AUTHOR=Brandenburg Robyn , Garbett Dawn , Ovens Alan Patrick , Thomas Lynn TITLE=Experienced teacher educators hunting assumptions to examine their pedagogy: An international collaborative study JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education VOLUME=7 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.1036718 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2022.1036718 ISSN=2504-284X ABSTRACT=

The research presented in this article focuses on an international collaboration conducted by four experienced teacher educators who used assumption identification and examination to advance pedagogical practice. It describes and examines how teacher educators deliberately undertook reflective practices to inform and enhance teaching. Four vignettes are described and analyzed—Practica woes and Modelling practice—and examined using the simple, complicated, and complex teaching framework. The key outcomes include the impact and role of assumption definition, identification, and examination as powerful reflective tools. Researching practice in teacher education is an effective way to advance pedagogical knowledge and practice and a disposition of inquiry is necessary to enhance knowledge at all stages of teacher educator experience. This international collaboration highlights the importance of problematizing teaching, continually inquiring into and interrogating practice and grasping the teachable moments.