The attention for teacher educators as professionals and their professional development is indeed increasing. While much of the attention has been directed to novice teacher educators little has been paid to experienced teacher educators and their particular developmental activities. This paper presents findings on teacher educators’ professional development. 25 interviews were conducted, mainly with experienced teacher educators in Israel, The Netherlands and Japan. Teacher educators’ concerns vary across their careers. During their induction they are rather focused on surviving, whereas later on in their careers their concerns are linked to their own professional identity and their students as individuals. A large number of participants were involved in research and they all experience research as an important mean for their professional development. All participants were involved in formal and informal learning activities and they have plans for their further professional development but sometimes foresee hinders, like resources and time, to realize their plans. The interview data did not provide any strong evidence to suggest country-specific patterns.
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Deze rede is als volgt opgebouwd. Eerst wil ik kort stilstaan bij de twee termen in de naamgeving van het lectoraat. Dat vormt de opmaat naar de onderzoeksfocus van het lectoraat, namelijk de morele dilemma’s waar sociale professionals in hun dagelijks werk mee te maken krijgen en hun morele oordeelsvorming. Ik zal het belang schetsen van dit tot op heden onderbelichte thema. Tot slot zal ik aangeven hoe we dit onderwerp de komende jaren in de schijnwerpers gaan zetten via de programmering van onderzoeks- en ontwikkelactiviteiten.
Om professionals en organisaties bewust te maken hoe een sterke professionele identiteit verworven kan worden is een conceptueel model ontwikkeld. Het bestaat uit zes ontwikkelingstaken en diverse deeltaken. Het model is toegepast op de student van het Fast Switch onderwijs. Opleiders en werkgevers kunnen ondersteunend zijn bij dit proces en hebben ieders hun eigen taken en verantwoordelijkheden.
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