{"id":320643,"date":"2021-08-10T19:31:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pandemic-prompts-changes-in-how-future-teachers-are-trained\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T19:31:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:31:38","slug":"pandemic-prompts-changes-in-how-future-teachers-are-trained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pandemic-prompts-changes-in-how-future-teachers-are-trained\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2014 Before last year, a one-credit technology<\/a> course for students pursuing master\u2019s degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn\u2019t seen as the program\u2019s most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning and suddenly material from that course was being infused into others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s become so relevant and it\u2019s staying that way,\u201d said Anne Beitlers, who directs Washington\u2019s master\u2019s program for secondary education. \u201cAnd nobody\u2019s going to question that now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Changes to standards and curricula happ<\/a>en slowly, but the pandemic is already leaving its fingerprints on the education of future teachers. Many US educator preparation programs are incorporating more about digital tools, online instruction and mental and emotional wellness in their courses to reflect takeaways from the pandemic.<\/p>\n

While school system leaders are hoping to offer in-person instruction as widely as possible this year, experts say the emphasis on technology will have benefits regardless of the pandemic\u2019s course.<\/p>\n

Across the country, teaching programs are giving more emphasis on how to plan and implement quality virtual learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s our responsibility to train our teachers to be able to do that and if they find themselves teaching face-to-face, nobody\u2019s hurt by additional information about teaching online,\u201d said Jennifer Krawec, the University of Miami\u2019s director of teacher preparation programs.<\/p>\n

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In this Aug. 27, 2020, file photo, first grade students at Dunmore Elementary Center in Dunmore, Pa., wear face masks on their first day of classes. Moves reflecting takeaways from pandemic experiences are being incorporated into many teacher preparation programs. <\/figcaption>
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The education school at Iowa\u2019s Drake University has introduced a course about best practices in online instruction. Others say they\u2019ve accelerated or amplified how they integrate digital tools, videoconferencing and educational technology into their classes and how they prepare future educators to do the same.<\/p>\n

Officials at Columbia University\u2019s Teachers College say its students will continue to get practice in skills that became increasingly important during the pandemic, such as designing digital curricula or engaging kids in virtual or hybrid learning.<\/p>\n

Southern Methodist University plans to ensure graduates from its education school now get training about using Google Classroom and evaluating educational technology. Instructors at New York University have become more intentional about explaining how and why they choose to use certain digital tools.<\/p>\n

Changes are happening not only in what aspiring educators learn but how.<\/p>\n

Consider how colleges adapted when school closures blocked observation and teaching opportunities in K-12 classrooms. Some programs instead had their students analyze videos of top teachers in action and say they plan to keep using those videos in addition to future classroom visits. Some colleges placed their students in virtual classrooms or had them do online tutoring and say they may continue to explore those options.<\/p>\n

Some prep programs also adopted or expanded use of computer-simulated classrooms for training prospective teachers, said Lynn Gangone, the president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows for the mentor teacher to be there observing and it doesn\u2019t bring harm to any kids,\u201d Gangone said.<\/p>\n

Students at Vanderbilt, Florida and Ball State started using software that allows them to record the lessons they were presenting to kids and review or critique that video later on their own, with classmates or with supervisors. And some field supervision of teaching candidates from the University of Cincinnati likely will continue to be done virtually because that mode has proved much more flexible, according to the director of that education school.<\/p>\n

Arizona State University\u2019s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is starting to offer some of its teacher-preparation programs remotely to make them more accessible to in-state residents who aren\u2019t near campus but could still get real-world experience in classrooms in their areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur experience with the good, the bad and the ugly of remote instruction has given us the confidence and also revealed the need, to get good at being able to do what we can in teacher prep remotely,\u201d said Paul Gediman, the college\u2019s executive director of marketing and advancement.<\/p>\n

At North Carolina State University\u2019s College of Education, instructors are trying to integrate remote learning strategies and tools that can still be used in face-to-face teaching, such as the interactive whiteboard Jamboard or the student engagement platform Seesaw, said Erin Horne, an assistant dean.<\/p>\n

Horne said they\u2019ve also been dedicating more class time to social<\/a>-emotional learning and trauma-informed care.<\/p>\n

Those topics are getting heightened attention elsewhere, too. Officials at Penn State University said more discussions about mental and emotional health have been integrated into their seminars for teacher candidates as well as methods courses. Washington University in St. Louis has started asking its teacher candidates to draft specific plans for how they can practice self-care and dodge burnout while teaching, according to its director of teacher education.<\/p>\n

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said she thinks teacher prep programs will continue to move toward preparing educators more with digital tools, social-emotional tools and trauma-based instruction. She noted that the union started a new professional development course in trauma-informed instruction and it\u2019s in high demand.<\/p>\n

Phillip Rogers, who leads the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, said he believes skills in virtual instruction will eventually become a more regular part of teacher training, but there\u2019s not yet much movement among states to require that in teacher prep programs.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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