Integrated initial and continuing training as a way of developing the professional agency of teachers and student teachers
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss training aimed at supporting the professional agency of teachers and student teachers. Drawing on socio-cultural and post-structural theories, we conceptualize professional agency as achieved by participation in professional practices. We employ our conceptualization in an analysis of a Finnish pilot training that combined initial and continuous training for preschool and primary school teachers. We argue that the practices of reflection and collective enquiry inherent in the model offer a fruitful starting point for further efforts to understand how to support the development of the professional agency of teachers and student teachers simultaneously.
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2020
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Elsevier
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Peer reviewed
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0742-051X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103189
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English
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Teaching and Teacher Education
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- Ukkonen-Mikkola, T., & Varpanen, J. (2020). Integrated initial and continuing training as a way of developing the professional agency of teachers and student teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 96, Article 103189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103189
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This work was supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.
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