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Burenheide\u003Cbr>Kansas State University, [bburen@ksu.edu](bburen@ksu.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [http://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations](http://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations)\u003Cbr> Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Secondary Education Commons, and the Secondary Education and Teaching Commons |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nBurenheide, Bradley J. (2018) \"AYear on the Rock: A Methods Professor Returns to the Classroom,\" Educational Considerations: Vol.  \n44: No. 1. [https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.1869](https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.1869)  \nThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Educational Considerations by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, [please contact](please contact cads@k-state.edu)[ cads@k-state.edu](please contact cads@k-state.edu).  \nBurenheide: A Methods Professor Returns to the Classroom  \nA Year on the Rock: A Methods Professor Returns to the  \nClassroom  \nBradley J. Burenheide  \nAfter 10 years in the higher education setting, I was experiencing a crisis of professional doubt.  \nAs a professor of social studies methods at a Research I institution in the Midwest, I was  \nconfident I was staying apprised of current research and trends in the discipline, but there was a nagging doubt if my Personal and Practical Theories (PPT) of teaching were applicable after 10  \nyears of being outside the high school classroom. To combat this concern, I found it was  \nappropriate to reevaluate my PPT of teaching in a field placement setting. At my local high  \nschool, I negotiated an agreement where I would teach a Current Issues class as an elective,  \nevery other day on their block schedule. This article explores the following facets of this  \nexperience: (a) the theoretical framework employed in this experience,(b) an overview of the  \nexperience, and (c) a discussion of how this experience can help improve teacher preparation and  \ninstruction.  \nTheoretical Framework  \nThere were two distinct theoretical pieces that helped conceptualize and frame this experience.  \nThe first is the work done on Personal and Practical Theories (PPT) of education (Chant, Heafner,& Bennett, 2004; Cornett, 1990; Cornett, Elliot, Chant, & Stern, 1994; Cornett, Yeotis, &  \nTerwilliger, 1990) . After hearing a presentation of this framework at a conference, I reevaluated  \nmy own PPTs by analyzing my syllabi, lessons, and instructional techniques for the methods  \ncourses I taught. By doing so, I identified and classified the repertoire I shared with pre-service teachers (Levin & He, 2008) . While not the crux of this article, there are simple categories to the  \nPPTs I identified through coding of data gathered during observations and field notes. These  \nidentified categories are as follows:  \n1. Sound fundamental strategies applicable to all situations  \n2. Sound classroom management strategies  \n3. Engaging content specific strategies  \n4. Developed relationships with students  \nAgain, to discuss the specifics of these four categories is not the focus of this article, Appendix A has a brief synopsis of the key references for these pieces of my PPT. Upon examining this PPT,  \nit is necessary to double check and make sure this is meaningful and useful for teaching  \ncandidates in the methods process, which leads to the second part of the theoretical framework  \n(Bloom & He, 2013) .  \nThe second part of the theoretical framework is based upon the work of Christenbury (2006),  \nwho wrote a seminal work in English education preparation. Christenbury returned to the  \nclassroom to teach language arts in a secondary high school. There she was able to test her  \nteaching ","cbCailRUcbw64tKC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailRUcbw64tKC","pdf",374411,"English","# Educational Considerations\n## Theoretical Framework\n## Experience Overview\n## Implications for Teacher Preparation","[{\"question\":\"Why did the author revisit personal and practical theories of teaching?\",\"answer\":\"After 10 years outside the high school classroom, the author experienced doubt about whether existing personal and practical theories still applied to teaching in that setting.\"},{\"question\":\"What classroom role did the author take in the field placement?\",\"answer\":\"The author arranged to teach a Current Issues class elective every other day on the school’s block schedule.\"},{\"question\":\"What theoretical foundations structure the article?\",\"answer\":\"The framework draws on personal and practical theories of education and additional guidance from Bloom \\u0026 He, and it is also informed by Christenbury’s classroom-based approach to documenting teacher development.\"}]","AYear on the Rock - A Methods Professor Returns to the Classroom - Article 4 | PDF",1792093607]