Examining an Alternative Teacher Education Undergraduate Program: Possibilities for Teaching and Extending What It Means to Be an Educator Outside of the Classroom

Authors : Wendy WAKEFİELD, Audrey AMREİN-BEARDSLEY, Clarin COLLİNS, Esther DO LAGO E PRETTİ, Kristi GLASSMEYER, Garine PALANDJİAN, Ivet PARRA GAETE, T`ata ROBERTS, Takeshi TERADA

Pages : 187-210

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Publication Date : 2022-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :As part of efforts to become more interdisciplinary, socially embedded, and innovative, leaders of a large college of education reimagined a program originally designed to retain struggling students to target students interested in nontraditional educational careers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(e.g., nonprofits);. Researchers in this study explore reasons why this program has increasingly become a program of choice through both quantitative and qualitative analyses of institutional data across the program’s history and surveys of current students and instructors. Findings about shifting demographics of students enrolled in the program toward nontraditional students who appreciate the accessibility and flexibility of the online modality, as well as shifts in program focus on preparation for a broader range of educational career options are presented. Findings also highlight the possibilities of this type of program to prepare students for further educational opportunities, including graduate programs, to also facilitate university-business partnerships. Implications for continued improvement and growth of this program and the design of similar programs targeting the preparation of students for non-traditional teaching positions are also discussed.
Keywords : teacher education programs, online teacher preparation, non traditional education careers, mixed methods