‘It’s like Central Park’: Conceptualising teacher residencies as a democratic hub

Lee C. C., Akin Sabuncu S., Pratt S.

JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING, sa.https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjet20/current, ss.1-20, 2024 (SSCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Periodicals Index Online, Communication & Mass Media Index, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Index Islamicus, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, PAIS International
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-20
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this conceptual paper, we offer a framework to examine how residency programs can critically reflect upon their existence and presence as a democratic hub. We see the need for the reflective conceptualization of residencies to offer a tool for considering how and why residencies are created. In conceptualizing teacher residency programs as democratic hubs rather than institutional programs, we draw on the metaphor of Central Park in NYC to discuss the permeability of boundaries and accessibility to all. We centre our framework on three pillars: a) decentralising knowledge; b) historicizing knowledge; and c) co-creating knowledge. This study has implications of addressing a central and longstanding problem in teacher education: the disconnect between academic coursework and fieldwork or the lack of collaboration between schools and universities, often referred to as the theory-practice divide. We offer this tool to conceptualize teacher residencies so that teacher education can be designed to matter in practice, not only in institutions but for the public good.