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Editorial Advisory Board
Mohammad Abdolshah, Azad University, Iran
Megan Adams, Kennesaw State University, USA
Kat Alves, University of Virginia, USA
Julie Ankrum, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, USA
Inese Berzina-Pitcher, Michigan State University, USA
Brett Blackwell, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA
Kelley Buchheister, University of South Carolina, USA
Erik Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Laci Fiala, Walsh University, USA
Henry Gillow-Wiles, Oregon State University, USA
Julie Golden, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Megan Guise, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Mireille Habib, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Chance Hoellwarth, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Akesha Horton, Michigan State University, USA
Nicholas Husbye, University of Missouri at St. Louis, USA
Christa Jackson, Iowa State University
Jennifer Jones, Rutgers University, USA
Vinod Kanvaria, University of Delphi, Indonesia
Kijpokin Kasemsap, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Michael Kennedy, University of Virginia, USA
Christopher Knoell, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Virginia McCormack, Ohio Dominican University, USA
Enisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Heidi Mills, University of South Carolina, USA
Micah Modell, Indiana University, USA
Aimee Morewood, West Virginia University, USA
Jacqueline Mumford, Wash University, USA
Taban Nazari, Azad University, Iran
Amy Nebesniak, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Margaret Niess, Oregon State University, USA


 

Rukiye Ozturk, Bahcesehir University, Turkey

Maria Plakhotnik, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Diana Presadă, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Sanjuana Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University, USA
John Romig, University of Virginia, USA
Christopher Seals, Michigan State University, USA
Nancy Stauch, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Jane Strawhecker, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Allison Swan Dagen, West Virginia University, USA
Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Cynthia Taylor, Millersville University, USA
Krystal Thiessen, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Adetola Umoh Oyewo, University of Kwa Zulu, South Africa
Phu Vu, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Tina Wagle, SUNY Empire State College, USA
Brandi Worsham, Brenau University, USA
List of Contributors

Abdolshah, Mohammad / Azad University, Iran............................................................................... 395

Adams, Megan / Kennesaw State University, USA............................................................................. 210
Alovar, Yolanda / University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.................................................................. 527
Alves, Kat D. / University of Virginia, USA........................................................................................ 285
Amos, Yukari Takimoto / Central Washington University, USA........................................................ 48
Ankrum, Julie / Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA................................................................ 428
Arias, Cecilia C. / Rutgers University, USA....................................................................................... 415
Badea, Mihaela / Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania....................................................... 93
Berzina-Pitcher, Inese / Michigan State University, USA.................................................................. 582
Blackwell, Brett / Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA...................................................................... 34
Braden, Eliza G. / The University of South Carolina, USA................................................................ 481
Brown, Katie E. / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA................................................... 227
Brown, Victoria / Florida Atlantic University, USA.......................................................................... 259
Buchheister, Kelley / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.............................................................. 561
Byker, Erik Jon / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA....................................... 80,227,297
Candela, Amber G. / University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA........................................................... 538
Coffey, Heather / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.................................................... 227
Dagen, Allison Swan / West Virginia University, USA....................................................................... 428
Daulton, Marietta / Walsh University, USA....................................................................................... 367
Dorafshan, Seyed Ali / Azad University, Iran.................................................................................... 395
Ershova, Ekaterina Alexandrovna / National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Russia............................................................................................................................................ 238
Fiala, Laci / Walsh University, USA.................................................................................................... 367
Gillow-Wiles, Henry / Oregon State University, USA........................................................................ 499
Golden, Julie Ellen / Florida Atlantic University, USA..................................................................... 259
Good, Amy J / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA........................................................ 227
Good, Amy J. / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA......................................................... 80
Guise, Megan / California Polytechnic State University, USA............................................................... 1
Habib, Mireille / California Polytechnic State University, USA............................................................ 1
Harden, Susan B. / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA................................................. 227
Hodges, Thomas E. / University of South Carolina, USA.................................................................... 34
Hoellwarth, Chance / California Polytechnic State University, USA.................................................... 1
Horton, Akesha / Michigan State University, USA............................................................................. 582
Husbye, Nicholas E. / University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA........................................................... 527
Jackson, Christa / Iowa State University, USA.................................................................................. 561


 

Jones, Jennifer V. / Rutgers University, USA..................................................................................... 415

Kasemsap, Kijpokin / Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand............................................. 112
Kennedy, Michael J. / University of Virginia, USA............................................................................ 285
Knoell, Christopher Michael / University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA......................................... 385
Kukar, Nicole M. / Central Washington University, USA.................................................................... 48
McCormack, Virginia / Ohio Dominican University, USA............................................................... 442
Mede, Enisa / Bahcesehir University, Turkey..................................................................................... 616
Mills, Heidi / University of South Carolina, USA................................................................................. 34
Mishra, Punya / Arizona State University, USA................................................................................. 582
Modell, Micah Gideon / SUNY Korea, South Korea.......................................................................... 187
Morewood, Aimee L. / West Virginia University, USA...................................................................... 428
Morris, Debra / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA...................................................... 356
Mumford, Jacqueline M. / Walsh University, USA........................................................................... 367
Nebesniak, Amy / University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA.............................................................. 385
Niess, Margaret L. / Oregon State University, USA........................................................................... 499
Norouzi, Ali / Azad University, Iran................................................................................................... 395
Oyewo, Adetola Elizabeth / University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa........................................... 138
Ozturk, Rukiye Ozlem / Bahcesehir University, Turkey.................................................................... 616
Plakhotnik, Maria Sergeevna / National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Russia............................................................................................................................................ 238
Polly, Drew / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA...................................................... 80,636
Presadă, Diana / Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania....................................................... 93
Putman, S. Michael / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA............................................... 80
Robbins, Amy / California Polytechnic State University, USA.............................................................. 1
Rodgers, Wendy J. / University of Virginia, USA.............................................................................. 285
Rodriguez, Sanjuana Carrillo / Kennesaw State University, USA............................................. 210,605
Romig, John E. / University of Virginia, USA.................................................................................... 285
Scott, Julius / Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA............................................................................. 34
Seals, Christopher / Michigan State University, USA........................................................................ 582
Shore, Rebecca Ann / University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA............................................ 356
Somerall, Sally / Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA........................................................................ 34
Song, King / University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.......................................................................... 527
Stauch, Nancy / California Polytechnic State University, USA.............................................................. 1
Strawhecker, Jane / University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA.......................................................... 385
Taylor, Cynthia E. / Millersville University of Pennsylvania, USA.................................................... 561
Thiessen, Krystal / California Polytechnic State University, USA......................................................... 1
Thornton, Natasha A. / Kennesaw State University, USA................................................................. 308
Umoh, Samuel Uwem / University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.................................................. 138
Velliaris, Donna M / University of South Australia, Australia........................................................... 337
Vorkapić, Sanja Tatalović / University of Rijeka, Croatia................................................................ 163
Vu, Phu / University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA............................................................................ 385
Wagle, Tina / SUNY Empire State College, USA.................................................................................. 68
Worsham, Brandi Wade / University of Georgia, USA..................................................................... 453
Zimmer, Kate / Kennesaw State University, USA.............................................................................. 210
Table of Contents

Preface..............................................................................................................................................xxviii

Acknowledgment.............................................................................................................................xxxiii

Section 1
Programmatic Efforts and Strategies

Chapter 1
The Evolution of Clinical Practice: Moving from Traditional Student Teaching to Co-Teaching.......... 1
Megan Guise, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Krystal Thiessen, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Amy Robbins, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Mireille Habib, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Nancy Stauch, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Chance Hoellwarth, California Polytechnic State University, USA

Chapter 2
Learning to Theorize from Practice: The Power of Embedded Field Experiences............................... 34
Thomas E. Hodges, University of South Carolina, USA
Heidi Mills, University of South Carolina, USA
Brett Blackwell, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA
Julius Scott, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA
Sally Somerall, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA

Chapter 3
Teaching and Learning Simultaneously: Collaboration between Teacher Education and a
University ESL Program........................................................................................................................ 48
Yukari Takimoto Amos, Central Washington University, USA
Nicole M. Kukar, Central Washington University, USA

Chapter 4
Alternative and Authentic: A Close Look at a Successful, Nontraditional Teacher Certification
Program.................................................................................................................................................. 68
Tina Wagle, SUNY Empire State College, USA


 

Chapter 5
edTPA is a Rock in My Shoe: Alleviating the Pain of edTPA with the edPASR Strategy.................... 80
Erik Jon Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Amy J. Good, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
S. Michael Putman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Drew Polly, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Chapter 6
Evaluating Teacher Education Programs for Philology Students.......................................................... 93
Diana Presadă, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Mihaela Badea, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Chapter 7
Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development: Current Issues and Approaches............ 112
Kijpokin Kasemsap, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand

Chapter 8
Prospects and Challenges of Social Studies Teachers Professional Development in Nigeria............. 138
Adetola Elizabeth Oyewo, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Samuel Uwem Umoh, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Section 2
Supporting Candidates’ Efficacy, Identities, and Dispositions

Chapter 9
Personality and Education: Contemporary Issues in Psychological Science about Personality in
Teacher Education................................................................................................................................ 163
Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Chapter 10
Learning to Lead Collaborative Student Groups to Success............................................................... 187
Micah Gideon Modell, SUNY Korea, South Korea

Chapter 11
Fostering Diverse Praxis: Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Efficacy........................................... 210
Sanjuana Carrillo Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University, USA
Megan Adams, Kennesaw State University, USA
Kate Zimmer, Kennesaw State University, USA

Chapter 12
Preparing Teacher-Scholars to Inquire: Constructing the Inquiry Processing Cycle........................... 227
Erik Jon Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Heather Coffey, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Susan B. Harden, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Amy J Good, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Katie E. Brown, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA


Chapter 13
Developing Academic Writing Skills of In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers: Approaches,
Outcomes, and Challenges................................................................................................................... 238
Maria Sergeevna Plakhotnik, National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Russia
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Ershova, National Research University Higher School of
Economics, Russia

Section 3
Technology-Enhanced Teacher Education Initiatives

Chapter 14
A Holistic Professional Development Model: A Case Study to Support Faculty Transition to
Online Teaching................................................................................................................................... 259
Julie Ellen Golden, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Victoria Brown, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Chapter 15
A Multimedia Tool for Teacher Education and Professional Development........................................ 285
Wendy J. Rodgers, University of Virginia, USA
Michael J. Kennedy, University of Virginia, USA
Kat D. Alves, University of Virginia, USA
John E. Romig, University of Virginia, USA

Chapter 16
I Play I Learn: Introducing Technological Play Theory...................................................................... 297
Erik Jon Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Section 4
Constructs and Frameworks for Professional Development

Chapter 17
Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction: Promoting Shifts in Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices......... 308
Natasha A. Thornton, Kennesaw State University, USA

Chapter 18
Potato, Pot-Ar-To. Tomato, Tom-Ar-To: Is Teacher Quality and Teaching Quality the Same?.......... 337
Donna M Velliaris, University of South Australia, Australia

Chapter 19
The Unconference: A Constructivist Approach to Professional Development.................................... 356
Rebecca Ann Shore, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Debra Morris, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
 

Chapter 20
An Agile K-12 Approach: Teacher PD for New Learning Ecosystems............................................... 367
Jacqueline M. Mumford, Walsh University, USA
Laci Fiala, Walsh University, USA
Marietta Daulton, Walsh University, USA

Chapter 21
Gamified - Blended Learning Professional Development: A Descriptive Case Study........................ 385
Phu Vu, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Christopher Michael Knoell, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Amy Nebesniak, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Jane Strawhecker, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA

Chapter 22
Studying Infrastructures of Implementing Organizational Excellence of Model of EFQM at
Education Department of Golestan Province....................................................................................... 395
Mohammad Abdolshah, Azad University, Iran
Ali Norouzi, Azad University, Iran
Seyed Ali Dorafshan, Azad University, Iran

Chapter 23
Lessons Learned from Designing and Implementing a Three-Year Professional Development
Program................................................................................................................................................ 415
Jennifer V. Jones, Rutgers University, USA
Cecilia C. Arias, Rutgers University, USA

Chapter 24
Aligning Effective Professional Development and Online Learning: A Conceptual Stance............... 428
Aimee L. Morewood, West Virginia University, USA
Julie Ankrum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Allison Swan Dagen, West Virginia University, USA

Section 5
Professional Development Pedagogies, Resources and Strategies

Chapter 25
Project-Based Learning Integration with Teachers Immersed in a Professional Development
Initiative............................................................................................................................................... 442
Virginia McCormack, Ohio Dominican University, USA

Chapter 26
Middle School Teachers’ Sensemaking of Job-Embedded Learning.................................................. 453
Brandi Wade Worsham, University of Georgia, USA


Chapter 27
What Can I Do? Using Critical Literacy and Multimodal Text Types to Enhance Students
Meaning Making and Talk................................................................................................................... 481
Eliza G. Braden, The University of South Carolina, USA

Chapter 28
Innovative Instructional Strategies for an Online Community of Learners: Reconstructing
Teachers’ Knowledge........................................................................................................................... 499
Margaret L. Niess, Oregon State University, USA
Henry Gillow-Wiles, Oregon State University, USA

Chapter 29
Patterns of Practice and Teacher Identity: Insights from the QTEL Professional Development
Program................................................................................................................................................ 527
Nicholas E. Husbye, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
Yolanda Alovar, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
King Song, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA

Chapter 30
Mathematics Teachers’ Perspectives on Professional Development Around Implementing High
Cognitive Demand Tasks..................................................................................................................... 538
Amber G. Candela, University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA

Chapter 31
Defining Effective Learning Tasks for All........................................................................................... 561
Kelley Buchheister, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Christa Jackson, Iowa State University, USA
Cynthia E. Taylor, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, USA

Chapter 32
A New Understanding of our Confusion: Insights from a Year-Long STEM Fellowship Program.... 582
Christopher Seals, Michigan State University, USA
Akesha Horton, Michigan State University, USA
Inese Berzina-Pitcher, Michigan State University, USA
Punya Mishra, Arizona State University, USA

Chapter 33
Understanding and Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students................................................................. 605
Sanjuana Carrillo Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University, USA

Chapter 34
Evaluation of Master’s Programs in English Language Teaching (ELT): A Turkish Case of
Professional Development................................................................................................................... 616
Rukiye Ozlem Ozturk, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Enisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
 

Chapter 35
Professional Development to Develop Elementary School Teachers’ Assessment Practices in
Mathematics......................................................................................................................................... 636
Drew Polly, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Compilation of References................................................................................................................ 648

About the Contributors..................................................................................................................... 732

Index.................................................................................................................................................... 735
Detailed Table of Contents

Preface..............................................................................................................................................xxviii

Acknowledgment.............................................................................................................................xxxiii

Section 1
Programmatic Efforts and Strategies

Chapter 1
The Evolution of Clinical Practice: Moving from Traditional Student Teaching to Co-Teaching.......... 1
Megan Guise, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Krystal Thiessen, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Amy Robbins, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Mireille Habib, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Nancy Stauch, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Chance Hoellwarth, California Polytechnic State University, USA

In this chapter, the authors examine the implementation of the co-teaching model within the clinical
experience of a post-baccalaureate teacher credential program, examining the different levels of
understanding and buy-in to the co-teaching model. Implementing mixed methodologies, the authors look
specifically at the co-teaching experiences of three science co-teaching pairs. Although pairs highlighted
within this case study predominantly aligned more with a traditional model of student teaching, each
pair had at least one moment of co-teaching, which either provided a better learning environment for the
secondary students and/or professional development for both the pre-service and in-service teacher. In
the discussion and implications section of the chapter, the authors explore why co-teaching occurred in
these specific contexts and how a teacher education program might better support its co-teaching pairs
in their understanding and implementation of co-teaching.

Chapter 2
Learning to Theorize from Practice: The Power of Embedded Field Experiences............................... 34
Thomas E. Hodges, University of South Carolina, USA
Heidi Mills, University of South Carolina, USA
Brett Blackwell, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA
Julius Scott, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA
Sally Somerall, Dutch Fork Elementary School, USA

Too often, university methods courses privilege theory and expect teacher candidates to imagine what
it means for classroom practice. This chapter illustrates the power of innovative methods courses with

 

embedded field experiences because they are designed to offer intentional and systematic opportunities
for teacher candidates to theorize from practice each and every class period. Using as an example Brett,
a former teacher candidate and now early career 2nd grade teacher, we illustrate Brett’s meaning-making
of classroom based experiences both within the teacher education program and into her own classroom
as we describe the design of English-language arts and mathematics methods courses for preservice
teachers that leverage embedded field experiences.

Chapter 3
Teaching and Learning Simultaneously: Collaboration between Teacher Education and a
University ESL Program........................................................................................................................ 48
Yukari Takimoto Amos, Central Washington University, USA
Nicole M. Kukar, Central Washington University, USA

The purpose of this chapter is to describe a collaboration process between a teacher education program
and a university ESL program that attempts to increase teacher candidates’ exposure to ELLs with “third
space” as a theoretical framework. In third spaces, boundaries of teacher and student get blurred, and
new ways of thinking about teaching and learning emerge. In the collaboration project that this chapter
describes, the two teacher candidates regularly volunteered in the university ESL classes and taught mini-
lessons to the ELLs while taking a class about ELL teaching. The qualitative analysis of the participants
indicates that in the collaboration project, a university-based class and a field-based class were in sync
by providing the participants with opportunities to immediately implement what they learned in a
traditional class with the ELLs. In this boundary blurriness, the ELLs became from abstract to concrete
in the participants’ mind, and the participants became reflective practitioners.

Chapter 4
Alternative and Authentic: A Close Look at a Successful, Nontraditional Teacher Certification
Program.................................................................................................................................................. 68
Tina Wagle, SUNY Empire State College, USA

In this piece, the author describes an alternative teacher certification program to achieve two objectives.
The first is to counter an argument that current programs in this category do not fit the criteria of
alternative certification pathways that were established in the 1980s. The author will use this established
framework to demonstrate that such programs still frame these criteria. The second objective is to refute
the seemingly wide-spread negative perception that alternative teacher certification programs often carry
due to the generalization of these types of programs. This will be accomplished by describing SUNY
Empire State College’s Master of Arts in Teaching Program and demonstrating that it meets the high
standards expected from any teacher preparation program. It is the author’s hope that stakeholders with
an investment in education and in teacher preparation, in particular, will not make unfounded assumptions
of alternative preparations and instead understand that there are high quality programs that support the
profession of teaching.


Chapter 5
edTPA is a Rock in My Shoe: Alleviating the Pain of edTPA with the edPASR Strategy.................... 80
Erik Jon Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Amy J. Good, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
S. Michael Putman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Drew Polly, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

As more and more states adopt edTPA as a professional portfolio for teacher licensure, more and more
teacher candidates face the challenge of completing edTPA often with little guidance or support. The
purpose of this chapter is to describe a specific strategy, called the edPASR Strategy, for supporting
teacher candidates through the edTPA process. The chapter shares how the edPASR Strategy emerged
from the need to develop a heuristic method that would help teacher candidates successfully navigate and
complete the edTPA Portfolio. The chapter examines edTPA related program data from a sample of 263
elementary education teacher candidates (n=263) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
which is located in the Southeast region of the United States. The chapter reports on the improvement
over time in the participants’ mean scores on the edTPA Tasks. One reason for the improvement is
providing systematic guidance for the teacher candidates through the edPASR Strategy, which stands
for: ed- Educate yourself; P- Practice, AS – Assess Self, and R – Review.

Chapter 6
Evaluating Teacher Education Programs for Philology Students.......................................................... 93
Diana Presadă, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Mihaela Badea, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

The chapter will deal with the process of training philology students for their future careers as language
and literature teachers in the compulsory education system of Romania. Based on the concurrent model,
their training implies studying at the same time for the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree and a teaching
qualification. An analysis of the transformations undergone by Romanian teacher training education
in the last twenty years may enable an exchange of opinions among the researchers concerned with
the improvement of the field. The chapter will offer a chronological analysis of the process of training
philology undergraduate and graduate students paying particular attention to the creation and development
of new programs at academic level.

Chapter 7
Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development: Current Issues and Approaches............ 112
Kijpokin Kasemsap, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand

This chapter reveals the prospect of teacher education; teacher education and technology utilization; the
issues with professional development (PD); and the perspectives on teacher professional development
(TPD) in the digital age. Teacher education offers teachers ways to keep their classrooms and curriculum
highly educational. By providing teachers with teacher education programs, they are able to continue
their own education, gain vital skills that they may not have been able to learn while taking college
courses, and stay current with new technologies. TPD is an essential method of improving teaching and
learning for teachers. TPD provides time, resources, and educational personnel to support teachers to
improve their skills about teaching and learning. The effective teacher education and TPD programs
should include technology pedagogy, the 21st century skills, and ethical perspectives toward improving
preservice teacher’s technological skills and enhancing both learner’s educational opportunities and
learning outcomes.
 

Chapter 8
Prospects and Challenges of Social Studies Teachers Professional Development in Nigeria............. 138
Adetola Elizabeth Oyewo, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Samuel Uwem Umoh, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Social Studies as a subject was introduced in several countries to meet certain specific needs and aspirations
of the people. In Britain for instance, Social Studies was introduced into the school curriculum after
the first and second world wars, as a panacea for social problems. While in America, Social Studies
was introduced with the intent of social competency and citizenship education. Social Studies is called
different names in different countries, such as cultural studies, oriental studies, environmental education/
studies, citizenship education or social science. In this chapter Social Studies in Nigeria is discussed
with a focus on teacher education and professional development.

Section 2
Supporting Candidates’ Efficacy, Identities, and Dispositions

Chapter 9
Personality and Education: Contemporary Issues in Psychological Science about Personality in
Teacher Education................................................................................................................................ 163
Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, University of Rijeka, Croatia

The purpose of this chapter is to sensitize the public about the importance of research on personality in the
process of teaching and learning, regardless of whether it refers to the personality/temperament of children
or teachers. By analysing the personality of teachers, the job-fit theory and different theoretical models
of personality and temperament in psychology are showcased. With the aim of a better understanding of
the moderator’s role of personality in the context of education, a systematic review of relevant studies is
presented within Croatian cultural context. Finally, an empirical study is presented which was conducted
on future preschool teachers who evaluated their personality as well as their best and worst teachers’
personalities. It was determined that there are significant differences in estimated personality traits of
the best and worst teachers. Finally, further guidance in exploring the role of personality in education
was provided, with an emphasis on methodological aspects and some specific scientific research designs.

Chapter 10
Learning to Lead Collaborative Student Groups to Success............................................................... 187
Micah Gideon Modell, SUNY Korea, South Korea

This chapter discusses the barriers to achieving the myriad benefits often attributed to collaborative group
projects. It begins with an explanation of what collaboration is and the value the method offers to both
learners and instructors. It then presents a variety of ways in which these projects can fail to achieve
their goals and even have a negative effect on student performance, attitudes towards collaboration and
self-efficacy. It also explores some of the ethical concerns that accrue when these problems are not
addressed. It then explains how instructors can mitigate these problems today.


Chapter 11
Fostering Diverse Praxis: Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Efficacy........................................... 210
Sanjuana Carrillo Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University, USA
Megan Adams, Kennesaw State University, USA
Kate Zimmer, Kennesaw State University, USA

The aim of this chapter is to describe a partnership between a local university and a summer academy
that provided a space for pre-service teachers (teacher candidates) to work with students from diverse
backgrounds. Teacher candidates in a literacy assessment course assessed and tutored students in this
summer academy. The chapter describes the tutoring program and the pre-service teachers’ response
to a teaching efficacy survey based on the work with students. Findings indicate that after the tutoring
experience, teacher candidates felt more competent to engage students and to use literacy strategies with
the students.

Chapter 12
Preparing Teacher-Scholars to Inquire: Constructing the Inquiry Processing Cycle........................... 227
Erik Jon Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Heather Coffey, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Susan B. Harden, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Amy J Good, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Katie E. Brown, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Whether it is in the sciences or humanities, inquiry is a valued pedagogy for teaching and learning.
Teacher candidates often enter into their teacher preparations programs with limited experience and
understanding of the process of inquiry. The chapter’s purpose is to introduce and discuss the Inquiry
Processing Cycle, which is a theoretical model for engaging in inquiry. The chapter explains how the
Inquiry Processing Cycle emerged from Grounded Theory from an on-going qualitative study of first-year
undergraduate students (n=110) in a College of Education first-year class called Prepared for Success.
The study found that the participants perceived that the process of inquiry was a fundamental part of
being a successful college student as well as being an effective teacher. Yet, the participants were unclear
about how to actually proceed with an inquiry. From these findings, the chapter illustrates how to engage
in the inquiry process using the Inquiry Processing Cycle.

Chapter 13
Developing Academic Writing Skills of In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers: Approaches,
Outcomes, and Challenges................................................................................................................... 238
Maria Sergeevna Plakhotnik, National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Russia
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Ershova, National Research University Higher School of
Economics, Russia

This chapter reports on services created and implemented by a writing center in a large public university
in the USA to assist to pre-service teachers and in-service teachers with academic writing as professional
development activities while they are pursuing their degrees. Academic writing is a style of written
communication that has become acceptable in institutions of higher education. The services include: 1) a
series of workshops to teach the requirements of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, 2) a series of workshops around conceptualizing a research project and submitting a paper
 

to a conference, 3) writing support circles, and 4) individual consultations. The chapter provides a
description of each of this service, including the purpose and the design, highlights outcomes of these
professional development services, and discusses challenges in its design and implementation.

Section 3
Technology-Enhanced Teacher Education Initiatives

Chapter 14
A Holistic Professional Development Model: A Case Study to Support Faculty Transition to
Online Teaching................................................................................................................................... 259
Julie Ellen Golden, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Victoria Brown, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Institutions struggle to develop online curriculum that meets increasing student demands for online
education. The explosive growth of online learning necessitates that many higher education faculty
transition from a traditional classroom to a web-based format, sometimes with little or no training. This
chapter describes a holistic online faculty professional development (PD) model developed through use
of a concerns-based adoption model (CBAM). The CBAM model provides an affective and behavioral
lens for managing change. Through two of CBAM’s components called stages of concern and levels of
use, a PD plan was constructed that approaches the transition to distance learning as an ongoing process
rather than simply as technology training. The holistic PD model considers each faculty member as
an individual with unique needs. Components of the PD model and new Center for E-Learning (CeL)
development and program building are explained. Impact on faculty and students and recommendations
for program planning and future research are included.

Chapter 15
A Multimedia Tool for Teacher Education and Professional Development........................................ 285
Wendy J. Rodgers, University of Virginia, USA
Michael J. Kennedy, University of Virginia, USA
Kat D. Alves, University of Virginia, USA
John E. Romig, University of Virginia, USA

This article describes a tool that can be used in teacher education called Content Acquisition Podcasts
(CAPs). CAPs are short multimedia vignettes designed to teach targeted, specific concepts. They are
developed in accordance with design principles that are intended to reduce learners’ cognitive load.
CAPs are simple to create and can be made with readily-available software; this accessibility and their
flexible design makes them extremely versatile. They can easily be incorporated into flipped or blended
classes. In this article, the authors explain how CAPs are created, describe three ways to integrate CAPs
into teacher education and professional development, and explore how CAPs can begin to address the
challenges of preparing teachers for a complex working environment.

Chapter 16
I Play I Learn: Introducing Technological Play Theory...................................................................... 297
Erik Jon Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

The purpose of this chapter is to describe and report on the development of original theoretical work which
emerged from comparative and international empirical research. The theory is called, “Technological
Play Theory.” In sharing about Technological Play Theory, this study has three purposes. First, the study


explains how Technological Play Theory emerged in a grounded theory way from research findings about
the social construction of technology among elementary school teacher and students in England, Cuba,
India, South Korea, and the United States. Second, the study examines the contours of the Technological
Play Theory in relationship to empirical findings. Third, the study examines how Technological Play
Theory can be empowering and utilized as an “agent of change” in education and schooling.

Section 4
Constructs and Frameworks for Professional Development

Chapter 17
Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction: Promoting Shifts in Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices......... 308
Natasha A. Thornton, Kennesaw State University, USA

This study works toward addressing a very critical educational problem in that it seeks to understand how
gaining conceptual and pedagogical understandings of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) impact shifts
in teachers’ beliefs and practices. Rather, than considering the impact of CRP on students’ educational
success, this study examined teachers’ changing beliefs and practices as they engaged in professional
development on issues related to CRP and literacy instruction. Formative experiment was conducted and
continuous, teacher-centered professional development focused on CRP served as the intervention for
the study. Findings indicate that theoretical learning, critical self-reflection, collaboration, and longevity
are integral to support shifts in teachers’ beliefs and practices around CRP. Findings also show that the
shifting process is dynamic and complex and occurs differently for individuals. The outcomes of this
study suggest that professional learning should considers teachers’ beliefs, experiences, and work context
during the learning process.

Chapter 18
Potato, Pot-Ar-To. Tomato, Tom-Ar-To: Is Teacher Quality and Teaching Quality the Same?.......... 337
Donna M Velliaris, University of South Australia, Australia

Research on school effectiveness largely relates to ways of measuring the quality of a school, which is
often quantified in terms of students’ ‘academic’ achievement. The impetus for this research was the
recognition that as a pre-university pathway provider, the lecturers at the Eynesbury Institute of Business
and Technology (EIBT) face increasingly complex and divergent academic challenges stemming from its
98-100% international student demographic. An anonymous survey comprising two open-ended questions
was distributed to EIBT staff for reflection. Rich narrative data from 10 respondents elucidates varied
understanding(s) of the difference(s) between ‘teacher’ and ‘teaching’ quality, as well as recommendations
for their own Professional Development (PD). It is the author-practitioner’s belief that institutional
advancement requires greater attention to ‘teaching’ rather than ‘teachers’, and that PD is a collective
effort that is fundamental to overall scholastic success.

Chapter 19
The Unconference: A Constructivist Approach to Professional Development.................................... 356
Rebecca Ann Shore, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Debra Morris, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

This chapter traces a brief history of professional development (PD) in P-12 schools from the emergence of
the National Staff Development Council (1978), now called Learning Forward, and reviews the evolution
of evaluation models from Kirkpatrick (1959) to Guskey (2000). It then traces a brief history of learning
 

theory from Behaviorism to Constructivism, and the impact of the evolving understanding of how we
learn on changing professional development delivery. The authors share technological advances from
the sciences that have influenced the design and delivery of learning and offer a brain-based approach
for delivering PD. A recent phenomenon, the unconference, or EdCamp as some have been called,
represents a constructivist approach to professional development which is more closely aligned with
brain-based principles of how we learn. (Both authors planned, administered, and evaluated an EdCamp
Professional Development day for a program of aspiring high school principals in the spring of 2015.)

Chapter 20
An Agile K-12 Approach: Teacher PD for New Learning Ecosystems............................................... 367
Jacqueline M. Mumford, Walsh University, USA
Laci Fiala, Walsh University, USA
Marietta Daulton, Walsh University, USA

Several schools in the United States are adapting to incorporate 21st century skills, active learning
pedagogical approaches, and new technological innovation to advance student learning. Creating physical
and virtual spaces and support for creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and innovation is vital. Yet,
designing and offering meaningful professional development to teachers in these new learning ecosystems
is a challenge. This chapter explores the application of Agile methodologies to professional development
planning, design, and facilitation in a school district that implemented a new learning ecosystem. The
Agile approach resulted in customized professional development opportunities that were rigorous, relevant,
iterative, and flexible enough to meet district needs. Data were collected on teacher technology efficacy,
and initial results indicated success. This has generated an agenda for further research.

Chapter 21
Gamified - Blended Learning Professional Development: A Descriptive Case Study........................ 385
Phu Vu, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Christopher Michael Knoell, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Amy Nebesniak, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
Jane Strawhecker, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA

This descriptive case aimed to examine a new model of job-embedded and on-going professional
development using both blended learning and gamification approach as a delivery method. Qualitative
and quantitative data collected for the study were from different sources to ensure the validity and
reliability of the findings. The quantitative data findings indicated that participating in the PD first module
impacted both the teachers learning of effective mathematics teaching, as well as their mathematical
content knowledge. Furthermore, they planned to implement what they learned from the PD into their
classroom teaching. Qualitative data findings identified three common themes emerging from the data
analysis including awareness of high quality resources, students’ engagement through the use of games
and technology, and tasks to promote students’ mathematical thinking.


Chapter 22
Studying Infrastructures of Implementing Organizational Excellence of Model of EFQM at
Education Department of Golestan Province....................................................................................... 395
Mohammad Abdolshah, Azad University, Iran
Ali Norouzi, Azad University, Iran
Seyed Ali Dorafshan, Azad University, Iran

To examine the infrastructures of implementing EFQM excellence model in the field of abilities of
education department. This is descriptive-survey research and the statistical society of this research is
deputies, in charge experts, experts of education department of Golestan province, that total number of
38 persons were elected by classification sampling method. The collected data was analyzed by using
descriptive statistics. Research findings show that infrastructures of implementing EFQM model at policy
and strategy sector of education department is at maximum level and at partnership and resources section
is at minimum level. The present research has attempted to finding out the infrastructures of implementing
organizational excellence model of EFQM at education department. Therefore, education organization
through focusing on sectors having less infrastructures, attempts to pave the way for implementation of
EFQM model.

Chapter 23
Lessons Learned from Designing and Implementing a Three-Year Professional Development
Program................................................................................................................................................ 415
Jennifer V. Jones, Rutgers University, USA
Cecilia C. Arias, Rutgers University, USA

This chapter highlights a process of creating, revising, and evaluating a professional development (PD)
program for in-service upper elementary teachers (grades 3-6), titled the Central New Jersey Partnership
to Enhance Mathematics Achievement (CNJ PEMA). Beginning with the research base that informed the
initial design of the multi-year program, a description of the program components and implementation,
a discussion of the revision process, and lessons learned from formal evaluation (daily feedback forms)
and teacher reflections are provided. In particular, attention is focused on how the program sought to
include teachers as partners in the creation and revision process as a way to provide them with a voice
and choice in their own professional learning.

Chapter 24
Aligning Effective Professional Development and Online Learning: A Conceptual Stance............... 428
Aimee L. Morewood, West Virginia University, USA
Julie Ankrum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Allison Swan Dagen, West Virginia University, USA

The focus of this chapter is an exploration of the intersection between widely acknowledged and implemented
research-based practices for effective PD and a conceptual framework for effective online learning and
engagement called the Community of Inquiry (CoI) (Garrision, Anderson, & Archer, 2000). A social
constructivist perspective is used to align the characteristics of effective PD (e.g., duration, collaborative
participation, active learning, coherence, and content focus) with the three CoI presences (e.g., teaching,
social, and cognitive presences). Beyond the alignment of these two conceptual frameworks, practical
examples of online tools are discussed for both synchronous and asynchronous online learning contexts
within this chapter.
 

Section 5
Professional Development Pedagogies, Resources and Strategies

Chapter 25
Project-Based Learning Integration with Teachers Immersed in a Professional Development
Initiative............................................................................................................................................... 442
Virginia McCormack, Ohio Dominican University, USA

This chapter focused on the effectiveness of a professional development initiative on the planning, designing,
and implementing project-based learning in mathematics, science, and special education classrooms.
The purpose was to highlight project-based learning and the development of a professional development
learning community that provided unique ways in which teachers engaged with a variety of learning tasks,
assessments, and resources while practicing vital mathematics and science skills with diverse students.
Attention was given to the importance of teacher attitude and confidence, collaboration, school support,
barriers, and increasing student engagement. The case study method was used to amass and probe data.
The results indicated valuable suggestions about the effectiveness of professional development for active
engagement in project-based learning through networking, differentiating instructional strategies, creating
new assessment tools, and gaining content knowledge and pedagogical skills.

Chapter 26
Middle School Teachers’ Sensemaking of Job-Embedded Learning.................................................. 453
Brandi Wade Worsham, University of Georgia, USA

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss a multi-case study on how middle school teachers constructed
understandings of their job-embedded learning experiences. The aim of the study was to explore how
teachers made sense of and gave meaning to their learning experiences that occurred during the school
day as they engaged in the work of being a teacher. Job-embedded learning experiences referred to
any formal or informal learning opportunity that was grounded in the context of the school day and
characterized by active learning and reflection. This chapter includes a detailed overview of the literature
on effective professional development and the characteristics of job-embedded learning as each relates
to the middle school context; the background and significance of the study; a description of the research
design, methods, and procedures; a discussion of the research findings and subsequent implications for
educators; and suggestions and recommendations for practice and future research.

Chapter 27
What Can I Do? Using Critical Literacy and Multimodal Text Types to Enhance Students
Meaning Making and Talk................................................................................................................... 481
Eliza G. Braden, The University of South Carolina, USA

This chapter offers preservice candidates and inservice teachers a portrait into a classroom context where
one teacher: 1. Identified the experiences and backgrounds of 20 culturally and linguistically diverse
students; 2. Used critical literacy as a theory to purposefully select literature grounded in the lives and
experiences of her culturally and linguistically diverse third graders; and 3. Used critical literacy and
multimodal text types to enhance students meaning making and talk. Implications for practice and
research are provided.


Chapter 28
Innovative Instructional Strategies for an Online Community of Learners: Reconstructing
Teachers’ Knowledge........................................................................................................................... 499
Margaret L. Niess, Oregon State University, USA
Henry Gillow-Wiles, Oregon State University, USA

This qualitative, design-based research identifies innovative instructional practices for teacher professional
development that support an online community of learners in reconstructing their technological pedagogical
content knowledge (TPACK) for teaching mathematics. This analysis describes instructional practices that
guide inservice teacher participants in inquiring and reflecting to confront their knowledge-of-practice
conceptions for integrating multiple technologies as learning tools. The research program describes an
online learning trajectory and instructional strategies supporting the tools and processes in steering the
content development in a social metacognitive constructivist instructional framework towards moving
from “informal ideas, through successive refinements of representation, articulation, and reflection
towards increasingly complex concepts over time” (Confrey & Maloney, 2012). The results provide
recommendations for online professional development learning environments that engage the participants
as a community of learners.

Chapter 29
Patterns of Practice and Teacher Identity: Insights from the QTEL Professional Development
Program................................................................................................................................................ 527
Nicholas E. Husbye, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
Yolanda Alovar, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
King Song, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA

The increasing diversity of public school students presents challenges both to institutions of teacher education
as well as professional development providers as mainstream educators must now be versed in skills and
techniques that result in rigorous and effective learning for English learners (ELs). This chapter presents
insights from a university-run professional development program for pre- and in-service teachers closely
examining the ways one participant engaged in a variety of practice-based identities within her classroom
as a result of her participation in the professional development program. These practice-based identities
include the tool collector, content monomath, and polymath, with each bring particular strengths to the
classroom for ELs. This work suggests a need to consider the ways in which professional development
participants conceptualize themselves as they make sense of their own educational experience as well
as to provide insight into the most meaningful elements of such an experience.

Chapter 30
Mathematics Teachers’ Perspectives on Professional Development Around Implementing High
Cognitive Demand Tasks..................................................................................................................... 538
Amber G. Candela, University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA

This chapter will provide readers with an overview of a professional development created and enacted to
support teachers’ implementation of high cognitive demand tasks (Smith & Stein, 2011). This multiple
case study seeks to give voice to the three seventh grade mathematics teachers who participated in the
professional development as they share their perspectives on what factors affected their implementation
of high cognitive demand tasks. The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the structure of
 

the professional development, share the aspects of the professional development the teachers identified
as supportive when planning and implementing high cognitive demand tasks in their mathematics
classrooms, and discuss ideas for future professional development aimed at providing teachers with
instructional practices to incorporate into classrooms.

Chapter 31
Defining Effective Learning Tasks for All........................................................................................... 561
Kelley Buchheister, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Christa Jackson, Iowa State University, USA
Cynthia E. Taylor, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, USA

An effective mathematics program may be defined as one in which classroom teachers implement tasks
and activities that allow all students opportunities to engage in high levels of mathematical thinking and
reasoning (NCTM, 2014). In the chapter, we describe background information regarding the preparation
of practicing and prospective teachers when implementing research-based practices in the inclusive
classroom. Specifically, we provide explicit background information from the extant literature regarding:
1. Equity, 2. Universal Design for Learning, and 3. How to use games as classroom activities to promote
the development of mathematical concepts, skills, and conceptual reasoning.

Chapter 32
A New Understanding of our Confusion: Insights from a Year-Long STEM Fellowship Program.... 582
Christopher Seals, Michigan State University, USA
Akesha Horton, Michigan State University, USA
Inese Berzina-Pitcher, Michigan State University, USA
Punya Mishra, Arizona State University, USA

This chapter discusses the philosophies and practices that drive the MSUrbanSTEM Leadership &
Teaching Fellowship Program. This multi-year project offers a professional development program to a
selected cohort of K-12 STEM educators from Chicago Public Schools, one of the largest urban districts
in the U.S. This chapter provides a holistic view of the program, shares the fellow selection process, and
focuses on the strategically developed curriculum and the theoretical bases for the chosen pedagogy.
This allows the authors to explore the psychological and philosophical principles, based on the idea of
accepting confusion, and embracing failure in beliefs about pedagogy and STEM instruction, which are
used to expand the skills and abilities of these selected urban school teachers. Finally, we provide some
initial findings about the teachers’ growth and development both in their efficacy and leadership abilities.

Chapter 33
Understanding and Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students................................................................. 605
Sanjuana Carrillo Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University, USA

The aim of this chapter is to provide pre-service and in-service teaching with an understanding of who
emergent bilingual students are and how they can adapt their practice in order to use students’ home
language as a resource rather than as a deficit. The chapter will share findings from a study conducted
with emergent bilingual students in a kindergarten writing workshop. It will also focus on how teachers
should adopt an additive approach to language that expands children’s linguistic, social, and cultural
resources while supporting learning a new language as well and literacy development.


Chapter 34
Evaluation of Master’s Programs in English Language Teaching (ELT): A Turkish Case of
Professional Development................................................................................................................... 616
Rukiye Ozlem Ozturk, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Enisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, Turkey

This chapter aims to evaluate the English Language Teaching (ELT) master program offered by the
Graduate School of Educational Sciences at a foundation (non-profit, private) university in Istanbul, Turkey.
Specifically, it investigates the preferences of the students about joining this particular program as well as
analyzes their perceptions along with the ones shared by the course instructors and program coordinator.
The sample population comprised fifty students, five instructors and one program coordinator. Data were
obtained through a questionnaire and reflective essays. The findings revealed that the master program
was effective regarding the content of the program as well as the role of instructors which contributed to
the professional development. However, the range of elective courses and balance between course loads
needed more consideration for the redesign of the existing program. Findings are discussed in relation
to program design and evaluation in English language teaching master’s programs.

Chapter 35
Professional Development to Develop Elementary School Teachers’ Assessment Practices in
Mathematics......................................................................................................................................... 636
Drew Polly, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

The climate of high-stakes tests has greatly influenced the way mathematics is taught in schools in the
United States. In this study the author shares the findings of a professional development project focused
on cognitively-demanding mathematical tasks and performance tasks that can be used for both instruction
and assessment. Through an inductive analysis of open-ended surveys, the professional development
increased teachers’ awareness and use of cognitively-demanding mathematical tasks that align to their
standards. However, many teachers reported their beliefs that assessments should be multiple choice and
reflect the format of their high-stakes state-wide end-of-year assessment. Implications for professional
development related to assessment in mathematics education are also shared.

Compilation of References................................................................................................................ 648

About the Contributors..................................................................................................................... 732

Index.................................................................................................................................................... 735
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Preface

RATIONALE FOR THIS BOOK

The current climate of education around the world necessitates that teacher educators, professional
developers, and those who research issues around teacher learning collaborate and share their work. In
an era of high-stakes assessment driven by international tests, such as the Programme for International
Student Assessment ([PISA], OCED, 2013), educators, policy makers, and researchers are looking for
research-based or evidence-based initiatives and approaches to enhancing teacher learning, which will
in turn impact student learning.
As we thought about the purposes and goals of this book, we sought to include a variety of research
studies and research-based theoretical chapters about innovative projects related to teacher education and
professional development. We commend and thank the authors for their diligence in writing and revis-
ing their chapters, which have potential to make important contributions to the field of teacher learning.

Overview of Chapters

Section 1 focuses on programmatic efforts and other strategies used in teacher education programs. In
the first chapter, Guise and colleagues explain the impact of a co-teaching model in a post-baccalaureate
teacher education program in The Evolution of Clinical Practice: Moving from Traditional Student
Teaching to Co-Teaching. The authors explore the contextual factors in which co-teaching occurred, the
impact of these experiences, and discuss how teacher education programs might effectively implement
co-teaching pairs in their own programs. Next, in Learning to Theorize From Practice: The Power of
Embedded Field Experiences, Hodges and his colleagues describe how university faculty and teachers
collaborated to establish intensive field experiences in both literacy and mathematics to support teacher
candidates’ development. Following that chapter in Teaching and Learning Simultaneously: Collaboration
Between Teacher Education and a University ESL program, Amos and Kukar describe a collaboration
process between a teacher education program and a university ELL program that attempts to increase
teacher candidates’ exposure to ELLs with “third space” as a theoretical framework. In the collaboration
project that is described, the three teacher candidates regularly volunteered in the university ESL classes
and taught mini-lessons to the ELLs while taking a class about ELL teaching. Further, the qualitative
analysis of the participants indicates that in the collaboration project, a university-based class and a
field-based class were in sync by providing the participants with opportunities to immediately imple-
ment what they learned in a traditional class with the ELLs.



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