My First Academic Summary
SUMMARY
Narratives in Teacher Education
Narratives
in teacher education is an informative article written by Dolk & den Hertog
(2008) which accounts for a learning experience developed in The Netherlands. It
aims to bridge the
gap between theory and experience in teacher education
colleges. The authors claim that by means of this approach, prospective
teachers are stimulated to construct their own knowledge, observing and
investigating into real classroom contexts and bringing their own experiences
into their training.
The
learning experience which the authors refer to is a multimedia interactive
learning environment (MILE). This environment brings 70 hours of mathematics
teaching and contains videos of real lessons plus communication tools for
learners and journals as well. Since it is divided in short fragments,
prospective primary teachers are allowed to watch them as many times as they
require and later intervene in enriching discussions.
The authors
outline the importance of using narratives in teacher training as a framework
to record thoughts and feelings during observations in order to promote
prospective teachers´ reflection on their own practice. According to Dolk &
den Hertog (2008) through reflection students may share their own beliefs on
education, negotiate meaning and interpretation of observed environments and
construct stories by becoming very intense observers. These discussions also
allow prospective teachers to move between scientific theories and their own
hypothesis on education.
All in all,
Dolk & den Hertog (2008) reveal that students of teacher training colleges
“learn to teach by teaching” (p.228). They assert that to reach this goal,
teachers need to interact with their peers and base their knowledge not only on
theory but also on personal practical experience.
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