Understanding Pre-Service Teacher Education Discourses in "Communities of Practice": A Reflection from an Intervention in Rural South Africa

Autor/in	Islam, Faisal
Titel	Understanding Pre-Service Teacher Education Discourses in "Communities of Practice": A Reflection from an Intervention in Rural South Africa
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 30 (2012) 1, S.19-29 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
Schlagwörter	Communities of Practice; Preservice Teacher Education; Rural Schools; Social Differences; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Intervention; Reflection; Sustainability; Performance Factors; Discourse Communities; Discourse Analysis; Student Journals; Group Discussion; Interviews; Teacher Workshops; Misconceptions; Teacher Role; Professional Identity; Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Sozialer Unterschied; Ausland; Nachhaltigkeit; Leistungsindikator; Diskursanalyse; Studentenzeitung; Gruppendiskussion; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Missverständnis; Lehrerrolle; Teilnahme
Abstract	Drawing on an evaluation experience of a teacher education preparation project in a rural area of South Africa, this paper attempts to explore the possibility of using Communities of Practice (CoP) in teacher preparation. The paper concludes that the concept of CoP is powerful in providing spaces for self-reflection to pre-service teachers and challenging the dominant urban-based teacher education discourses in relation to rural schools. However, the CoP is also problematic, especially with regard to the issues of social differences among the members of the CoP and the sustainability of the broader influence of a CoP on marginalised rural communities. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Perspectives in Education. Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa. Fax: +27-51-401-7044; e-mail: pie@ufs.ac.za; Web site: http://search.sabinet.co.za/pie
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10