Early Career Mathematics Teachers’ General Pedagogical Knowledge and Skills: Do Teacher Education, Teaching Experience, and Working Conditions Make a Difference?

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes König ◽  
Sigrid Blömeke ◽  
Gabriele Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
General Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge And Skills

A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach on Perceptions of Knowledge and Skills in Teaching (PKST)

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 589-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Choy ◽  
Kam Ming Lim ◽  
Sylvia Chong ◽  
Angela F. L. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Factor Pattern ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Graduate Teacher Education ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge And Skills

This paper reports the cross-validation of the factor pattern of the Perceptions of Knowledge and Skills in Teaching (PKST) survey, which was used to assess the self-perceived pedagogical knowledge and skills of pre-service and beginning teachers. The sample comprised 323 pre-service teachers enrolled in a 1-yr. post-graduate teacher education program in Singapore. The survey had 37 items distributed across six scales: student learning, lesson planning, instructional support, accommodating diversity, classroom management, and care and concern. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to cross-validate the survey's factor pattern. The results showed that the model was an acceptable fit to the data. The PKST survey can thus be adapted by different teacher education programs to assess pre-service and beginning teachers' progress in developing their pedagogical knowledge and skills.

Education for Sustainability and Pre-Service Teacher Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Kennelly ◽  
Neil Taylor ◽  
Tom Maxwell ◽  
Pep Serow
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Pre Service Teacher Education ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

AbstractAspects of environment are common topics in Australian primary schools. However Education for Sustainability (EfS), where students actively investigate the underlying causes of unsustainable practices and actively plan for and instigate change, is less well understood and less commonly practised. It cannot be assumed that pre-service teachers have the knowledge, skills and desire to incorporate EfS, as advocated in Australian policies, into their repertoires of practice, or, that they will acquire those skills as they gain teaching experience. Therefore for EfS to become an integral component of the primary school experience, carefully planned rather than ad hoc preparation for EfS is necessary in pre-service teacher education.This essentially qualitative study describes how a one-semester, final year pre-service primary teacher unit in EfS was shaped, and reports on how a cohort of pre-service teachers responded, particularly in terms of how well prepared they felt to engage with EfS in future teaching. Although motivation and confidence to engage with EfS varied across the cohort, pre-service teacher education appeared to make a positive contribution to both. In a longitudinal design, five teachers who had participated in the EfS unit became the focus of individual case studies early in their teaching careers. Each case study investigated ways in which the beginning teacher engaged with EfS, linking teaching decisions to pre-service teacher education. The constructivist approach adopted by the tutors was particularly valued by the early career teachers. They appreciated various modes of experiential learning including engagement with the kinds of teaching strategies advocated in EfS and a strong orientation to the curriculum requirements of primary school.However, the extent to which each early career teacher implemented EfS was tempered not only by personal skill and motivation, but also by work situations which did not necessarily support EfS endeavours. While pre-service teacher education has a vital role in the promulgation of EfS in schools, and this study shows that it can be effective in advancing the desires of beginning teachers to do something for the environment, there are broad implications for the institutions that so heavily impact on the capacity of school systems and university systems to act in EfS.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF LISTENERS WHEN DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS

2020 ◽  
pp. 126-133
Author(s):  
Ирина Дмитриевна Борченко ◽  
Ольга Борисовна Дударева
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Diagnostic Data ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge And Skills

Введение. Представлены результаты ежегодного мониторинга входной и итоговой диагностики освоения слушателями дополнительных профессиональных программ. Цель – определение степени сформированности профессиональных компетентностей слушателей при освоении дополнительных профессиональных программ, а также определение динамики изменения субъектной позиции слушателей относительно их профессиональной компетентности. Материал и методы. Материалом исследования послужили полученные данные итоговой диагностики, разработанной институтом дополнительного профессионального образования. Представлены выявленные затруднения при прохождении обучения слушателями, а также интересная динамика по четырем разделам анкеты: позиция слушателей курсов относительно их правовой компетентности, психолого-педагогической компетентности, профессиональных умений, актуальности использования информационно-методических ресурсов института. Результаты и обсуждение. Анализ данных проводимой входной и итоговой диагностики уровня подготовки слушателей при освоении дополнительных профессиональных программ за 2019 г. позволил выявить типичные и оставшиеся затруднения, с которыми сталкиваются слушатели. В анкетировании приняли участие две категории: «Педагогические работники» и «Руководящие работники». Данные диагностики показали, что большинство слушателей испытывают потребность в развитии своей профессиональной компетентности. Актуальным в работе как педагогических, так и руководящих работников остается потребность в развитии умений, которые позволяют выстраивать собственную профессиональную деятельность в соответствии с законодательством в сфере образования. Важным является вопрос применения слушателями психолого-педагогических знаний и умений в профессиональной деятельности. Данные входной диагностики показывают достаточно небольшой процент слушателей, применяющих психолого-педагогические знания и умения, а также использование систематически и на естественной основе. Еще одной проблемой остается осознание недостаточного уровня владения информационно-коммуникационными технологиями. Несмотря на достаточную открытость информационных ресурсов института, представленность их на официальном сайте, довольно большой процент слушателей не в полной мере знаком с проектными и информационно-методическими ресурсами, так как, по мнению самих же слушателей, это не входит в круг их обязанностей. Заключение. Выявленные оставшиеся затруднения позволят отрегулировать работу проведения оперативной корректировки содержания и форм работы профессорско-преподавательского состава со слушателями в ходе освоения дополнительных профессиональных программ, а также определить подходы к принятию эффективных управленческих решений, направленных на обеспечение положительной динамики результатов освоения слушателями дополнительных профессиональных программ. Introduction. The results of the annual monitoring of the input and final diagnostics of the development of additional professional programs by students are presented. Aim and objectives. The goal is to determine the degree of formation of students’ professional competencies when mastering additional professional programs, as well as to determine the dynamics of changes in the subject position of students regarding their professional competence. Material and methods. The research material was the data obtained from the final diagnosis developed by the Institute of Continuing Professional Education. Identified difficulties in the training of students, as well as interesting dynamics in four sections of the questionnaire are presented: the position of students of the courses regarding their legal competence, psychological and pedagogical competence, professional skills, and the relevance of using the Institute’s information and methodological resources. Results and discussion. An analysis of the data of the conducted input and final diagnostics of the level of training of students in the development of additional professional programs for 2019 revealed the typical and remaining difficulties that students experience. Two categories took part in the survey: “Pedagogical workers” and “Leading workers”. Diagnostic data showed that most students feel the need to develop their professional competence. The need for the development of skills that allow you to build your own professional activities in accordance with the legislation in the field of education remains relevant in the work of both teachers and managers. An important issue is the use by students of psychological and pedagogical knowledge and skills in professional activities. Input diagnostic data show a fairly small percentage of students who use psychological and pedagogical knowledge and skills, as well as the use of a systematic and natural basis. Another problem remains the awareness of an insufficient level of knowledge of information and communication technologies. Despite the sufficient openness of the institute’s information resources and its presence on the official website, a fairly large percentage of students are not sufficiently familiar with project and information-methodological resources, including those presented on portals and sites located on the official website, since this is not in their circle duties, according to listeners. Conclusion. The remaining difficulties identified will allow us to adjust the work of carrying out operational adjustments to the content and forms of work of the teaching staff with students during the development of additional professional programs, as well as to determine approaches to making effective management decisions aimed at ensuring positive dynamics in the results of the development of additional professional programs by students.

scholarly journals Commentary: Shifting Teacher Education From "Skilling Up" to Sustaining Beginning Teachers

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Aiden Downey ◽  
Lee Schaefer ◽  
D. Jean Clandinin
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Attrition ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Early Career Teachers ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Early Career Teacher ◽  
Stories To Live By ◽  
Career Teacher

Early career teacher attrition is a serious concern. While the problem is usually seen as one of skilling up new teachers, based on a two-year study with 50 early career teachers, we suggest the importance of attending to what sustains them. While beginning teachers need knowledge and skills, they also need places that allow them to continue to live out their stories to live by, identity stories that encompass both who they are and are becoming as teachers and as people. Attending to stories to live by means we attend to teacher knowledge, knowledge shaped in, and expressed in, both personal and professional knowledge landscapes.

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