Practice-Based Teacher Education Pedagogies

Novice teachers learn high-leverage practices through carefully sequenced classroom and field-based learning experiences. We refer to these ways of learning as teacher education pedagogies.

Learning to teach skillfully and equitably

Teacher education pedagogies are the practice-based instructional structures and routines—such as rehearsals, use of video, or field tasks—that teacher educators can routinely use to support and scaffold novices’ learning of teaching and the high-leverage practices. 

Using representations to see and analyze practice

These are pedagogies teacher educators can use to provide novice teachers with diverse examples of what teaching practice looks like in action.

Using approximations to practice practice

These are pedagogies teacher educators can use to engage novice teachers in simulating and otherwise trying out aspects of teaching practice in teacher education classes. Learn more and explore these practice-based teacher education pedagogies on the TeachingWorks Resource Library.

Supporting novices to enact practice in the P-12 classroom

These are pedagogies teacher educators can use to give novice teachers opportunities to practice, get feedback, and integrate that feedback in the field. Learn more and explore these practice-based teacher education pedagogies on the TeachingWorks Resource Library.