Teacher Educators' Collaboration in Subject Departments: Collaborative Activities and Social Relations

Autor/inn/en	Heldens, Henderijn; Bakx, Anouke; den Brok, Perry
Titel	Teacher Educators' Collaboration in Subject Departments: Collaborative Activities and Social Relations
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 21 (2015) 7-8, S.515-536 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
DOI	10.1080/13803611.2016.1153488
Schlagwörter	Teacher Educators; Teacher Collaboration; Departments; Correlation; Educational Quality; Incidence; Teacher Education Programs; Elementary School Curriculum; Questionnaires; Social Networks; Intellectual Disciplines; Teacher Attitudes; Collegiality; Foreign Countries; Likert Scales; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerkooperation; Department; Abteilung; Korrelation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Vorkommen; Fragebogen; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Geisteswissenschaften; Lehrerverhalten; Kollegialität; Ausland; Likert-Skala; Niederlande
Abstract	Teacher educators' collaboration plays an important role in the improvement of teacher education. Many studies in educational research focus on collaboration from 1 particular perspective. A focus on 2 perspectives, a qualitative (focusing on collaborative activities) as well as a quantitative (focusing on relations) perspective, and relating both perspectives, can add to our knowledge. Data were collected in 3 subject departments of a teacher education institute. Findings indicated that educators' collaborative networks inside the departments could gain from more coherent and dense relations, and that key players were important to support and sustain collaboration. Both perspectives were mildly related, correlations were found for "degree" and "information" (r = 0.31, p < 0.05), "degree" and "joint work" (r = 0.38, p < 0.01), and "reciprocity" and "joint work" (r = 0.33, p < 0.05), no correlations were found for "degree" or "reciprocity" and "discussing." At the department level, only mathematics showed significant correlations. Results indicated that, in further research, qualitative aspects as well as quantitative aspects should be included. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01