ABSTRACT

This study seeks to explore Israeli senior teacher educators’ retrospective interpretations of their early career experiences while addressing a special emphasis on cultural and contextual characteristics of the academic colleges of education (ACEs). In order to study in depth the attraction factors of career choices among teacher educators, who have outstanding academic skills and background in university teaching, 10 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The findings pointed to the ‘balancing between different fields of work’ as a major attraction in choosing both the profession and the academic home among teacher educators. Moreover, three balancing points of utmost importance in career choices are identified as significant: a balance between theory and practice toward educational change; a balance between self-worth and production-based worth; and a balance between social relevance and professional networks. The study concludes with a handful of recommendations for ACE administrators on the strategies of recruiting and retaining new teacher educators with impressive academic achievement.

摘要

本研究旨在探索以色列高级教师教育工作者对其早期职业经历的回顾性解释，同时特别强调教育学院 (ACE) 的文化和背景特征。为了深入研究具有杰出学术技能和大学教学背景的教师教育者职业选择的吸引力因素，进行了10次半结构化访谈。调查结果指出，“不同工作领域之间的平衡”是教师教育工作者选择专业和学术家园的主要吸引力。此外，职业选择中最重要的三个平衡点被认为是重要的：理论与实践之间的平衡，以实现教育变革；自我价值和基于生产的价值之间的平衡；以及社会相关性和专业网络之间的平衡。该研究最后向 ACE 管理人员提出了一些关于招聘和留住具有令人印象深刻的学术成就的新教师教育者的策略的建议。