TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘I felt so removed from student teaching’
T2 - shared voices of preservice student teachers regarding the edTPA and student teaching
AU - Shin, Minsun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Guided by an inquiry as stance approach, this study aimed to explore the perspectives of early childhood and elementary pre-service student teachers on the impact of the edTPA (Teacher Performance Assessment) on their student teaching experiences. The analysis of an online open-ended questionnaire revealed that the claims made by the edTPA supports were paradoxical. Our participants shared the unforeseen effects of the edTPA on their student teaching experiences, such as the [non-]educative, [un]authentic, and [un]professional side of the edTPA. The findings of this study urge teacher educators, policy makers, and administrators to rethink and re-examine the edTPA requirement in the field to provide truly professional and educative experiences for all young children, student teachers, Cooperating Teachers (CT), staff, and the community.
AB - Guided by an inquiry as stance approach, this study aimed to explore the perspectives of early childhood and elementary pre-service student teachers on the impact of the edTPA (Teacher Performance Assessment) on their student teaching experiences. The analysis of an online open-ended questionnaire revealed that the claims made by the edTPA supports were paradoxical. Our participants shared the unforeseen effects of the edTPA on their student teaching experiences, such as the [non-]educative, [un]authentic, and [un]professional side of the edTPA. The findings of this study urge teacher educators, policy makers, and administrators to rethink and re-examine the edTPA requirement in the field to provide truly professional and educative experiences for all young children, student teachers, Cooperating Teachers (CT), staff, and the community.
KW - EdTPA
KW - preservice student teachers
KW - student teaching
KW - teacher assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079444541&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10476210.2020.1722630
DO - 10.1080/10476210.2020.1722630
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079444541
SN - 1047-6210
VL - 32
SP - 224
EP - 235
JO - Teaching Education
JF - Teaching Education
IS - 2
ER -