ERIC Number: EJ892132
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Aug
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-9768
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SOAP in Practice: Learning Outcomes of a Cross-Institutional Innovation Project Conducted by Teachers, Student Teachers, and Teacher Educators
Seezink, Audrey; Poell, Rob; Kirschner, Paul
European Journal of Teacher Education, v33 n3 p229-243 Aug 2010
This paper reports on a case study investigating learning outcomes at the individual and organisational level of a cross-institutional innovation project based on the SOAP approach. SOAP integrates "S"chooling of teachers, "O"rganisational development of schools, "A"ction- and development-oriented research, and "P"rofessional development of teachers. The innovation project was aimed at combining teachers, student teachers, and teacher educators in an alliance to design and develop new competence-based vocational educational arrangements for pupils. An inductive qualitative analysis of 37 semi-structured interviews among the participants revealed seven main categories of individual learning outcomes: attitudes, project design and management, collaboration, action theory, teaching practice, educational principles, and developments within secondary vocational education. Three main categories of organisational learning outcomes were identified: institution-level learning, project-level learning, and combining institution-level and project-level learning. A tension was identified between the participants' individual interests in learning and personal development, and the need for organisational learning aimed at improving organisational processes. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Educational Principles, Educational Innovation, Interviews, Vocational Education, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Organizational Development, Professional Development, Outcomes of Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Secondary School Teachers, College School Cooperation, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Developed Materials, Educational Change, Program Descriptions, Change Strategies, Grounded Theory, Educational Policy, Competency Based Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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