ERIC Number: EJ1390343
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1743-9884
EISSN: EISSN-1743-9892
We Need a Curricular Cooperative: Envisioning a Future beyond Teachers Paying Teachers
Learning, Media and Technology, v48 n2 p310-323 2023
The curriculum marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) claims that 85% of educators in the United States use the site. Despite substantial evidence that TPT offers low quality materials, little research has explored the impact of TPT on curriculum-making. We analyze 76 TPT seller sites from assignments submitted by teacher candidates in an elementary social studies methods course to understand how teacher education candidates encounter and make sense of TPT. We observe that TPT produces siloed 'one-stop shops' that attempt to capture users' attention, discouraging the kind of legitimate peripheral participation and resource sharing described by the proponents of 'teacherpreneurship.' We offer an alternative model of curricular supplementation that builds on the affordances of platform technologies.
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Curriculum Development, Teacher Developed Materials, Assignments, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies, Methods Courses, Student Attitudes, Entrepreneurship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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