26-T4 Masterclass Teaching and Teacher Education
Tutors: Dineke Tigelaar, Helma Oolbekkink
ECTS (1 ECTS=28 hours): 3ECTS
Course description
In the course, scholars who carry out research in the field of teaching and teacher education will present and discuss their research with the participants. Together these contributions give an overview of research in the domain of Teaching and Teacher Education.
To prepare for the workshops, students read the corresponding literature, put points of discussion in the online environment, and prepare questions before each workshop. Participants also work on an assignment that will be worked out and presented on the fifth and final day of the masterclass.
The key aim of the course is to equip participants with conceptual tools to critically analyze and position their own research in relation to broader debates on learning, professional development, and educational change, including but not limited to teacher learning.
The workshop is particularly valuable for PhD candidates who seek to move beyond descriptive accounts toward more robust, theory-informed analyses of learning and development processes, and who are interested in understanding how insights from teacher education and professional development can inform research on knowledge, practice, and change in educational settings more broadly.
Course objectives
At the end of this Masterclass, students will have gained an overview of actual and relevant research in the domain of Teaching and Teacher Education and the different perspectives that are present in this domain. In addition PhD students are encouraged to reflect on these research topics in relation to their own PhD research. In addition they evaluate and reflect on their own position as a researcher and on the position of their PhD-research in the domain of Teaching and Teacher Education.
Requirements/entry level
For PhD candidates in educational sciences no entry level is required.
Please let us know beforehand if you are:
- A PhD candidate lacking a background in teacher education and/or not having a master in educational science
- A dual PhD candidate
For PhD candidates lacking a background in teacher education and/or not having a master in educational science, extra reading materials are available. Dual PhD candidates have the possibility to follow a selection of the workshops of their own choice (at least 4); please discuss the possibilities with the course coordinators beforehand.
Location:
- Day 1: 7 October: Utrecht University Library City Centre, Zone: E (Corner Keizerstraat and Wittevrouwenstraat) Space: 0.32 (Digital Humanities Workspace)
- Day 2: 8 October: University College Utrecht, Adam Smit Hall, Room 1.07, Kriekenpitplein 21-22, 3584 EC Utrecht
- Day 3, 4 and 5: 18-19 and 27 November: Vergadercentrum Vredenburg, Vredenburg 19, Utrecht > the room will be announced on the screen in the mail hall.
Summary of the setup of the course
| Date and time | Subjects + preparation (task title and/or literature to read) | Assignment Deadline |
| Day 1 7 October | Introduction to the course | Deadline 6 October |
| 10:00-11:00 | Introduction to research in the domain of teaching and teacher education over time | |
| 11:00-12.30 | 1. Workshop Teachers’ professional learning and development (Dineke Tigelaar and Helma Oolbekkink) | |
| 12:30-13.15 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30-15:00 | 2. Workshop Fostering student teachers’ agency in teacher education (Max Kusters and Harmen Schaap) | |
| 15:00-16:00 | Closing session | |
| Day 2 8 October | Deadline 7 October | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Opening session | |
| 11:00-12.30 | 3.Workshop Interpersonal perspective on teaching (Tim Mainhard) | |
| 12:30-13.15 | Lunch Break | |
| 13.30-15.00 | 4. The pedagogical role of the teacher (Gert Biesta) | |
| 15.00-16:00 | Closing session | |
| Day 3 18 November | Deadline 17 November | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Opening session | |
| 11:00-12:30 | 5.The teacher as curriculum developer (Nienke Nieveen) | |
| 12:30-13:15 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30-15:00 | 6. Panelist workshop: Exploring Discipline-Based Teaching and Learning Collaborative reflection on research and developments in the field of teaching and teacher education Carla van Boxtel (historical reasoning), Fred Janssen (science education), Rick de Graaf (language education) | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Closing session | |
| Day 4 19 November | Deadline 18 November | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Opening session | |
| 11:00-12:30 | 7. Workshop Teacher shortages and teacher retention. Implications for HR policies in school(Piety Runhaar) | |
| 12.30-13.15 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30-15:00 | 8. Group work and peer feedback on individual assignments | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Closing session | |
| Day 5 27 November | Deadline 26 November | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Opening session | |
| 11:00-12.30 | Presentations / discussions from the groups on the workshops, developments in the field and their own research project. | |
| 12:30-13:15 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Presentations / discussions from the groups on the workshops, developments in the field and their own research project. | |
| 15:00-16:00 | Closing session |
For more information, download the course manual.