University Faculty Leaders' Views of Teacher Educators' Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Maaranen, Katriina; Stenberg, Katariina; Sintonen, Sara; Kynäslahti, Heikki; Jyrhämä, Riitta; Byman, Reijo
Titel	University Faculty Leaders' Views of Teacher Educators' Professional Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 49 (2023) 1, S.21-36 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-7476
DOI	10.1080/02607476.2022.2045865
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Educators; Professional Development; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Teacher Leadership; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Ausland; Fakultät; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Finnland
Abstract	In this paper, we explore the views of Finnish university faculty leaders, such as deans and directors, concerning teacher educators' professional development. Although teachers' professional development has been investigated for decades, teacher educators' professional development has until recently been under-researched. Faculty leaders could be viewed as pedagogical leaders of their teaching staff. We set out to investigate what the leaders' understanding of teacher educators' professional development is, as well as how they think it should be promoted. We interviewed seven leaders. The main results of the interviews show that the leaders did not have a clear understanding of what teacher educators' professional development is. They viewed it as an autonomous, individual issue and also as related to the research that these PhD level teacher educators conduct as part of their everyday work. However, they had a very supportive attitude towards professional development, considered it to require some structuring or systematising and were also willing to invest resources in it. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01