Teaching, Learning and Leading with Schools and Communities: Preparing Sophisticated, Reflective, and Resilient Elementary STEM Educators

Authors

Lara K. Smetana, Loyola University ChicagoFollow
Elizabeth R. Coleman, Loyola University ChicagoFollow
Ann Marie Ryan, Loyola University ChicagoFollow
Charles Tocci, Loyola University ChicagoFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2013

Publication Title

Teacher Education and Practice

Volume

26

Issue

2

Abstract

Loyola University Chicago’s Teaching, Learning and Leading with Schools and Communities (TLLSC) program is an ambitious break from traditional, university-based teacher preparation models. This clinically-based initial teacher preparation program, fully embedded in local schools and community organizations, takes an ecological perspective on the development of sophisticated, reflective, and resilient elementary science educators who are able to prepare and inspire students and act as agents of change in their schools. This paper describes how TLLSC leverages time for science across elementary teacher candidates’ entire program through an emphasis on practitioner inquiry and integrated (inter- and trans-disciplinary) teaching and learning. TLLSC’s innovative approach is designed to foster STEM habits of mind, integrate scientific practices, and support candidates’ ongoing self-examination of personal and social applications of science for themselves and their future students.

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Author Posting. © Rowman and Littlefield, 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or printed without permission in writing from Rowman & Littlefield. This article is posted here by permission of Rowman and Littlefield for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in Teacher Education and Practice, Volume 26, Issue 2, Spring 2013.

Recommended Citation

Smetana, LK, E Coleman, C Tocci, and AM Ryan. "Teaching, Learning, and Leading With Schools and Communities: Preparing Sophisticated and Resilient Elementary STEM Educators." Teacher Education and Practice 26(2), 2013.

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