‘Teacher Education Research’ – a Reference to a European Research Space? A Historical and Comparative View on Ecer Proposals (2008-2012)

Author(s):

Susann Hofbauer(presenting / submitting)Julia Planer(presenting)

Conference:

ECER 2015

Network:

10. Teacher Education Research

Format:

Paper

Session Information

10 SES 04 E,

Paper Session

Time:

2015-09-09

09:00-10:30

Room:

101.Oktatóterem [C]

Chair:

Peter Gray

Contribution

According to the anniversary of EERA the paper reconstructs the particular way ECERs presentations collectively represent a structured European Educational research area. It focuses upon cultural or national contexts of attendance, topics and themes covered by networks and research methods used. In particular it asks to what extent papers presented at ECERs contribute to Europe and the process of Europeanisation, and whether this degree changes over time. The analysis is based on an exploitation of ECER proposals over a time span of about five years. in this presentation we focus on the papers of network 10. Therefore we analyse the historical changes of themes, methods and european references within the network papers.

Method

content analysis; qualitative and quantitative methods We have a deeper look at the proposals according to the following questions: Which methods are used (quantitative/ qualitative)? Which contents and themes have appeared? In which European context are the proposals? Is there any reference to Europe?

Expected Outcomes

Our research raises questions about possible future directions of network 10 in the EERA- In this respects the paper tries to contribute to a mode of comparative educational research as an exciting and inspiring mode of historical and empirical investigation, scholarly reflection, and intellectual self-governance. It aims at using comparison as a methodological and epistemological tool to defamiliarise and disenchant ourselves and the context we are embedded in as researchers. Such a perspective is all the more important, because it implies the question how educational research contributes to the formation of a European Research Area.

References

Keiner, Edwin (2010) Disciplines of education. The value of disciplinary self-observation. In: Furlong, J. & Lawn, M. (eds.): Disciplines of education. Their Role in the Future of Education Research. London & New York: Routledge, pp. 159-172 Knaupp, Monika; Schaufler, Sarah; Hofbauer, Susann & Keiner, Edwin (2014): Education Research and Educational Psychology in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom – an Analysis of Scholarly Journals. In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften/ Revue suisse des sciences de l’éducation/ Rivista svizzera di scienze dell’ educazione 36. Pp. S. 83-106. Keiner, Edwin & Hofbauer, Susann (2014): EERA and its European Conferences on Educational Research: a patchwork of research on European educational research. In: EERJ. Vol. 13 (4). Pp. 504-518.

Author Information

Susann Hofbauer (presenting / submitting)

University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Pedagogy

Nürnberg

Julia Planer (presenting)

University Erlangen-Nuremburg

Nuremberg

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