s fa

rm.

The

sel

ectio

n ha

s a

beau

tiful

sen

se o

f im

ager

y an

dre

flec

ts a

n au

thor

who

is a

ttent

ive

to th

e cr

aft o

f wri

ting.

Thi

s pa

ce o

f wri

ting

is n

otco

ntin

ued,

how

ever

, in

the

next

sel

ectio

n, V

oice

s of

Our

For

emot

hers

: Cel

ebra

ting

the

Leg

acy

of A

fric

an-A

mer

ican

Wom

en E

duca

tors

, A P

erso

nal D

edic

atio

n (B

irne

y).

Thi

ses

say

read

s lik

e a

wea

k te

rm p

aper

that

relie

s to

o he

avily

on

the

wor

k of

oth

ers.

Thi

sre

sults

in a

ser

ies

of te

xtua

l quo

tatio

ns fr

om o

ther

sou

rces

and

a b

rief

ana

lysi

s by

Bir

ney.

Exc

elsi

or:

Lead

ersh

ip in

Tea

chin

g an

d Le

arni

ngV

olum

e 2,

Num

ber 1

F

all/W

inte

r 200

7

8

1

82N

ota

Be

ne

: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

Rea

ders

of t

he Q

uilt,

des

pite

the

incl

usio

n of

som

e es

says

that

are

not

as

stro

ng a

sot

hers

, rem

ains

an

inte

rest

ing

read

. D

owdy

incl

udes

a w

ide

sele

ctio

n of

aut

hors

, and

each

has

a d

iffer

ent s

tory

to te

ll ab

out l

itera

cy fo

r the

Bla

ck w

oman

. T

his

text

is a

ppro

-pr

iate

for a

wid

e au

dien

ce ra

nge

and

shou

ld n

ot b

e lim

ited

to th

ose

in th

e fie

ld o

f edu

ca-

tion.

The

text

wou

ld b

e su

ited

for a

gra

duat

e cl

ass

focu

sed

on is

sues

per

tain

ing

to li

tera

cyan

d th

e st

rugg

les

of B

lack

wom

en.

At t

he u

nder

grad

uate

edu

catio

n le

vel,

the

incl

usio

n of

one

or tw

o es

says

in a

cou

rse

may

be

bene

fici

al to

stu

dent

s; h

owev

er, s

ever

al o

f the

essa

ys a

re n

ot s

uite

d to

this

aca

dem

ic le

vel.

As

a te

xt o

f res

ista

nce,

this

boo

k co

ntin

ues

tobr

ing

atte

ntio

n to

the

issu

es o

f equ

ality

and

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f val

uing

the

mul

tiple

liter

acie

s in

whi

ch B

lack

wom

en p

artic

ipat

e.

Au

tho

r B

iog

rap

hy

Kje

rsti

Van

Slyk

e-B

rigg

s, E

d.D

., is

an

assi

stan

t pro

fess

or a

t SU

NY

One

onta

.H

er re

sear

ch in

tere

sts

are

in li

tera

cy a

nd fe

min

ist a

ppro

ache

s to

und

erst

andi

ngcl

assr

oom

dyn

amic

s. O

ther

aca

dem

ic in

tere

sts

incl

ude

soci

al ju

stic

e cu

rric

ulum

and

criti

cal l

itera

cy. E

mai

l: va

nsly

kb@

oneo

nta.

edu.

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83N

ota

Be

ne

: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

Ph.

D. S

tori

es: C

onve

rsat

ions

with

My

Sist

ers

open

s th

e do

orw

ay fo

r rea

ders

to g

ain

a gl

imps

e in

to th

e ra

rely

exp

lore

d w

orld

of B

lack

lite

rate

wom

en. J

oann

e K

ilgou

rD

owdy

, fru

stra

ted

by h

er fe

elin

gs o

f lon

elin

ess

and

isol

atio

n as

the

only

Bla

ck fe

mal

epr

ofes

sor i

n he

r uni

vers

ity d

epar

tmen

t, em

bark

ed o

n a

jour

ney

to s

eek

out o

ther

Bla

ckw

omen

pro

fess

ors.

She

exp

lore

d th

eir e

xper

ienc

es o

f and

str

ateg

ies

for s

ucce

ss in

pred

omin

atel

y W

hite

Eur

ocen

tric

aca

dem

ic e

nvir

onm

ents

. Thr

ough

her

wel

l-de

sign

edet

hnog

raph

ic s

tudy

, whi

ch u

tiliz

es s

tory

telli

ng a

nd e

xten

sive

inte

rvie

win

g as

the

prim

ary

rese

arch

met

hodo

logy

, rea

ders

sha

re in

the

part

icip

ants

’ str

uggl

es, c

halle

nges

, joy

s,se

tbac

ks, s

eeki

ng o

f com

mun

ity w

ithin

and

bey

ond

the

acad

emy,

and

man

ifes

tatio

n of

drea

ms

as th

ey h

ave

enga

ged

in th

eir e

duca

tiona

l car

eers

.A

s w

ith h

er p

rior

boo

ks, R

eade

rs o

f the

Qui

lt: E

ssay

s A

bout

Bei

ng B

lack

, Fem

ale

and

Lite

rate

(200

5), w

hich

was

nom

inat

ed fo

r an

Ed

Fry

book

aw

ard

by th

e N

atio

nal

Rea

ding

Con

fere

nce,

and

GE

D S

tori

es: B

lack

Wom

en a

nd T

heir

Str

uggl

e fo

r So

cial

Equ

ity (2

003)

, Dow

dy c

ontin

ues

her e

xplo

ratio

n of

Bla

ck fe

mal

e id

entit

y in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es. T

his

time,

she

focu

ses

on th

e liv

es o

f nin

e B

lack

wom

en (i

nclu

ding

her

self

) who

earn

ed th

eir d

octo

rate

s, a

nd th

eir e

xper

ienc

es a

s pr

ofes

sion

als

in th

eir r

espe

ctiv

e fie

lds.

The

nin

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts in

clud

e as

sist

ant a

nd a

ssoc

iate

pro

fess

ors,

an

asso

ciat

e de

an, a

depa

rtm

ent c

hair,

and

an

inde

pend

ent b

usin

ess

cons

ulta

nt. A

lthou

gh th

ese

wom

en d

idno

t kno

w e

ach

othe

r, si

mila

ritie

s be

twee

n th

eir l

ife

expe

rien

ces

and

philo

soph

ies

emer

ged

duri

ng tr

ansc

ript

ana

lysi

s. B

ased

on

thes

e re

curr

ing

sim

ilari

ties,

eac

h ch

apte

r in

Ph.

D. S

tori

es is

dev

oted

to a

par

ticul

ar th

eme.

Cha

pter

1 la

ys th

e fo

unda

tion

for t

he ra

tiona

le b

ehin

d th

e st

udy,

its

why

s an

dw

here

fore

s, m

etho

dolo

gica

l fra

mew

ork,

and

an

intr

oduc

tion

to e

ach

of th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts.

Cha

pter

s 2

thro

ugh

4 ex

plor

e th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts’ f

amily

bac

kgro

unds

, inf

luen

tial p

eopl

e in

thei

r liv

es, t

heir

dev

elop

men

t of s

uppo

rt n

etw

orks

and

role

s as

men

tors

for t

heir

stu

dent

s,an

d ho

w a

ll th

ese

expe

rien

ces

shap

ed th

eir i

nner

driv

e to

real

ize

thei

r dre

ams.

Cha

pter

5ex

plor

es th

eir r

esea

rch

inte

rest

s, w

hich

rang

e fr

om is

sues

of d

iver

sity

in h

ighe

r edu

ca-

tion,

art

s ad

min

istr

atio

n, la

ngua

ge tr

ansl

atio

n, v

ideo

tech

nolo

gy, t

o is

sues

of t

rans

form

a-tiv

e ed

ucat

ion

and

soci

al ju

stic

e. In

bot

h ch

apte

rs 5

and

6, t

he p

artic

ipan

ts re

flec

t on

way

s th

ey h

ave

nego

tiate

d th

e in

evita

ble

frus

trat

ions

that

hav

e be

set t

hem

as

acad

emic

sw

ritin

g fo

r pub

licat

ion

and

offe

r val

uabl

e ad

vice

for b

uddi

ng s

chol

ars,

adv

ice

that

cut

sac

ross

gen

der,

race

, eth

nici

ty, a

nd a

ge. I

t is

appl

icab

le to

all

who

are

eng

aged

in th

epr

oces

s of

rese

arch

and

wri

ting.

Cha

pter

7 b

rief

ly re

itera

tes

the

them

es d

iscu

ssed

in th

e

Boo

k R

evie

w o

f Ph.

D. S

tori

es: C

onve

rsat

ions

with

My

Sist

ers

By

Joan

ne K

ilgou

r D

owdy

. (20

07).

Cre

sski

ll, N

J: H

ampt

on P

ress

.

Ani

ta C

. Lev

ine

Ken

t Sta

te U

nive

rsity

Exc

elsi

or:

Lead

ersh

ip in

Tea

chin

g an

d Le

arni

ngV

olum

e 2,

Num

ber 1

F

all/W

inte

r 200

7

8

3

84N

ota

Be

ne

: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

Au

tho

r B

iog

rap

hy

Ani

ta C

. Lev

ine

is a

doc

tora

l can

dida

te in

Cur

ricu

lum

and

Inst

ruct

ion

at K

ent S

tate

Uni

vers

ity in

Ken

t, O

hio.

Her

rese

arch

inte

rest

s in

clud

e ed

ucat

ion

foun

datio

ns,

curr

icul

um th

eory

, tea

cher

edu

catio

n, a

nd c

ompa

rativ

e in

tern

atio

nal e

duca

tion.

Em

ail:

anita

.levi

ne@

yaho

o.co

m.

prec

edin

g ch

apte

rs a

nd th

en e

xam

ines

larg

er p

atte

rns

that

em

erge

d fr

om th

e in

terv

iew

s.T

hese

incl

ude

the

issu

e of

bal

ance

bet

wee

n w

ork

and

hom

e an

d ro

le a

s a

pare

nt, t

heir

iden

tific

atio

n as

Afr

ican

des

cend

ents

, the

infl

uenc

e of

inte

rnat

iona

l tra

vel o

n th

eir

care

ers,

ser

vice

com

mitm

ent p

hilo

soph

ies,

vie

ws

on te

achi

ng a

nd le

arni

ng, a

nd le

sson

sle

arne

d fr

om th

eir j

ourn

eys

as B

lack

, edu

cate

d fe

mal

es.

Two

criti

cism

s of

the

book

are

the

incl

usio

n of

one

non

-aca

dem

ia p

artic

ipan

t in

the

stud

y an

d ho

w it

see

ms

that

all

the

part

icip

ants

cam

e fr

om a

mid

dle-

clas

s fa

mily

bac

k-gr

ound

. Dow

dy’s

sta

ted

goal

was

to le

arn

from

the

life

expe

rien

ces

of B

lack

wom

enPh

.D.s

who

wor

k in

a p

redo

min

atel

y w

hite

aca

dem

ic e

nvir

onm

ent.

Yet

, one

par

ticip

ant

was

a b

usin

essw

oman

who

, aft

er e

arni

ng h

er d

octo

rate

, did

not

pur

sue

a ca

reer

inac

adem

ia. P

erha

ps b

ette

r wou

ld h

ave

been

to k

eep

the

book

focu

sed

sole

ly o

n w

omen

inac

adem

ia a

nd in

a s

epar

ate

stud

y ex

plor

e th

e ex

peri

ence

s of

Ph.

D. B

lack

wom

en w

hoha

ve c

hose

n to

not

wor

k in

the

univ

ersi

ty s

ettin

g. I

also

wou

ld h

ave

liked

to h

ave

seen

mor

e di

vers

ity a

mon

g th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts c

hose

n. A

ll th

e w

omen

but

one

wer

e m

arri

ed, a

ndit

seem

ed th

ey a

ll ca

me

from

a p

redo

min

atel

y m

iddl

e cl

ass,

two-

pare

nt fa

mily

bac

k-gr

ound

; eith

er o

ne o

r bot

h of

the

part

icip

ants

’ par

ents

wer

e co

llege

-edu

cate

d. I

see

thes

eas

lim

itatio

ns o

f the

stu

dy, a

s D

owdy

doe

s no

t add

ress

this

in h

er re

sear

ch d

esig

n. H

owdi

ffer

ent o

r sim

ilar w

ould

the

resp

onse

s ha

ve b

een

had

the

voic

es o

f sel

f-de

scri

bed

wor

king

-cla

ss B

lack

wom

en w

ho e

arne

d th

eir d

octo

rate

bee

n in

clud

ed, o

r per

haps

wom

en w

ho, u

nlik

e th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts, h

ad li

ttle

supp

ort f

rom

thei

r fam

ilies

or a

spo

use?

The

se c

ritic

ism

s no

twith

stan

ding

, Ph.

D. S

tori

es fi

lls a

voi

d in

the

acad

emic

lite

ratu

rein

whi

ch li

ttle

can

be fo

und

wri

tten

abou

t the

exp

erie

nces

of B

lack

, fem

ale

scho

lars

. It i

sa

gent

le a

nd in

sigh

tful

read

, and

off

ers

muc

h to

wom

en o

f any

col

or a

nd e

thni

c ba

ck-

grou

nd w

ho w

ish

to o

r hav

e em

bark

ed u

pon

the

stre

ssfu

l and

oft

en lo

nely

jour

ney

ofea

rnin

g th

eir d

octo

ral d

egre

e. T

hrou

gh th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts’ v

oice

s, th

e re

ader

will

find

hers

elf s

urro

unde

d by

an

exte

nded

fam

ily o

f men

tors

.Te

ache

r edu

cato

rs m

ay fi

nd P

h.D

. Sto

ries

use

ful f

or s

ervi

ng a

s a

disc

ussi

on s

prin

g-bo

ard

on th

e in

terp

lay

of ra

ce, g

ende

r, an

d pe

rcei

ved

prej

udic

es to

war

ds e

duca

ted

wom

en o

f col

or in

toda

y’s A

mer

ican

soc

iety

. As

note

d ea

rlie

r, ch

apte

rs 5

and

6 a

repa

rtic

ular

ly u

sefu

l for

thei

r adv

ice

on a

cade

mic

wri

ting

and

publ

icat

ion.

Thi

s ca

n be

of

grea

t ben

efit

for f

acul

ty in

thei

r pro

fess

iona

l gro

wth

, as

wel

l as

answ

er m

any

ques

tions

stud

ents

hav

e re

gard

ing

the

wor

ld o

f wri

ting

for p

ublic

atio

n in

aca

dem

e. T

he b

est

sum

mat

ion

I can

off

er fo

r the

val

ue o

f thi

s bo

ok is

in D

owdy

’s o

wn

wor

ds: “

[T]h

eim

port

ant l

esso

n th

at w

e ca

n le

arn

from

the

stor

ies

that

are

sha

red

in th

is c

olle

ctio

n of

test

imon

ials

is th

at th

ey w

ill to

be

form

ally

edu

cate

d an

d to

sha

pe th

e liv

es o

f tho

se w

hova

lue

form

al e

duca

tion

is a

live

and

wel

l am

ong

Bla

ck w

omen

in th

e ac

adem

y” (p

. 13)

.

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Boo

k R

evie

w o

f Ple

dgin

g A

llegi

ance

: The

Pol

itics

of P

atri

otis

m in

Am

eric

an S

choo

lsE

dite

d by

Joe

l Wes

thei

mer

. (20

07).

New

Yor

k: T

each

ers

Col

lege

Pre

ss.

Cha

rles

F. H

owle

ttM

ollo

y C

olle

ge

In a

193

6 po

em “

Let

Am

eric

a B

e A

mer

ica

Aga

in”

(in

Wes

thei

mer

, 200

6), t

he n

oted

Afr

ican

-Am

eric

an li

tera

ry g

iant

, Lan

gsto

n H

ughe

s, s

poke

to th

e w

ide

gap

exis

ting

betw

een

a fo

rm o

f rhe

tori

cal p

atri

otis

m b

ased

ent

irel

y on

sym

bolic

ges

ture

s an

d on

e th

atem

bodi

es lo

ve o

f the

Am

eric

an id

eals

of l

iber

ty a

nd e

qual

ity. H

e kn

ew th

is w

as th

e ri

ght

kind

of p

atri

otis

m a

ll A

mer

ican

s co

uld

and

shou

ld e

mbr

ace.

O, l

et m

y la

nd b

e a

land

whe

re L

iber

tyIs

cro

wne

d w

ith n

o fa

lse

patr

iotic

wre

ath,

But

opp

ortu

nity

is re

al, a

nd li

fe is

free

,E

qual

ity is

in th

e ai

r we

brea

the.

(p. 6

20)

In 2

40 p

ages

of i

nsig

ht a

nd c

omm

enta

ry, t

he e

dito

r of P

ledg

ing

Alle

gian

ce: T

he P

oliti

csof

Pat

riot

ism

in A

mer

ican

Sch

ools

, Joe

l Wes

thei

mer

, has

put

toge

ther

a g

alax

y of

con

-tr

ibut

ors

addr

essi

ng th

e ha

rd q

uest

ions

abo

ut w

hat i

t mea

ns to

teac

h pa

trio

tism

in o

urna

tion’

s sc

hool

s. T

his

book

is a

imed

at a

ll ci

tizen

s, b

ut e

ven

mor

e to

teac

her e

duca

tors

,es

peci

ally

thos

e in

the

field

of s

ocia

l stu

dies

. Whi

le s

peci

fical

ly fo

cusi

ng o

n cr

itica

lis

sues

rela

ted

to p

atri

otis

m a

nd d

emoc

racy

in e

duca

tion

and

how

it s

houl

d be

taug

ht, t

hew

ork

also

exa

min

es th

e so

cial

stu

dies

cur

ricu

lum

, the

role

of m

ilita

ry re

crui

tmen

t in

scho

ols,

stu

dent

dis

sent

, and

the

impa

ct o

n te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms.

Som

e of

the

nota

ble

cont

ribu

tors

are

Bill

Aye

rs, C

hest

er F

inn,

Max

ine

Gre

en, D

iane

Rav

itch,

and

How

ard

Zin

n. R

eade

rs a

re p

rovi

ded

valu

able

insi

ghts

into

how

our

sch

ools

hav

e ch

ange

dsi

nce

Sept

embe

r 11,

200

1; th

e gr

owin

g de

man

d on

teac

hers

to to

e th

e ne

w “

patr

iotic

”lin

e; a

nd w

hat s

choo

ls o

f edu

catio

n sh

ould

do

to p

repa

re p

rese

rvic

e te

ache

rs fo

r the

real

ities

of t

he p

rofe

ssio

n.W

esth

eim

er, a

form

er N

ew Y

ork

City

sch

oolte

ache

r and

now

pro

fess

or a

nd U

nive

r-si

ty C

hair

in D

emoc

racy

and

Edu

catio

n at

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Otta

wa,

set

s th

e to

ne in

his

intr

oduc

tory

rem

arks

and

sub

sequ

ent c

hapt

er “

Polit

ics

and

Patr

iotis

m in

Edu

catio

n.”

Wes

thei

mer

arg

ues

that

the

driv

e fo

r pat

riot

ic in

stru

ctio

n is

taki

ng o

n ne

w fe

rvor

for

thos

e of

us

in te

ache

r edu

catio

n. H

e pr

ovid

es tw

o re

ason

s. F

irst

, the

form

of p

atri

otis

mbe

ing

adop

ted

by m

any

scho

ols

boar

ds, c

ity a

nd s

tate

legi

slat

ures

, and

the

fede

ral

gove

rnm

ent i

s, s

impl

y pu

t, “m

onol

ithic

”: a

n at

titud

e of

Am

eric

an ri

ght o

r wro

ng.

Edu

cato

rs h

ave

beco

me

incr

easi

ngly

ala

rmed

by

rece

nt le

gisl

ativ

e at

tack

s on

dem

ocra

ticop

enne

ss. S

econ

d, th

ese

new

dev

elop

men

ts h

ave

not i

nclu

ded

teac

hers

or l

ocal

sch

ool

adm

inis

trat

ors

in te

rms

of c

once

ptio

n or

dev

elop

men

t. T

hese

fact

ors

have

led

the

edito

rto

cal

l upo

n ot

her w

rite

rs to

exp

ress

thei

r opi

nion

s an

d to

refl

ect u

pon

wha

t the

late

Pulit

zer P

rize

-win

ning

his

tori

an M

erle

Cur

ti ex

amin

ed in

his

pop

ular

pos

t-W

orld

War

IIbo

ok T

he R

oots

of A

mer

ican

Loy

alty

(194

6).

Exc

elsi

or:

Lead

ersh

ip in

Tea

chin

g an

d Le

arni

ngV

olum

e 2,

Num

ber 1

F

all/W

inte

r 200

7

8

5

86N

ota

Be

ne

: R

eso

urc

es o

f N

ote

Res

pond

ing

to W

esth

eim

er’s

cal

l, a

num

ber

of w

rite

rs c

omm

ent i

n P

ledg

ing

All

egia

nce

on e

duca

tors

’ com

mitm

ents

to te

achi

ng fo

r dem

ocra

tic c

itize

nshi

p. T

his

wor

kfo

cuse

s on

the

kind

of c

itize

nshi

p th

at re

cogn

izes

am

bigu

ity a

nd d

isag

reem

ent a

nden

cour

ages

deb

ate

and

delib

erat

ion

as th

e fo

unda

tion

bloc

ks fo

r pat

riot

ism

and

civ

iced

ucat

ion.

The

mor

e po

pula

r co

ntri

buto

rs m

enti

oned

ear

lier

hav

e w

ritt

en e

ssay

sad

dres

sing

nat

iona

l pol

icy

as o

ppos

ed to

eve

ryda

y m

atte

rs im

pact

ing

the

clas

sroo

m a

ndth

e ar

t of t

each

ing.

Yet

, for

teac

hers

of e

duca

tion

ther

e ar

e so

me

help

ful e

ssay

s to

con

sult.

Am

ong

the

essa

ys re

leva

nt to

teac

hers

of e

duca

tion,

bes

ides

Wes

thei

mer

’s, a

re th

ose

byPe

dro

Nog

uera

and

Rob

by C

ohen

, Deb

orah

Mei

er, G

eral

d G

raff

, Jos

eph

Kah

ane

and

Elle

n M

idda

ugh,

Dia

na H

ess

and

Lou

is G

anzl

er, a

nd C

ecel

ia O

’Lea

ry. T

his

revi

ewfo

cuse

s sp

ecifi

cally

on

thes

e es

says

.Pe

dro

Nog

uera

and

Rob

by C

ohen

’s “

Edu

cato

rs in

the

War

on

Terr

oris

m”

is ti

mel

yan

d pr

ovoc

ativ

e. T

he a

utho

rs a

rgue

that

it is

tim

e fo

r edu

cato

rs to

thin

k of

pat

riot

ism

and

citiz

ensh

ip in

term

s of

acc

ount

abili

ty. T

hey

insi

st th

at “

Eve

ry s

tude

nt in

our

nat

ion’

sse

cond

ary

scho

ols

shou

ld b

e…ab

le to

wri

te a

coh

eren

t ess

ay e

xplo

ring

the

mer

its o

fva

riou

s co

urse

s of

act

ion

and

putti

ng fo

rwar

d th

eir o

wn

pers

pect

ive

on th

e et

hics

of

U.S

.fo

reig

n po

licy

” (p

. 29)

. Rea

lizi

ng th

at s

choo

ls o

f ed

ucat

ion

have

a tr

emen

dous

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r fos

teri

ng th

e he

alth

and

wel

l-be

ing

of o

ur n

atio

n, th

ey e

voke

the

pion

eers

of t

he id

ea o

f a p

ublic

edu

catio

n—T

hom

as J

effe

rson

, Hor

ace

Man

n, a

nd J

ohn

Dew

ey—

who

arg

ued

that

it is

a te

ache

r’s

resp

onsi

bilit

y “t

o fo

ster

cri

tical

thin

king

am

ong

our s

tude

nts”

(p. 3

4).

Cer

tain

ly, t

his

idea

is c

arri

ed fu

rthe

r in

the

note

d ea

rly

child

hood

sch

olar

and

sen

ior

rese

arch

er a

t New

Yor

k U

nive

rsity

Deb

orah

Mei

er’s

ent

erta

inin

g es

say,

“O

n Pa

trio

tism

and

the

Yan

kees

: Les

sons

Lea

rned

from

Bei

ng a

Fan

.” A

lthou

gh a

die

hard

Yan

kee

fan,

she

care

fully

mak

es a

dis

tinct

ion

betw

een

loya

lty to

a b

aseb

all t

eam

and

alle

gian

ce to

the

stat

e, n

otin

g th

at “

…a

soun

der d

efin

ition

of p

atri

otis

m th

at is

con

sist

ent w

ith m

oder

nde

moc

racy

” (p

. 54)

mus

t be

inco

rpor

ated

into

teac

her e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s. In

her

opin

ion,

“Sc

hool

s ne

ed to

figh

t to

hold

up

open

an

invi

ting

pict

ure

of th

e m

arke

tpla

ce o

fid

eas—

all t

he w

ays

in w

hich

we

expr

ess

our d

iffer

ent,

som

etim

es v

ery

unco

mm

on id

eas

in m

usic

, dan

ce, p

aint

ing,

and

so

fort

h” (p

p. 5

4-55

). H

er m

ost t

ellin

g po

int i

s th

at

Kid

s…ha

ve to

o lo

ng a

ssoc

iate

d sc

hool

with

sile

nce,

with

exe

rcis

es in

ans

wer

ing

ques

tions

one

doe

sn’t

care

muc

h ab

out,

with

a b

land

stu

dent

gov

ernm

ent t

hat o

nly

gets

to d

ecid

e on

wha

teve

r is

view

ed a

s no

t sen

sitiv

e, a

nd w

ith ‘t

he ru

les’

:ke

epin

g th

ebu

ildin

g cl

ean,

wai

ting

one’

s tu

rn, f

ollo

win

g or

ders

, and

bei

ng p

olite

.(p

. 55)

For h

er, t

he e

ssen

tial q

uest

ion

is w

heth

er o

r not

sch

ools

can

be

plac

es th

at in

still

love

of

coun

try

and

plac

es th

at e

xplo

re th

e “t

rue”

mea

ning

of n

atio

n.O

f con

cern

to e

very

cla

ssro

om te

ache

r tod

ay is

the

issu

e of

pol

itica

l cor

rect

ness

.G

eral

d G

raff

, rec

ently

ele

cted

Pre

side

nt o

f the

Mod

ern

Lan

guag

e A

ssoc

iatio

n, m

aint

ains

that

a c

urri

culu

m “

in w

hich

the

dial

ectic

al c

lash

of c

once

pts

and

term

s is

scr

eene

dou

t…is

a p

resc

ript

ion

for p

oliti

cal p

assi

vity

and

inte

llect

ual i

llite

racy

” an

d “W

hen

stud

ents

don

’t ex

peri

ence

term

s lik

e ‘s

ocia

l jus

tice,

’ mul

ticul

tura

lism

,’ or

‘pat

riot

ism

’ in

com

pari

son

and

cont

rast

with

thei

r con

cept

ual a

ltern

ativ

es…

they

tend

to b

e de

priv

ed o

f acl

ear s

ense

of w

hat t

hese

term

s m

ean

and

wha

t is

polit

ical

ly a

t sta

ke in

them

” (p

. 69)

.

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Tha

t poi

nt is

als

o m

ade

in c

ompe

lling

fash

ion

in J

osep

h K

ahan

e an

d E

llen

Mid

daug

h’s

“Is

Patr

iotis

m G

ood

for D

emoc

racy

?” T

hey

have

cal

led

upon

edu

cato

rs a

ndth

ose

deve

lopi

ng c

urri

cula

to e

mbr

ace

a cr

itica

l loy

alty

per

spec

tive.

For

dem

ocra

cy th

isor

ient

atio

n is

impe

rativ

e. “

The

poi

nt is

…to

hel

p st

uden

ts u

se th

eir l

ove

of c

ount

ry a

s a

mot

ivat

ion

to c

ritic

ally

ass

ess

wha

t is

need

ed to

mak

e it

bette

r” (p

. 119

).Fi

nally

, the

last

two

essa

ys w

orth

y of

com

men

t for

teac

her e

duca

tion

are

Dia

na H

ess

and

Lou

is G

anzl

er’s

“Pa

trio

tism

and

Ideo

logi

cal D

iver

sity

in th

e C

lass

room

” an

d C

ecili

aO

’Lea

ry’s

“Pa

trio

t Act

s.” T

he H

ess

and

Gan

zler

pie

ce is

par

ticul

arly

app

ropr

iate

for

disc

ussi

on in

teac

her e

duca

tion

cour

ses

beca

use

the

auth

ors

enco

urag

e th

e cr

eatio

n of

scho

ols

and

clas

ses

that

“ar

e as

pol

itica

lly h

eter

ogen

eous

as

poss

ible

” (p

. 138

). T

heau

thor

s’ m

ain

idea

is fo

r tea

cher

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

to e

ncou

rage

the

notio

n th

atst

uden

ts h

ave

as m

any

oppo

rtun

ities

to e

ngag

e in

vig

orou

s di

scus

sion

s of

pol

itica

l iss

ues

as p

ossi

ble.

And

, for

thos

e in

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

seek

ing

a br

oade

r his

tori

cal o

verv

iew

of th

e id

ea o

f pat

riot

ism

, O’L

eary

’s e

ssay

cha

lleng

es th

at fo

rm o

f lea

rnin

g “s

hape

d by

the

dem

ands

of w

ar, i

nfus

ed b

y ra

cism

, nar

row

ed b

y an

ti-im

mig

rant

pos

ition

s an

dpo

litic

al in

tole

ranc

e of

dis

sent

” (p

. 154

). H

er e

ssay

off

ers

an e

asily

und

erst

anda

ble

criti

que

of th

e ev

olut

ion

of th

e de

bate

s su

rrou

ndin

g pa

trio

tism

in tw

entie

th-c

entu

ryA

mer

ica.

Ple

dgin

g A

llegi

ance

: The

Pol

itics

of P

atri

otis

m in

Am

eric

an S

choo

ls o

ffer

s qu

ite a

coll

ecti

on o

f es

says

wit

h m

ulti

ple

pers

pect

ives

. Str

uctu

rally

, the

wor

k co

nsis

ts o

fre

lativ

ely

shor

t and

eas

ily re

adab

le e

ssay

s th

at a

re in

tend

ed fo

r a p

opul

ar a

udie

nce.

It is

ava

luab

le s

ourc

eboo

k fo

r te

ache

rs w

hen

disc

ussi

ng th

e is

sues

of

citi

zens

hip

and

patr

iotis

m. E

duca

tors

in te

ache

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

are

enco

urag

ed to

sam

ple

the

num

erou

s es

says

add

ress

ing

this

ver

y im

port

ant t

opic

. Use

ful f

or te

ache

rs is

an

appe

nded

list o

f res

ourc

es d

ealin

g w

ith th

is m

atte

r. A

gain

, as

we

prep

are

the

futu

re c

itize

ns o

f thi

sna

tion,

how

do

we

deal

with

the

com

plex

and

dee

ply

prob

lem

atic

role

of p

atri

otis

m in

ade

moc

ratic

soc

iety

? H

ow d

o w

e, in

the

clas

sroo

m, g

ener

ate

a lo

ve o

f cou

ntry

whi

leen

cour

agin

g a

mor

e th

orou

gh e

xam

inat

ion

of th

e m

eani

ng o

f cou

ntry

itse

lf?

Refe

ren

ces

Cur

ti, M

. (19

46).

The

root

s of

Am

eric

an lo

yalty

. New

Yor

k: C

olum

bia

Uni

vers

ity P

ress

.W

esth

eim

er, J

. (A

pril

2006

). Po

litic

s an

d pa

trio

tism

in e

duca

tion.

Phi

Del

ta K

appa

n,87

,p.

620

.

87N

ota

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ne

: R

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urc

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ote

Au

tho

r B

iog

rap

hy

Cha

rles

F. H

owle

tt, P

h.D

., te

ache

s in

the

Gra

duat

e P

rogr

am, E

duca

tion

Div

isio

n, M

ollo

y C

olle

ge. H

e is

a re

tired

sec

onda

ry s

choo

l tea

cher

and

form

ersc

hool

adm

inis

trat

or. H

e is

als

o a

note

d sc

hola

r in

the

field

of A

mer

ican

pea

cehi

stor

y ha

ving

aut

hore

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er 1

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and

pop

ular

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lso

a m

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r of E

xcel

sior

’s E

dito

rial

Rev

iew

Boa

rd.

Em

ail:

chow

lett@

mol

loy.

edu.

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An

Ana

lytic

al O

utlin

e of

Why

Soc

ial J

ustic

e M

atte

rs b

y B

rian

Bar

ry. (

2005

).L

ondo

n, U

K: P

olity

Pre

ss.

Jaso

n B

lokh

uis

Uni

vers

ity o

f Roc

hest

er

In a

nut

shel

l, so

cial

just

ice

mat

ters

bec

ause

a s

ocie

ty th

at d

oes

not a

ckno

wle

dge,

assu

me,

or a

ccep

t col

lect

ive

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r the

wel

l-be

ing

of a

ll its

mem

bers

isdo

omed

. T

his

is B

rian

Bar

ry’s

cen

tral

thes

is; h

is k

ey c

laim

s le

nd s

uppo

rt to

this

over

arch

ing

them

e. B

arry

str

uctu

res

his

argu

men

ts, c

hapt

er b

y ch

apte

r, in

a m

anne

r tha

thi

ghlig

hts

the

cum

ulat

ive

disa

dvan

tage

pri

ncip

le.

Cum

ulat

ive

disa

dvan

tage

(lik

e its

coro

llary

, cum

ulat

ive

adva

ntag

e) d

escr

ibes

a g

row

ing

gulf

bet

wee

n ‘h

aves

’ and

‘hav

eno

ts’.

Con

cent

rate

d w

ealth

ent

ails

con

cent

rate

d po

vert

y. W

hen

extr

emes

of w

ealth

beco

me

too

grea

t, th

e se

nse

of c

omm

on p

urpo

se o

r sha

red

fate

on

whi

ch th

e co

ntin

ued

exis

tenc

e of

any

soc

iety

dep

ends

is lo

st.

Why

Soc

ial J

ustic

e M

atte

rs is

indi

spen

sabl

e re

adin

g fo

r tea

cher

s an

d te

ache

r edu

ca-

tors

. G

ood

teac

hers

are

phi

loso

pher

s –

peop

le w

ho s

eek

trut

h, th

ink

criti

cally

, lov

ekn

owle

dge,

and

resp

ect t

he in

here

nt d

igni

ty o

f all

pers

ons

as m

oral

age

nts.

Goo

d te

ach-

ers

help

to d

evel

op th

e ra

tiona

l cap

aciti

es o

f chi

ldre

n so

that

, as

adul

ts, t

hey

can

mak

ego

od c

hoic

es fo

r the

mse

lves

and

for t

heir

fello

w c

itize

ns th

roug

h th

e ex

erci

se o

f pra

ctic

alre

ason

(phr

ones

is).

“If

all

com

mun

ities

aim

at s

ome

good

,” w

rote

Ari

stot

le, “

the

stat

e or

polit

ical

com

mun

ity, w

hich

is th

e hi

ghes

t of a

ll, a

nd w

hich

em

brac

es a

ll th

e re

st, a

ims

atgo

od in

a g

reat

er d

egre

e th

an a

ny o

ther

, and

at t

he h

ighe

st g

ood”

(Ari

stot

le, t

rans

. 188

5).

In s

hort

, the

soc

iety

for w

hich

teac

hers

are

pre

pari

ng th

eir s

tude

nts

for f

ull m

embe

rshi

pan

d pa

rtic

ipat

ion

is s

uppo

sed

to b

e a

part

ners

hip

for l

ivin

g th

e be

st k

ind

of li

fe.

Hum

anbe

ings

are

‘pol

itica

l ani

mal

s’ b

ecau

se w

e re

ly o

n ou

rsel

ves

and

othe

rs to

lead

com

plet

ean

d fl

ouri

shin

g liv

es (

Cur

ren,

200

0).

A s

yste

m o

f un

equa

l wea

lth

and

reso

urce

dist

ribu

tion

is ju

st o

nly

to th

e ex

tent

that

the

grea

test

ben

efits

acc

rue

to th

e le

ast

adva

ntag

ed, l

est t

he p

oor b

ecom

e m

ere

mea

ns to

the

ends

of t

he ri

ch (R

awls

, 200

1).

Bar

ry a

rgue

s th

at in

divi

dual

resp

onsi

bilit

y as

a g

over

nmen

t man

tra

is m

ore

than

asy

mpt

om o

f th

e gr

owin

g di

spar

ity

betw

een

have

s an

d ha

ve n

ots.

Ind

ivid

uali

smac

cele

rate

s in

equa

lity.

Soc

iety

is a

zer

o-su

m e

nter

pris

e in

sofa

r as

bene

fits

to s

ome

nece

ssar

ily c

ome

at th

e ex

pens

e of

oth

ers.

As

the

gulf

bet

wee

n th

e pr

ivile

ged

and

the

disa

dvan

tage

d w

iden

s, th

e co

st o

f sus

tain

ing

priv

ilege

gro

ws

expo

nent

ially

. R

eade

rs o

fTh

e Ju

ngle

(Sin

clai

r, 19

06) m

ight

reco

gniz

e a

para

llel i

n th

e re

lent

less

‘spe

edin

g up

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oces

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edev

iled

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use

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kers

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opol

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clos

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uppl

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hen

the

inst

itutio

ns o

f gov

ernm

ent –

ano

ther

clo

sed

syst

em –

are

oper

ated

in s

uch

a w

ay a

s to

ext

ract

val

ue fr

om o

ne g

roup

for t

he b

enef

it of

ano

ther

,th

e re

sult

is m

uch

the

sam

e.

The

sta

kes,

how

ever

, are

muc

h hi

gher

.B

arry

’s fi

rst k

ey c

laim

abo

ut th

e pe

rils

of c

umul

ativ

e di

sadv

anta

ge is

mad

e in

his

chap

ter o

n ed

ucat

ion:

A s

ocie

ty th

at d

oes

not a

ssum

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for t

he e

duca

tion

ofits

you

ng s

ows

the

seed

s of

its

own

dest

ruct

ion.

A c

ompe

titiv

e m

arke

t for

sch

oolin

gen

sure

s th

at c

hild

ren

will

rece

ive

the

best

edu

catio

n th

eir f

amily

can

aff

ord.

For

the

child

ren

of p

rivile

ged

fam

ilies

, thi

s is

the

begi

nnin

g of

cum

ulat

ive

adva

ntag

e, a

s w

ell-

educ

ated

chi

ldre

n ga

in re

ady

acce

ss to

the

offic

es a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

soci

ety

has

to o

ffer

.Fo

r the

chi

ldre

n of

und

erpr

ivile

ged

fam

ilies

, a c

ompe

titiv

e m

arke

t for

sch

oolin

g is

the

begi

nnin

g of

an

even

mor

e se

vere

cum

ulat

ive

disa

dvan

tage

. A

chi

ld w

ho d

oes

not l

earn

to re

ad m

ay n

ot q

ualif

y fo

r a d

river

’s li

cens

e, li

miti

ng h

er m

obili

ty a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent

pros

pect

s. S

he w

ill n

ot b

e ab

le to

par

ticip

ate

fully

in p

ublic

dis

cour

se th

roug

h pr

int

med

ia.

She

will

be

unab

le to

def

end

her i

nter

ests

as

a ci

tizen

, mak

ing

her e

asy

fodd

er fo

rth

ose

who

wou

ld e

xplo

it h

er ig

nora

nce

for

fina

ncia

l or

poli

tica

l gai

n.

Bet

wee

n th

ew

ell-

educ

ated

and

the

ill-e

duca

ted,

ther

e is

littl

e se

nse

of a

‘com

mon

goo

d’ a

t whi

ch a

gove

rnm

ent m

ight

aim

. In

stea

d, th

e pr

ivile

ged

live

in fe

ar, a

ssua

ging

thei

r gui

lt w

ithev

er-c

ostli

er b

read

and

cir

cuse

s fo

r tho

se w

ho w

ould

rese

nt th

eir e

xplo

itatio

n (i

f the

yw

ere

awar

e of

its

mag

nitu

de).

Whe

n th

e pr

ivile

ged

live

in fe

ar o

f tho

se w

hom

they

exp

loit,

war

ehou

sing

is a

n ea

sy–

thou

gh c

ostly

– s

olut

ion.

In

a ch

apte

r ent

itled

, “T

he M

akin

g of

the

Bla

ck G

ulag

,”B

arry

des

crib

es h

ow a

pen

al s

yste

m a

ssig

ned

to m

arke

t for

ces

adds

to c

umul

ativ

edi

sadv

anta

ge.

A g

over

nmen

t tha

t inv

ests

in e

duca

tion

in a

dis

crim

inat

ory

fash

ion

– or

whi

ch m

akes

edu

catio

n an

indi

vidu

al re

spon

sibi

lity

– ca

n ex

pect

mor

e re

spec

t for

law

amon

g th

ose

who

se ra

tiona

l cap

aciti

es w

ere

wel

l-cu

ltiva

ted

than

am

ong

thos

e w

hose

ratio

nal c

apac

ities

wer

e no

t. W

hat c

an g

over

nmen

t do

for t

he ig

nora

nt, t

he in

capa

ble,

and

the

alie

nate

d w

ho h

ave

‘cho

sen’

not

to o

bey

the

law

? W

hy, l

ock

them

aw

ay, o

fco

urse

! A

ny c

once

rn th

at g

over

nmen

t mig

ht b

e co

mpl

icit

in th

e ig

nora

nce,

inca

paci

ty,

and

alie

natio

n th

at le

d to

unl

awfu

l con

duct

is b

rush

ed a

side

with

a ra

ther

hyp

ocri

tical

appe

al to

ratio

nal c

hoic

e: ‘

The

y’ c

hose

to b

reak

the

law

; the

refo

re, ‘

they

’ cho

se th

eco

nseq

uenc

es.

All

the

whi

le, a

pen

al s

yste

m o

pera

ted

by c

ompe

ting

priv

ate

corp

orat

ions

man

ipul

ates

pub

lic p

olic

y to

ens

ure

an e

ver-

grow

ing

pris

on p

opul

atio

n, w

ith c

onco

mita

ntpr

ofits

gen

erat

ed a

t pub

lic e

xpen

se.

Inde

ed, a

s B

arry

poi

nts

out,

soci

etal

col

laps

e is

that

muc

h cl

oser

as

inve

stm

ent i

n pu

blic

goo

ds (e

duca

tion

and

heal

th c

are)

is re

duce

d to

pay

the

Pied

Pip

er o

f priv

atiz

ed p

riso

ns.

The

cap

acity

to th

ink

criti

cally

is a

nec

essa

ry c

ondi

tion

for p

erso

nal a

uton

omy

and

dem

ocra

tic p

artic

ipat

ion.

It i

s al

so a

nec

essa

ry c

ondi

tion

for w

ell-

bein

g in

its

mos

tfu

ndam

enta

l sen

se: B

arry

’s c

hapt

er o

n he

alth

illu

stra

tes

the

cum

ulat

ive

disa

dvan

tage

that

accr

ues

in a

soc

iety

that

relin

quis

hes

both

edu

catio

n an

d he

alth

car

e to

mar

ket f

orce

s.In

bri

ef, t

he in

adeq

uate

ly e

duca

ted

are

read

ily m

anip

ulat

ed b

y th

e ir

ratio

nal a

ppea

ls o

fhu

ckst

ers.

Bar

rage

d w

ith a

dver

tisem

ents

tout

ing

unhe

alth

y fo

ods,

the

unde

redu

cate

dsu

ffer

dis

prop

ortio

nate

ly fr

om o

besi

ty a

nd d

iabe

tes.

Man

y ca

nnot

read

nut

ritio

nal

info

rmat

ion

and

prod

uct w

arni

ng la

bels

. In

a s

ocie

ty th

at a

ssig

ns h

ealth

car

e to

aco

mpe

titiv

e m

arke

t, th

e ha

ves

can

‘cho

ose’

to b

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mat

ely,

cum

ulat

ive

disa

dvan

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lead

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a g

ulf s

o w

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the

have

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that

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cogn

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the

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indi

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spon

sibi

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liter

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linge

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of s

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nec

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for a

soc

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to b

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cogn

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sa

part

ners

hip

for l

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ind

of li

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ry g

oes

a st

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the

final

cha

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Why

Soc

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atte

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e A

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to s

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uman

life

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over

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mat

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and

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mm

on g

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relu

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f the

U.S

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men

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loba

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lect

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actio

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ms

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arm

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and

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depl

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con

sequ

ence

s. A

n ir

resp

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soci

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doo

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soci

ety,

to b

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re.

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wha

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ultim

atel

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sta

ke is

not

the

surv

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of A

mer

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soc

iety

or B

ritis

h so

ciet

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is h

uman

soc

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at is

why

soc

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atte

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ren

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Ari

stot

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1885

). Th

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naly

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ays

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