Working together within a system: educative mentoring and novice teacher learning |
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| Authors: | Lindsay Joseph Wexler |
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| Institution: | Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education, Michigan State University, College of Education, East Lansing, MI, USA |
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| Abstract: | Using a framework of activity theory, I follow one mentor/student teacher pair through a yearlong student teaching experience, investigating their interactions around the practice of educative co-planning. Evidence from multiple data sources collected over the course of one year is analyzed to understand the role co-planning played in the mentor/student teacher relationship, the experience of being a mentor, and in the development of the student teacher’s practices. Findings reveal the mentor and student teacher used the educative practice of co-planning to productively mediate tensions and navigate their relationship. |
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| Keywords: | Mentoring teacher education and preparation student teaching |
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