2. The beginning teacher educator - shifting identities Becoming a researcher case 1: Ethiopia case 2: UK Where to next?

3. Geophysics in industry Science education An unconscious positivist A thwarted HoD Mathematics/education Teacher professional development ‘Scholarly’ habits! GillMichael

4. Sub-identities of teacher educators (Swennen et al., 2010): as school teachers as teachers in HE as researchers as teachers of teachers “…there were not distinct moments when we were only researchers or only practitioners…” (Cochran- Smith, 2005:219) What is a teacher educator? But I teach teachers: there is no time for research!

5. “There’s a desperation for people to do the teaching…that’s the emphasis…I suspect that a lot of people have the desire to do research…but they find when they get here there’s a huge teaching load” (Griffiths et al., 2010:253) Why is it important for a teacher educator to be research active?

6. Tanner & Davies (2009) found that being research active influenced the practice of teacher educators in these ways: 1. improved knowledge of the literature impacting on teaching 2. increased research capacity, confidence and skills 3. greater critical awareness “To build a culture of reflective practice, research must be an essential part of teacher professional development from the outset” (ibid:386)(our emphasis)

7. Research? I would love to be researching but I don’t have time! I am surrounded by researchers: they seem to be working inside a glass house. I can see much of what they are doing but cannot find a way to join them.

8. researching your own practice (Mason, 2002) – pedagogical practice Beginning teacher educator ? Experienced teacher educator ‘original research’ “scholarship of discovery” (Boyer et al., 1994; in Boyd et al., 2007:16) Experienced researcher/Professor

10. “…impetus for change/innovation through deepening the participants’ understanding of social processes and developing strategies to bring about improvement” (Noffke & Somekh, 2005:91)

11. What’s the big deal with action research?!

12. HE/ITE induction Tailored to needs of teacher educators? Supporting engagement with/in research

13. Institutional support TEAN/ESCalate TERN (Murray et al., 2009) - collaboration Sustained award-bearing courses (HDP, PGCert, MA, EdD/PhD,…)

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