Sussex Science INSTEP

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• Sussex Science INSTEP
• (In School Teacher Education Programme)
• Peter Adamczyk Project Director
• James Williams Assistant Project Director

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Background

• 40 years ago a new approach to teacher education
  was pioneered by the University of Sussex
• Four years ago the Sussex Consortium for Teacher
  Education and Research (SCTER) embarked upon an
  initiative in science to extend Initial Teacher
  Education in a partnership School
• Trainees are immersed in the setting in which
  they are being prepared for work, alongside more
  experienced practitioners
• The aim of InSTEP is to broaden and strengthen
  this model of teacher education

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The first phase of InSTEP

• There are six schools involved in the first phase
  and they focus on key themes in Science
  Education
• Hove Park School Independent Learning /
  Assessment for Learning.
• Cardinal Newman RC School Curriculum Enrichment.
• Peacehaven Community School 21st Century
  Science.
• Uplands Community College Thinking Skills
  (encompassing aspects of cognitive acceleration).
• Downlands School Mentor/Trainee/Peer
  Observation.
• Portslade Community College e -learning

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The InSTEP Vision

• To enhance the pupil learning experience
• Improve the overall training experience for
  student, beginning and practicing teachers
• To extend and enrich our collaboration/partnership
  s with teachers, schools and other providers
• Create effective CPD opportunities, sharing good
  practice between University and School colleagues

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The InSTEP Technical Structure
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Key Benefits

• University/school Interaction does not interfere
  with the classroom dynamic
• Larger cohorts of trainees have a shared
  experience of best practice
• Students and teachers have immediate feedback on
  key aspects of classroom practice
• CPD functions can be achieved efficiently
  effectively and simultaneously across InSTEP
  programme schools

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INSTEP Phase 1 Success

• increased awareness amongst student teachers and
  others of the important factors involved in
  successful and innovative science teaching
• increased teacher confidence when implementing
  new learning strategies
• enhancement of the concept of the reflective
  practitioner in both ITE, EPD and CPD
• effective dissemination of different teaching
  styles/methodologies to students, teachers,
  learning assistants, and those involved in the
  teaching of adult learners
• strengthening of the concept of
  partnership/collaboration in ITE
• increased training capacity for partner schools.

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Challenges

• Three main categories
• Educational
• Revised ITT tutor role/course structure
• Define and measure impact on teaching and
  learning
• Cultural
• New methodology for ITE
• Optimising inclusion within a new partnership
  framework
• Technical
• Further Improve audio/video connectivity
• Further enhance the Interactivity and user
  interface

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InSTEP User Comments

• ...it will give trainees a better experience of
  what to expect in science teaching and to make
  sure they have as many opportunities as they
  possibly can to see different scenarios Mr R
• The problem is that our presence in the
  classroom will always have an effect on how the
  students behave and one of the great things about
  having a system like this is to be able to take
  yourself out of the classroom but still to be
  able to view the kind of practice of the trainee
  teacher Mr N
• you can only have a true appreciation of some
  of the issues involved if you are seeing a
  classroom at work, you are seeing a teacher at
  work and you are seeing how a teacher deals with
  some of those issues Mr N

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The future technological and educational
developments

• Improved interaction/collaboration
• Dissemination of InSTEP facilitated ITE in the
  partnership
• Enhanced opportunities for CPD
• Devolved control of InSTEP technology
• User Interface beta trial version in schools
• Local recording/DVD burning installed