The Teacher Educators and Leaders as Agents of Change in a Teacher Education Activity System; the Reform-in-the-Making in Turkey

dc.creator	Sultan TÜRKAN
dc.creator	Gary GROSSMAN
dc.date	2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:06:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:06:53Z
dc.identifier	1309-2707
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f7386a6869c04959ba1917d7be439b9d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10800
dc.description	The paper utilizes data collected as part of the 2003-2004 US-Turkey Fulbright study of educational reform in Turkey. Included in this research was a general survey of 170 Turkish teacher educators; an in-depth follow-up of 38 of these respondents; and a third survey of 7 Turkish educational leaders as defined by the position they hold in the system. All surveys employed both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. Within the purview of activity theory, this paper utilizes the qualitative data of the surveys and describes the internal tensions and contradictions among 38 teacher educators and 7 university leaders recommending reflections on the possible solutions to the tensions. Overall, it was found that teacher education reform was not identified by the masses of teacher educators and university leaders who had conflicting motives participating in the reform. It also provides recommendations concerning how Turkey may better approach the European Union goals in this area.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IOJES
dc.relation	http://www.iojes.net//userfiles/Article/IOJES_245.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1309-2707
dc.source	International Online Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-29 (2011)
dc.subject	Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
dc.subject	teacher educators
dc.subject	reform
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Teacher Educators and Leaders as Agents of Change in a Teacher Education Activity System; the Reform-in-the-Making in Turkey
dc.type	article