Cross-Institutional Collaboration: (Co)Constructing Knowledge About Teaching and Learning in the Middle-Level Classroom

Penny B. Howell, Margaret Rintamaa, Shawn Faulkner, Mike DiCicco

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Abstract

Utilizing technology to connect three geographically separate institutions within the same state and drawing on Bhabba, and Zeichner’s notions of third space, four teacher educators developed an opportunity for the middle-level teacher candidates from each university to simultaneously observe a live classroom teaching event virtually while participating in a backchannel conversation about the lesson. Upon completion of the live teaching event, candidates engaged in a debriefing session with the classroom teacher. This promising practice allowed candidates to discuss a lesson from multiple perspectives, broadening their views of teaching and learning at the middle level and enabling middle-level teacher educators an opportunity to scaffold (co)construction of knowledge about young adolescents and effective classroom practices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-104
Number of pages14
JournalTeacher Educator
Volume54
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 3 2019

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© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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