“Nurturing future educators: exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher training model”

Description

In 2021, the Israeli Council for Higher Education introduced the Vadmani-Inbar framework, marking a pivotal shift in teacher training. This framework, which replaced the Ariav framework, prioritizes clinical training to bridge the inherent gap between theory and practice in teacher training. As academic coordinator of clinical training in the teacher certificate school of Bar-Ilan University's faculty of education, the presenter has been actively involved, over the last few years, in developing and assimilation of a model for training tracks that allows optimal implementation of the clinical core component of the new framework. Over the course of this period two fundamental processes were developed: the creation of a non-disciplinary mandatory course conducted within schools, promoting theory-practice alignment through observations, reflective discourse, and workshops; and the establishment of a specialized disciplinary clinical training track that ensures close coordination between academic leaders, teachers, and schools.
Through these unique academic routs, students are actively engaged in disciplinary and pedagogical content, working extensively within and outside the classroom. They are expected to generate new relevant knowledge and engage in continuous reflective dialogues in order to contribute to the development of a knowledge base that is continuously evolving. This training model encompasses a diverse range of learning modalities, including face-to-face and individual instruction, as well as online learning facilitated by learning management system (LMS), and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Formative and summative evaluations of each student are conducted collaboratively by teachers and academic coordinators, considering various Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities parameters (KSA). Collaboration with schools across diverse sectors in Israel offers students the opportunity to integrate into different educational settings, fostering discourse and cross-sector acquaintances.
This lecture will focus primarily on an action study of this clinical training track, that won this year's Council for Higher Education of Israel call for proposals under the category "experience-integrated academy". Analyzing different representations of the current academic year will allow us to examine how the process, led by academic supervisors and teachers, contributes to fostering continuous collaborations of learning communities among students, educators, school personnel, and education professionals. The presentation will provide insights into clinical training, both in terms of the transformative potential of Vadmani-Inbar's framework, as well as its potential to improve teacher education in Israel and elsewhere, thereby improving education quality.

Period	25 Apr 2024
Event title	2024 5th International Conference on Education Development and Studies
Event type	Conference
Location	cambridge, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International