Integrated teaching project: A sustainable approach to teacher education

Abstract

In this paper, the authors discuss the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the Integrated Teaching Framework and the rationale behind its development as a road-map for teachers and teacher educators. It is further explored in the paper to what extent a sustainable teacher professional development project, which is grounded in this framework, displayed intellectual merit and broader impact. Outlines of the programs developed within this particular project are provided as evidences. Given short-term seminars or workshops in Turkey are generally accepted as the norm, revealing the details of long-term sustainable professional development programs is considered to be noteworthy for teachers, teacher educators, principal investigators of similar projects, and policy makers in Turkey and elsewhere.