Coteaching praxis and professional service: facilitating the transition of beliefs and practices |
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| Authors: | Cristobal Carambo Clare Tracy Stickney |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Pennsylvania Science Teacher Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
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| Abstract: | Coteaching is an effective structure for the pre-service practicum as it immerses student teachers in the culture of the school
and helps them to learn by working closely at the elbows of their mentor teacher. The collaborative nature of the model fosters
beliefs and practices based on shared perspectives and coresponsibility for the quality of the learning environment. Cogenerative
dialogues with students insure the inclusion of their voice in the collaboration and foster increased emotional energy and
classroom solidarity. The work by Wassell and LaVan (2009) fills an important void in our research on coteaching as it seeks to understand which practices and beliefs survive the
transition to professional service. While both teachers included cogenerative dialogues in their interactions with students,
we suggest that the reflective practices of a single teacher are qualitatively different from reflections based on the dynamic
interactions of multiple adults’ coteaching together. We explore strategies that will help administrators and school staff
find the human and material resources needed to staff the multiple teacher classroom. Our comments on this paper are informed
by our experiences as the academic coordinator and mentor teacher of the learning community in which Jen and Ian completed
their pre service practicum and are meant help disseminate this model to as many educational environments as possible.
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| Keywords: | Coteaching Student teacher Cogenerative dialogue Reflection |
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