Exploring the Nature, Facilitators, and Challenges of Program Coherence in a Case of Teacher Education Program Redesign Using Core Practices

Autor/inn/en	Levine, Thomas H.; Mitoma, Glenn Tatsuya; Anagnostopoulos, Dorothea M.; Roselle, Rene
Titel	Exploring the Nature, Facilitators, and Challenges of Program Coherence in a Case of Teacher Education Program Redesign Using Core Practices
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education, 74 (2023) 1, S.69-84 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Levine, Thomas H.) ORCID (Anagnostopoulos, Dorothea M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4871
DOI	10.1177/00224871221108645
Schlagwörter	Alignment (Education); Teacher Education Programs; Program Design; College Faculty; Teaching Methods; Educational Change; Teacher Attitudes; Best Practices; Conflict; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Fakultät; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsreform; Lehrerverhalten; Konflikt
Abstract	Scholars have called for promoting coherence in teacher education programs. Such coherence is often depicted as a state to be achieved. This article reconceptualizes coherence as a dynamic process affected by the simultaneous organizational realities of unity, conflict, and fragmentation; it also aims to clarify factors that can facilitate or challenge the work of enhancing teacher education program coherence. Drawing on a case study of program-wide redesign, we show that promoting coherence requires more than just maximizing unity (instructors' agreement on means and ends). It also requires addressing conflict and recognizing fragmentation in ways that support what we term "pathway flexibility." By highlighting the interplay of unity, conflict, and fragmentation, we offer a set of conceptual tools to understand and support the development of program coherence in teacher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01