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Connecting teaching, teacher preparation, and student learning (ctpl)... |
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In this age of accountability it is essential to prepare teachers who can demonstrate that their actions as teachers have an impact on the learning of students in their classrooms. This "connecting teaching and learning" ought to be a fundamental goal of teacher preparation and teacher work sample methodology has been heralded as one promising practice in this regard. |
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Why a coalition? |
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Connecting teaching, teacher preparation, and P-12 learning involves a long chain of inferences, the integration of many bodies of knowledge, and applications to all levels of teaching in all subject areas. No one resarch team in one institution in one state has the wherewithal to build the theory and carry out the research needed to establish these connections. |
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Work projected for the coalition... |
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Collaboratively build and empirically test the explanatory power of theory connecting teaching, teacher preparation, and P-12 learning (CTPL theory). Work is starting with theory development and will extend to theory testing research through planned variation studies that reflect the particular interests, opportunities, and variations in context represnted by coalition participants. Establishing theory anchored catalogues of measures used in this research, with accompanying evidence as to reliability and validity, is an accompanying priority for our work. |
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