School adoption in teacher education

Janssen, MarkusAkademischer Mitarbeiter an der PH Weingarten; Arbeits und Forschungsschwerpunkte: LehrerInnenbildung und LehrerInnenbildungsforschung, Internationaler Schulsystemvergleich - Schwerpunkt Nordeuropa, Portfolioarbeit in der Hochschullehre. Markus Janssen is a teaching and research assistant and PhD candidate at the University of Education Weingarten. His research interests are in the fields of teacher education across the continuum, the theory-practice-divide in teacher education, concepts of reflective and reflexive practice. He worked as a secondary school teacher for seven years.
Wiedenhorn, ThomasAkademischer Mitarbeiter an der PH Weingarten; Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte: Historische Bildungsforschung, Transition, LehrerInnenbildung und Fortbildung, Individualisierung von Unterricht-Portfolioarbeit. Dr. Thomas Wiedenhorn is research assistant at the University of Education Weingarten. He did his PhD in school pedagogy on the effectiveness of transitions in the German education system and worked as a secondary school teacher for seven years. His research interests are portfolios, the theory-practice-divide in teacher education and the history of the comprehensive school in Southern Germany. He is a member and the provisional manager of "Centre of School History" which offers and develops of a range of scientific and management services for schools and administrations.

School adoption is an ambitious and innovative partnership model in teacher education which offers unique opportunities for in-service and pre-service teachers. At its core, teachers leave their school to be adopted by teacher students for one week. While the teachers engage in a professional development course outside the school, they are fully substituted by teacher students, who thus have an increased responsibility for the pupils' learning, for the organizational matters of the school and for their own professional development. In this volume, we present different international concepts of school adoption, lessons learned, and first theoretical considerations. With it, we invite teacher educators in schools, universities, and other institutions to engage into a dialogue about the perspectives school adoption offers for teacher education and teacher education research.

School adoption is an ambitious and innovative partnership model in teacher education which offers unique opportunities for in-service and pre-service teachers. At its core, teachers leave their school to be adopted by teacher students for one week. While the teachers engage in a professional development course outside the school, they are fully substituted by teacher students. In this volume, we present different international concepts of school adoption, lessons learned, and first theoretical considerations. With it, we invite teacher educators in schools, universities, and other institutions to engage into a dialogue about the perspectives school adoption offers for teacher education and teacher education research.