Research of an American ITE Program Seminar

The purpose of this seminar will be to describe the research-based initial teacher education program at the University of Alabama. I will highlight some of the research conducted on this program with post-graduate students and colleagues. I will focus on research carried out on the occupational socialization of our preservice teachers and in-service teachers who have graduated from the program.

I will conclude the seminar by asking:

(a) How do your teacher education programs differ from our program in terms of organizational structure?

(b) How do your teacher education programs differ from our program in terms of their theoretical and research-based frameworks?

(c) Do your teacher education programs employ a models-based approach? and

(d) Is there any research on the effectiveness of your teacher education programs using occupational socialization as the theoretical framework?