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The DHAC framework (Development of Habits through Apprenticeship in a Community) builds on the contemporary understanding of teacher preparation and strives to provide a better understanding of the process of learning to teach physics. Extant literature on teacher preparation suggests that pre-service teachers learn best when they are immersed in a community that allows them to develop dispositions, knowledge and practical skills and share with the community a strong vision of what good teaching means. However, despite having developed the requisite dispositions, knowledge and skills in pursuing the shared vision of good teaching, the professional demands on a teacher’s time are so great out of and so complex during class time that if every decision requires multiple considerations and deliberations with oneself, the productive decisions might not materialize. We therefore argue that the missing link between intentional decision-making and actual teaching practice are the teacher’s habits (spontaneous responses to situational cues). Teachers unavoidably develop habits with practical experience and under the influence of knowledge and belief structures that in many ways condition the responses of teachers in their practical work. To avoid new teachers developing unproductive habits, directed towards teacher “survival” instead of student learning, or reverting to the “old ways” of teaching learned through the apprenticeship of observation, we argue that a physics teacher preparation program should strive to develop in pre-service teachers strong habits of mind and practice that will serve as an underlying support structure for beginning teachers. In the paper we provide examples of the habits, which physics teachers need to develop before starting teaching, and connect them to the knowledge, skills and dispositions required for their development. Using the DHAC framework, we explain the features of successful physics teacher preparation programs and predict the outcomes of different approaches to teacher education.
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Development of Habits Through Apprenticeship in a Community: Conceptual Model of Physics Teacher Preparation2015 •
2016 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
A theory-guided research agenda for physics teacher education2016 •
Extant literature on teacher preparation suggests that preservice teachers learn best when they are immersed in a community that allows them to develop dispositions, knowledge, and practical skills and share with the community a strong vision of what good teaching entails. However, even if the requisite dispositions, knowledge, and skills in pursuing the shared vision of good teaching are developed, the professional demands on a teacher's time are so great out of, and so complex during class time that if every decision requires multiple considerations and deliberations with oneself, the productive decisions might not materialize. We argue that the link between intentional decision making and actual teaching practice are teacher's habits (spontaneous responses to situational cues). Teachers unavoidably develop habits with practical experience and under the influence of knowledge and belief structures that in many ways condition the responses of teachers in their practical work. To steer new teachers away from developing unproductive habits directed towards " survival " instead of student learning, we propose that teacher preparation programs (e.g., in physics) strive to develop in preservice teachers strong habits of mind and practice that will serve as an underlying support structure for beginning teachers. We provide examples of physics teacher habits that are to be developed during the program, propose mechanisms for the development of such habits, and outline possible future research agendas around habits.
This paper explores New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers' assessments about their Initial Teacher Education (ITE), specifically, how well it prepared them for classroom practice and to become effective physics teachers. The data from a nationwide survey of physics teachers was analysed using frequency tables and inferential statistics. The teachers considered themselves not well-prepared in some content areas including electronics, modern physics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Significant differences also existed between teachers who were trained in NZ and those from overseas. Findings from the study suggest that the non-education degree which provided the teachers most of their content knowledge was perhaps inadequate for a teaching career. Introduction The focus of this study was to ascertain whether New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers perceived their Initial teacher Education (ITE) prepared them well for teaching physics at senior levels in high schools. Initial teacher educator...
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This research deals with the discussion about Physics teachers’ undergraduate education and professional performance related to the knowledge acquired during this initial education. More specifically, we try to answer questions like: How do future teachers evaluate the knowledge acquired during their initial education as in terms of specific knowledge as pedagogical knowledge? What are their formative needs and future expectatives about professional performance and the school teaching environment? Data was constituted from a sample of 26 future high school physics teachers, one semester long, that were taking the supervised curricular training in a undergraduate Physics education program (called Licenciatura in Brazil), in Sao Paulo State public university. Besides the final report of this training, future teachers were asked to answer a questionnaire aiming to take their conceptions about their initial education program, their formative needs, future professional expectatives and h...
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Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Physics Teachers’ Views on their Initial Teacher Education2016 •
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Pedagogical content knowledge and preparation of high school physics teachers2010 •
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