How should TOE be used in initial teacher education?
TOE can be used in many different ways: as a classroom activity where the tasks are performed in small groups; as a classroom activity where learners perform the tasks individually and have discussions at specific points; as a mixture of class activity and ‘homelearning’, where one unit is modelled in class and other units are set as distance learning or when students are asked to complete the units on their own and bring their journals to the class for discussions; as distance learning where learners send their learning journals to their tutors or lecturers; as examples of adult level enquiry processes that can inspire different classroom practices; or as ‘extra activities’ for those learners who are interested in these issues. The TOE flyer for ITE presents more practical ideas.
