Decomposition and recomposition in teacher education

Briony Banks (), Sam Sims (), Jennifer Curran (), Stefanie Meliss (), Nazlin Chowdhury (), Havva Altunbas (), Nikoletta Alexandri (), Leila MacTavish () and Isabel Instone ()
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Briony Banks: Ambition Institute
Sam Sims: UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities, University College London
Jennifer Curran: Ambition Institute
Stefanie Meliss: Ambition Institute
Nazlin Chowdhury: Ambition Institute
Havva Altunbas: UCL Institute of Education, University College London
Nikoletta Alexandri: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
Leila MacTavish: Ark Teacher Training
Isabel Instone: Ark Teacher Training

No 24-08, CEPEO Working Paper Series from UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities

Abstract: Breaking down sequences of teaching into constituent practices is thought to make learning to teach more manageable. However, it also divorces teaching practices from context, which risks leaving teachers unsure as to when or why to use a specific practice. Theorists have suggested that decomposing authentic sequences of teaching into their constituent parts and then recomposing them in new, meaningful sequences combines the benefits of both manageability and contextualisation. Using a classroom simulator experiment, we compared input from a teacher educator using decomposed and then recomposed sequences of teaching practice, against input that focused on whole, continuous sequences of teaching. We found that decomposition-then-recomposition was superior to a more holistic approach, and helped novice teachers adaptively transfer their teaching practices to a novel context. The findings are consistent with the idea that recomposition is complementary to decomposition, which has implications for the design of early career teacher development.

Keywords: decomposition; recomposition; transfer; teacher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2024-10, Revised 2024-10
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