Adam, Raoul, Siegel, Lisa, and Bruck, Patrick (2024) A Big Little Window (BLW) for Teacher Training: A Frame for Teaching and Thinking Through Disruption. In: Lynch, David, Yeigh, Tony, and Boyd, Wendy, (eds.) Re-imagining Teaching Improvement: From Early Childhood to University. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, pp. 159-181.

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Abstract

This chapter introduces and illustrates a pedagogical frame for teaching and thinking through contemporary disruptions in initial teacher education (ITE). The Big Little Window (BLW) represents relational dynamics and dimensions of complex problems in contested spaces. Specifically, this chapter offers critical reflections on the use of BLW in an ITE course at a regional university, with a focus on a unit in Educational Philosophy. The unit explores curriculum controversies and pedagogical issues related to social, technological and ecological disruptions in contemporary education. These critical reflections illustrate how the BLW facilitates relational and contextual understandings of disruptions in education related to Traditional-Progressive positions and paradigms. More specifically, we illustrate how the BLW supports teacher improvement related to the Australian Professional Standards for Teaching—‘Know students and how they learn’ (1.1–1.3), ‘Know the content and how to teach it’ (2.1) and ‘Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning’ (3.3). We encourage the development and use of such frames in ITE to avoid the polarisation and politicisation of the ‘Education Wars’ that weaken the profession during times of disruption.

Item ID:	82905
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-981-99-7745-1
Copyright Information:	© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2024 03:54
FoR Codes:	39 EDUCATION > 3999 Other Education > 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified @ 50% 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes:	16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1601 Learner and learning > 160199 Learner and learning not elsewhere classified @ 50% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280109 Expanding knowledge in education @ 50%
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