התכנית "מתווים מנחים להכשרה להוראה במוסדות להשכלה גבוהה בישראל" במכללות האקדמיות לחינוך: ההטמעה, ההתאמה לתכניות הלימודים לתואר ראשון ועמדות חברי הסגל

The purpose of the current study was to examine how the most recent reform in teacher preparation programs in Israel was implemented in the academic colleges of education in Israel, as well as how the reform was perceived by the faculty members who teach in these programs. This study focused on the implementation of the reform in the primary academic program offered by the colleges (B.Ed.), a program that combines discipline studies and teaching studies. The study was conducted in 21 academic colleges of education in Israel. Twenty key faculty members who served in administrative positions at these colleges and 118 faculty members who taught at these colleges participated in the study. Data were collected as follows: (a) quantitative and qualitative analyses of the new study programs were carried out; (b) a questionnaire to key figures to obtain general information about the college; (c) a questionnaire to faculty members at each college to obtain information on how they perceived the implementation of the recent reform; and (d) in-depth interviews with key figures involved in the implementation process of the reform at each college. Based on the data obtained from the analyses, questionnaires, and interviews, a number of observations can be made, among them that (a) the majority of the colleges implemented the principles of the new reform appropriately; (b) only a small portion of the faculty members who taught at the colleges were involved in the implementation process of the reform; (c) implementation tended to be top-down, with decisions being made by key figures at each college. Based on the findings of this study, we suggest how new reforms in teacher preparation programs should be implemented by the academic colleges of education in Israel.