how do teacher educators define "pedagogical innovation"?
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Teacher Educators Define
“Pedagogical Innovation”
Lea Baratz Achva College
Dalit Levy Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology & Arts
The 6th International Conference on Teacher Education: Changing Reality Through EducationThe David Yalin Academic College of Education, Jerusalem, July 2, 2013
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
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• What do you see?
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
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An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
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ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
Y
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
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ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
Y
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
Y
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
Y
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
Y
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
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Portfolio
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOG
Y
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013
An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
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•What do you see?
•What does “see”?
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An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
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PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY
• To investigate the use of the semantic term innovation as it finds expression in teacher educators' definitions
• To reveal connections between ideology and the “language of innovation” of teacher educators
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Words of Pedagogical Innovation
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Words of Pedagogical Innovation
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• What is “the language of innovation” of teacher educators?
• Does it express a new kind of educational reality? Or, is it a semantic habit that gives expression to the socio-economic trends and ideologies?
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An Image of Innovation
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Another Image of Innovation
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Words of Innovation
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(By Alec Couros, 2010)
Words of Innovation
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• What is “the language of innovation” of teacher educators?
• Does it express a new kind of educational reality? Or, is it a semantic habit that gives expression to the socio-economic trends and ideologies?
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
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Language and ideology Ideology of teacher
educators and its influence on their attitudes
Innovations – semantic habits or ideological trends
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LANGUAGE AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL
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Language is a tool for the assessment of ideology, while also being influenced by ideological processes.
On one hand, language has the capability of solving questions concerning the essence or the influences of ideology, while, on the other hand, language itself raises many problems in research of ideology (Cameron, 2006)
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IDEOLOGY
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A potential source of codes of collective action aimed at the attainment of goals. One of the sources of the creation of structures, rules, relations, and social borders providing for social organization of general institutions, normative values for action and the definitions of belonging and not belonging.
Ideology is also connected to power and is associated with the attempt to justify certain ideas to promote power relations of a specific group in society.
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A research tool was designed to collect teacher educators' stories
The respondents were first asked to characterize elements of pedagogical innovation from their field of practice, according to the principle of a "small story" (Bamberg, 2006)
At the end, the respondents were asked to provide a definition of pedagogical innovation
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A research tool was designed to collect teacher educators' stories
The respondents were first asked to characterize elements of pedagogical innovation from their field of practice, according to the principle of a "small story" (Bamberg, 2006)
At the end, the respondents were asked to provide a definition of pedagogical innovation
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110 responses were collected (in a narrative form), from teacher educators in 7 colleges of education around Israel
An inductive analysis was carried out in three stages
Here, we focus on the analysis of the definitions these teacher educators gave to the term “pedagogical innovation”
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לומדים של שילוב היא פדגוגית חדשנות , כלים הענקת תוך מתקדמות בטכנולוגיות
ויצירתית עצמאית , לחשיבה " אוקטובר) לחינוך ר ד2010)
) הוראה ) סיטואציית עצמו לרגע להתייחס נסיון , הייחודיות וכישרונותיו כישוריו וליכולותיו במלואו
ההוראה פרח , של דצמבר) בתנועה בטיפול שני תואר2010)
מורידה אולי אני מחדשת שאני חושבת לא אניהומניסטים ומחנכים רוגרס של מגישות אבק
, אחרים , " דצמבר) הרך לגיל פדגוגית מדריכה ר ד2010 )
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TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DEFINITIONS OF PEDAGOGICAL
INNOVATION
NO INNOVATIO
N
MENTION TECHNOLOGIE
S
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
1. BUILD THEOR
Y
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
3. DOUBLE MEANIN
G
2. VARIETY OF
APPROACHES
4. RECURSIVE THINKING
FINDINGS
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TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DEFINITIONS OF PEDAGOGICAL
INNOVATION
MENTION TECHNOLOGIE
S
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
1. BUILD THEOR
Y
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
3. DOUBLE MEANIN
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2. VARIETY OF
APPROACHES
4. RECURSIVE THINKING
"Pedagogical innovation is a pedagogical way, or to the best of my understanding, is implementation of new/different ways in the process of teaching and learning that promotes meaningful learning among the learners."
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TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DEFINITIONS OF PEDAGOGICAL
INNOVATION
NO DEFINITIO
N
MENTION TECHNOLOGIE
S
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
1. BUILD THEOR
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SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
3. DOUBLE MEANIN
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2. VARIETY OF
APPROACHES
4. RECURSIVE THINKING
"Pedagogical innovation is anything that differs ideologically from the contents and practices accepted in the field of teacher training."
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TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DEFINITIONS OF PEDAGOGICAL
INNOVATION
NO INNOVATIO
N
MENTION TECHNOLOGIE
S
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
1. BUILD THEOR
Y
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
3. DOUBLE MEANIN
G
2. VARIETY OF
APPROACHES
4. RECURSIVE THINKING
“Innovation is no more than buzz words”“Everything I did, Korschak and Gideon Levine did before me”“There is nothing new under the sun”
SO, WHAT IS PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION?
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In the attempts to define the concept, we expected to find the following four components: the vision, diagnosis of the process, the means for implementation and identification of the target population. However, we failed to find these in the sayings and the stories.
MAYBE BECAUSE…
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The definitions are based in the reality in which teacher educators act, which largely reflect that reality. The definitions, for the most part, constitute an anchor of knowledge, knowledge that needs not be confronted, knowledge that is strengthened in the process of their work.
AND MAYBE …
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The discussion of innovation among teacher educators reflects components of semantic habits that give expression to the trends of socio-economic policy-makers (Ben-Peretz).
The ideology that teacher educators hold influences the semantic use of the concept of innovation, as was reflected in the definitions of the research respondents.
THEREFORE, …
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The wide changes that occurred in language following the "politically correct" movement did not change the social reality.
Language reflects social ethos that were in existence before, as well as strengthening them.
Definitions are difficult, especially when they refer to complex life processes. When they are finally achieved, they are usually so broad that their meanings are lost in their enormous spaces (Appleby, 1949).
Apparently, this is what happens to the term “pedagogical innovation”.
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• What do you see now?