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Teacher Education for Diversity. Tracey Burns Paris 26 October 2009. Teacher Education for Diversity (TED). Goals: Identify common challenges related to diversity issues confronted by countries and practitioners
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Teacher Education for Diversity Tracey Burns Paris 26 October 2009
Teacher Education for Diversity (TED) Goals: • Identify common challenges related to diversity issues confronted by countries and practitioners • Share experiences and examples of good teacher education and classroom practice for diversity in: • Pre-service Teacher Education • In Service Teacher Education • Training for Teacher Educators
Activity Update • Analytical phase deskwork • Online consultation • Expert meetings: Belgium, Italy • Publication 12/09: Teacher Education for Diversity: Challenges and Strategies
Key issues: Research • Need stronger empirical research • Need to disaggregate data when looking at diverse populations • 2 key gaps: • attracting and retaining diverse student teachers • education of teacher educators
Key issues: Policy • Weak links between initial and in-service teacher education • Need to improve attraction and retention of diverse student teachers • Measuring effectiveness: Lack of evaluation of teacher practices
Next steps • Publication (end 2009) • Launch of empirical phase • Call for interest • Case studies/Thematic seminars • Linking research to practice: tools teachers can adapt to their own classrooms
Thank you! www.oecd.org/edu/ted