ERIC Number: EJ1426752
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1742-5964
EISSN: EISSN-1742-5972
Place as Teacher: Community-Based Experiences, Third Spaces, & Teacher Education
Alison E. Leonard; Amy Burns; Erica R. Hamilton; Linda Taylor; Hilary Tanck
Studying Teacher Education, v20 n2 p214-235 2024
This study focuses on the systematic collective reflections of four teacher educators as they interrogate their own practice engaging in community-based settings, specifically considering how these settings can serve as an additional teacher. It is informed by a theory that centers educational experiences within the community and is guided by Gutiérrez's use of the concept of third space. Connected to third spaces, the results of this study reveal that traditional PK-12 settings serve as the first spaces, the university teacher education programs as the second spaces, and the community-based settings as third spaces. Results showcase how these third spaces can be transformative for teacher educators as they consider preservice teachers' learning. Findings are drawn from a 2-year collective self-study of four teacher educators facilitating community-based field experiences in the United States and Canada. Analysis of the teacher educator reflections of their observations revealed the transformative ways in which these community-based places, as separate and unique constructs, acted as a teacher for preservice teachers when working in community-based settings. This study presents arguments for integrating community-based field experiences within teacher education, particularly as such places can support and facilitate preservice teachers' learning.
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Transformative Learning, Place Based Education, Educational Experience, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States
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