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Runninghead:LITERARYANALYSIS

LITERARYANALYSIS

ElijahWilliem

NationalUniversity

InpartialfulfillmentfortherequirementsforTED690

ProfessorJohnson

June4,2016

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ABSTRACT

ThefollowingpaperisaliteraryreviewofthearticleFutureTeachersGeneralPedagogical
KnowledgeFromaComparativePerspective:DoesSchoolExperienceMatter?Inthearticle,
researchesusefutureteachersfromboththeUSandGermanyandgivesthemanassessmenton
GeneralPedagogicalKnowledge.Theresultsoftheassessmentshowthattherearethree
differenttypesoffutureteachers,eachwithvaryingpedagogicalknowledge.Inthispaper,the
assessmentcriteriaanddatawillbediscussedandtheauthorwilladdhisownpersonal
experiencestosupplementtheassessmentsfindings.

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ThearticlethatIhavereviewedistitledFutureteachersgeneralpedagogical
knowledge fromacomparativeperspective:doesschoolexperiencematter?publishedbythe
ZDMMathematicsEducation
in2012.Inthisarticletheresearchersdescribedesigningatestfor
newteacherstoassesstheeffectivenessofteachertrainingprograms.Thefutureteachersare
assessedusingquestionsthatwillhavethemusetheskillsofrecalling,
understanding/analyzing,andgenerating(pg.344).IchosethisarticlebecauseIjustfinished
mymultisubjectcredentialprogramandIfoundmyselfcuriousabouttheresearchlinking
practicalexperienceintheclassroomtolargerpedagogicalknowledge.Doesthefutureteacher
gainenoughgeneralpedagogicalknowledge(GPK)fromtheoryclassesandobservationorfrom
thepracticeofteachinginaclassroomundertheguidanceofamentor?Thisstudyand
assessmentbuildsoffpriorassessmentslikeQAIT,anacronymstandingforQualityof
Instruction,Appropriatelevelsofinstruction,Incentives,andTime(pg.343).Byaddingnew
criteriasuchasamountoftimespentteachingwithamasterteacherpresent,theresearcherswere
abletoshowhowsegmentedgroupsofteachersintheUnitedStatesandGermanyfaired.
Throughthisarticle,theresearchersdescribethedifferencesbetweentheteachertraining
programsinUSandGermany.Theywereabletofindsimilaritiesbetweencertainsegmentsof
futureteachers.Theresearcherswereabletodiscernadvantagesofhavingabalanceofteaching
andobservationtime.TheresearcherslookedatmetricssuchasOTL(OpportunitiestoLearn)
whenstudentteachingintheclassroom,andtheGPK(GeneralPedagogicalKnowledge).The

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studyusedafewdifferentcriteriawithremarkableresults.Onegroupwascomprisedofstudent
teachersthathadsmallamountsoftimeteachinginsteadreliantonamasterteacherteaching
(Starting),studentteacherswithampleteachingtimeandamostlyabsentmentorteacher
(Autonomous)andstudentteacherswithabalanceofteachingwithamasterteacherpresent
(Balanced).Notsurprisingly,thebalancedgroupperformedthebestontheassessmentthat
askedhypotheticalclassroomsituationalquestions.Thismakessensebecauseastarting
candidateisregulatedtomoreofanobserver,andanautonomouscandidatehaslittlechance
forfeedbackormentorteachermodeling.Theautonomouscandidatemaynotbeawareofwhat
isorisnotworking.ABalancedcandidatehastheabilitytoteach,butalsohastimeswherea
mentorisavailabletomodeleffectiveteachingandofferguidance.InmystudentteachingI
experiencedthebalancedcategorywithaMasterTeacherwhowaswillingtoletmeexplore.
Thisarticleshineslightontheimportanceofopportunitiestolearninanactiveclassroom.While
muchofpedagogicalknowledgecanbeexplainedintheory,thisreportshowsthatexperiencein
theclassroomisanecessity.Thisreportopensupthediscussiontowhetherthereshouldbemore
handsonclassroomtraininginadditiontothetheoryclassesandobservations.Astheresearchers
hypothesizeaboutthequalityofteachingprograms,OTLis,aneffectivecomponentofteacher
education(pg.341).

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REFERENCE

Kong,J.,Bloke,S.(2012).FutureTeachersGeneralPedagogicalKnowledgeFroma
ComparativePerspective:DoesSchoolExperienceMatter?
ZDMMathematics
Education,
44,pg.341354.

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