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Record W2153825174

Experiences of Beginning Aboriginal Teachers in Band‐Controlled Schools

2009· article· en· W2153825174 on OpenAlexvenueaboutno aff
Randolph Wimmer, Louise Marie Legare, Yvette Arcand, Michael Cottrell

Bibliographic record

VenueCanadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation · 2009
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicService-Learning and Community Engagement
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMentorshipFeelingPedagogyTeacher educationProfessional developmentPsychologySociologyMathematics educationMedical educationMedicineSocial psychology
DOInot available

Abstract

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Compelling evidence points to the need for higher education, and especially teacher education, to become better informed about the concerns of Aboriginal peoples and to be more responsive to their needs. With this focus in mind, we had conversations with 30 beginning First Nations teachers, graduates of a teacher education program in Saskatchewan, as they reflected on their university preparation and their beginning years in band‐controlled environments. We identify issues and challenges that teach‐ ers faced in making the transition from the academy to the classroom and in applying theory to practice. We stress that much of what we report is not new to teacher educa‐ tion. What we want to convey is that in most cases, the weaknesses of our current teacher education programs and the challenges of beginning teachers appear to be even more relevant to the experiences of beginning First Nations teachers in band‐ controlled schools. The teachers in our study spoke positively about their experiences as students in their teacher preparation programs. A particular strength was their cohort experience. Although feeling well‐prepared in some professional areas, these teachers all indicated that they could be better prepared for working with the day‐to‐ day realities of band‐controlled schools, the lack of collegial support, and the high demands and expectations placed on them. Many expressed a desire to have formal mentorship and all wanted more “hands on” experiences. They also expressed uncer‐ tainty about how to deal with the complexity of working in tightly knit communities. Key words: Aboriginal teacher education, teacher induction, teaching in band‐ controlled schools, teacher education in Saskatchewan Des données probantes montrent comment l’enseignement supérieur, notamment la formation à l’enseignement, doit prendre mieux en compte les préoccupations des populations autochtones et mieux répondre à leurs besoins. Dans cet esprit, les au‐ teurs se sont entretenus avec trente nouveaux enseignants d’origine autochtone, di‐ plômés d’un programme de formation à l’enseignement en Saskatchewan, et recueilli leurs réflexions sur la préparation universitaire qu’ils avaient reçue et leurs premières années comme enseignants dans des écoles de bande. Les problèmes et les défis aux‐ quels les enseignants font face en passant de l’université à une salle de classe ou de la théorie à la pratique ont ainsi été identifiés. Les auteurs soulignent qu’une bonne par‐ tie de leurs observations sont déjà connues dans le monde de la formation à l’enseignement. Ils espèrent faire ressortir que, dans la plupart des cas, la faiblesse des programmes actuels de formation à l’enseignement et les observations sur les diffi‐ cultés éprouvées par les nouveaux enseignants semblent être encore plus pertinentes quand on analyse les expériences des nouveaux enseignants autochtones dans des écoles de bande. Les enseignants sur qui cette étude a porté ont parlé en termes posi‐ tifs de leurs expériences comme étudiants dans leur programme de formation à l’enseignement, notamment comme membres de leur cohorte. S’ils estiment avoir reçu une bonne préparation pour certains des aspects de leur vie professionnelle, tous ces enseignants ont signalé qu’ils pourraient être mieux préparés pour faire face aux réalités quotidiennes dans une école de bande, que le soutien de leurs collègues fait défaut et qu’ils font l’objet de demandes et d’attentes élevées. Un grand nombre d’entre eux ont exprimé le désir d’avoir un mentor attitré et tous souhaitaient des expériences pratiques de travail. Ils se disaient en outre incertains quant à la façon de faire face à la complexité d’un travail dans des communautés étroitement soudées. Mots clés : formation des enseignants autochtones, insertion professionnelle du nou‐ veau personnel enseignant, formation à l’enseignement en Saskatchewan.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.005
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: Qualitative
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.801
Threshold uncertainty score0.396

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.005
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0200.009
Scholarly communication0.0040.002
Open science0.0010.006
Research integrity0.0020.004
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.035
GPT teacher head0.330
Teacher spread0.295 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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