Practicum in physical education teacher education: an educational partnership?
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2016-03-04Metadata
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Abstract
The national curricula for physical education teacher education (PETE) in Norway require that practicum is carried out in a
partnership between student teachers, cooperating teachers, and teacher educators. The aim of this article is to get insights
into how cooperating teachers and teacher educators express and understand their educational partnership and mutual
contribution to the practicum in PETE. Focus group interviews with cooperating teachers and physical education teacher
educators (teacher educators) were analyzed by drawing on sensitizing concepts from figurational sociology. As such, the
study has intended to identify networks between the two groups, as well as the interdependent nature, and consequent
power relations in the partnership. The research may shed light on understanding why it seems difficult to reach the aim in
the national curriculum of a mutual partnership of the two groups in practicum.
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© 2016 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article.