Cultivating teacher candidates who support student agency: Four promising practices

Authors

• Dixie D. Massey, University of WashingtonFollow
• Amanda Wall, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-4-2020

Publication Title

Theory into Practice

DOI

10.1080/00405841.2019.1702449

ISSN

1543-0421

Abstract

In this article, we consider how teacher educators can support the development of agency in teacher candidates. Using a sociocultural understanding of agency, we describe four promising practices for helping teacher candidates develop agency as individuals and as a collective. We consider helping teacher candidates develop their own professional identities, their long-term goals and visions for teaching, their focus on students, and their ability to conduct systematic examinations of their own practices through teacher research.

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Massey, Dixie D., Amanda Wall. 2020. "Cultivating teacher candidates who support student agency: Four promising practices." Theory into Practice, 59 (2): 172-181: Taylor & Francis Online. doi: 10.1080/00405841.2019.1702449 source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2019.1702449
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/teach-secondary-facpubs/66

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