TY - JOUR

T1 - Mastering teaching and learning through pedagogic partnership: A vision and framework for developing 'collaborative resonance' in England

AU - Totterdell, Michael

AU - Hathaway, Tanya

AU - la Velle, Linda

PY - 2011/7

Y1 - 2011/7

N2 - The design and early implementation of a major national design initiative in England, the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL), is described in this paper. This novel hybrid master's degree seeks to span the traditional academic-practitioner divide, reconstitute the theory-practice dynamic as reciprocal and coconstruct an authentic signature pedagogy for teacher professionals drawing on contextualised theories of learning and teaching. The historical, theoretical and pedagogic foundations of the programme of professional enhancement are described at the outset of the implementation of this new model of early career development in the South West of England through the formation of university provider consortia, stringent processes of validation and critical milestone reviews including trainer and coach training, recruitment and first inauguration of the programme.

AB - The design and early implementation of a major national design initiative in England, the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL), is described in this paper. This novel hybrid master's degree seeks to span the traditional academic-practitioner divide, reconstitute the theory-practice dynamic as reciprocal and coconstruct an authentic signature pedagogy for teacher professionals drawing on contextualised theories of learning and teaching. The historical, theoretical and pedagogic foundations of the programme of professional enhancement are described at the outset of the implementation of this new model of early career development in the South West of England through the formation of university provider consortia, stringent processes of validation and critical milestone reviews including trainer and coach training, recruitment and first inauguration of the programme.

KW - Design initiative

KW - Professional development

KW - Professional partnership

KW - Teachers' professional knowledge

U2 - 10.1080/19415257.2010.510003

DO - 10.1080/19415257.2010.510003

M3 - Article

VL - 37

SP - 411

EP - 437

JO - Professional Development in Education

JF - Professional Development in Education

SN - 1941-5257

IS - 3

ER -