ERIC Number: EJ1360413
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-2147-0456
EISSN: EISSN-2147-5407
Examining an Alternative Teacher Education Undergraduate Program: Possibilities for Teaching and Extending What It Means to Be an Educator outside of the Classroom
Wakefield, Wendy; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin; Parra Gaete, Ivet; Glassmeyer, Kristi; Palandjian, Garine; Pretti, Esther do Lago e; Roberts, T'ata; Terada, Takeshi
Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, v11 n2 p187-210 2022
As part of efforts to become more interdisciplinary, socially embedded, and innovative, leaders of a large college of education reimagined a program originally designed to retain struggling students to target students interested in nontraditional educational careers (e.g., nonprofits). Researchers in this study explore reasons why this program has increasingly become a program of choice through both quantitative and qualitative analyses of institutional data across the program's history and surveys of current students and instructors. Findings about shifting demographics of students enrolled in the program toward nontraditional students who appreciate the accessibility and flexibility of the online modality, as well as shifts in program focus on preparation for a broader range of educational career options are presented. Findings also highlight the possibilities of this type of program to prepare students for further educational opportunities, including graduate programs, to also facilitate university-business partnerships. Implications for continued improvement and growth of this program and the design of similar programs targeting the preparation of students for non-traditional teaching positions are also discussed.
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education Programs, Schools of Education, College Students, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Nontraditional Occupations, Career Choice, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Student Characteristics
Uludag University, Education Faculty, Department of Educational Sciences. Bursa, Turkey. e-mail: jtee.editor@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jtee.org; Web site: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jtee
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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