scholarly journals Supporting Peer Feedback on Learning Strategies: Effects on Self-Efficacy and Feedback Quality

2021 ◽  
pp. 147572572110166
Author(s):  
Anika Bürgermeister ◽  
Inga Glogger-Frey ◽  
Henrik Saalbach
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Feedback Quality ◽  
Giving Feedback ◽  
Beneficial Approach

The study focused on supporting the distinct processes of assessment and providing feedback within a peer feedback setting in teacher education and investigates the effects on student teachers’ self-efficacy and feedback quality in a quasi-experiment. Student teachers ( n = 129) were asked to repeatedly provide peer feedback on learning strategies and were supported by a digital tool. The support was varied: support in assessment (A; realized by rubrics), in formulating the feedback (F; by providing sentence starters), in both components (A+F), or no support (Control). We conducted a 2 × 2 analysis of variance (ANOVA) to measure the effect on feedback quality and 2 × 2×2 mixed ANOVAs to investigate the effects on self-efficacy. Results revealed that student teachers perceived higher self-efficacy regarding assessing learning strategies and giving feedback after repeatedly giving and receiving peer feedback. While supporting feedback-writing (F) was immediately beneficial for students’ self-efficacy, the combination (A + F) was most advantageous in the long run. In addition, feedback quality was higher when students were supported in writing the feedback. The findings show that competencies to assess and to give feedback seem to be distinct components that should be fostered individually. The developed support by the digital tool seems to be one beneficial approach here.

Second-career teachers’ workplace learning and learning at university

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Keck Frei ◽  
Mirjam Kocher ◽  
Christine Bieri Buschor
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Career Change ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine career-change student teachers’ practice-based learning in teacher training, with a special focus on the support they received. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a qualitative content analysis of 15 group interviews, including 58 career-change student teachers and focuses on their learning at university and the workplace. Findings This paper indicates that career-change student teachers’ learning is task-related and based on interactions. It benefits from the support provided by actors at the university and workplace. Their learning is highly self-regulated and built on skills from prior professional and life experience. However, behaviourist learning and trial-and-error learning strategies are more often mentioned than constructionist learning and goal-oriented learning. Practical implications The findings underline the fact that universities and schools can enhance career-change student teachers’ learning by providing professional support, helping them to form links between experience from their prior profession, as well as their knowledge acquired at the university and experience from the workplace. Originality/value Until now, few studies have addressed workplace learning in teacher education. The present study aims to address this lack. Moreover, the study shows how career-change student teachers deal with the challenge of bridging the gap between theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during practice-based teacher education.

scholarly journals Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Student Teachers and Their Contact With People With Disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Kunz ◽  
Reto Luder ◽  
Wassilis Kassis
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Disruptive Behavior ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Attitudes Toward Inclusion ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

Inclusive schooling has been a key issue in special needs education for the last 20 years. In this context, teacher's attitudes toward inclusion is an essential factor in professional competence. It is therefore in the interest of an inclusive school system that inclusion-related beliefs and attitudes are cultivated in basic teacher education. Although some studies report positive effects of basic teacher education on successful inclusion processes and outcomes at school, the findings on attitude changes in teacher education are inconsistent. Multiple factors influence inclusion-related attitudes and beliefs. Among them, personal contact with people with disabilities is important. The present study at the University of Teacher Education in Zurich, Switzerland, examines the influence of previous contact with people with disabilities on attitudes toward inclusion after initial teacher training modules. An online survey (N = 443) was conducted before (T0) and after (T1) a training module on inclusive education/inclusive teaching. Validated scales on attitudes toward inclusion were used. The findings show that the student teachers report significantly more positive contact with people with disability than negative ones. At the same time, student teachers who are in contact with people with disabilities report a significantly more positive attitude toward inclusion at the beginning of the term, and a higher self-efficacy in dealing with disruptive behavior and interdisciplinary cooperation, as well as an individualizing teaching structure. They also report fewer concerns and negative attitudes than student teachers without such contact. Contact with people with disabilities was significantly related to an anticipated willingness to take on an inclusive class. However, no moderating effect of contact over the term was found. Additionally, we identify a considerable heterogeneity on positive attitudes toward inclusion within the respective groups (i.e., more positive or negative contact) via multigroup latent profile analysis. In particular, higher levels on self-efficacy in dealing with disruptive behavior and individualizing teaching structure were central indicators for positive attitudes toward inclusion; this held for both contact groups.

scholarly journals Weblogs as Tools for Encouraging Self-Reflection and Peer Feedback among Student Teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Sarah A. AL-Ajmi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Study Results

<p>A weblog is one of the most effective tools among the latest inventions that enhance student teachers’ learning and practice. With technology becoming crucial for both personal and professional developments, this study focused on the effectiveness of using reflective weblogs in teacher education programs. In this regard, the research investigated the level to which weblogs successfully promote self-reflection and yield peer feedback among student teachers. Furthermore, it explored student teachers’ perceptions regarding the use of weblogs as tools for self-reflection and peer feedback.</p><p>A case study of seven EFL student teachers taking a practicum course at Kuwait University was analyzed in this paper. The study was conducted in the English Curricula and Teaching Methods Department in the College of Education during the first semester of the 2013/2014 academic year. During the 4-week application period, participants were requested to reflect on their teaching practices and provide feedback on their peers’ posts. The data were collected through different qualitative methods such as semi-structured interviews and content analysis.</p><p>The findings of the study suggest that the use of the practicum blog is considered to be effective in facilitating student teachers’ ability to reflect upon their teaching practices and provide comments on their peers during the practicum course. Most participants agree on the usefulness of using weblogs in teacher education programs. Overall, the study results show that student teachers find the weblog as an effective tool for writing reflections, sharing ideas, providing feedbacks, and increasing proficiency levels. The results of the study provide the rationale for using weblogs in student teacher education programs.</p>

Connecting feedback to self-efficacy: Receiving and providing peer feedback in teacher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 101062
Author(s):  
Christopher Neil Prilop ◽  
Kira Elena Weber ◽  
Frans J. Prins ◽  
Marc Kleinknecht
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Peer Feedback

scholarly journals Identifying and supporting reflection in pre-service teacher education a rubric fit for purpose

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Maria Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Reflective Practitioners ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Giving Feedback ◽  
Type 3

It is widely accepted that reflection and reflective practices are necessary components of teacher education programmes. However, these are not always explored or even fully understood by the very people who are expected to reflect – the student-teachers themselves. Support for these practices is therefore required so that students may understand what reflection is and helped to become reflective practitioners. This article describes the construction and use of a rubric to identify and support reflection in pre-service foreign language teacher education. It begins by reviewing key literature on reflection before moving on to a study of types of reflection and conceptual frameworks in the literature. Four types of reflection were identified and attributed labels: Type 0. Descriptive/behavioural; Type 1. Descriptive/analytical; Type 2. Dialogic/interpretative; and Type 3. Critical/transformatory. These were then used to construct the rubric which incorporated a matrix of five categories: discourse; rationale; level of inquiry; orientation to self; and views of teaching. Examples of how the rubric has been used to both capture and support reflection are provided. It is not a stand-alone tool, but one which is situated within a reflective practice model of teacher education which requires reflexive teacher educators, tools and practices which provide opportunities for reflection. It is flexible enough to allow teacher educators (and students) to identify types of reflection in spoken or written accounts, which may help when self-assessing, giving feedback, and supporting the momentum of reflection during a course or practicum.

scholarly journals Motivation in teacher education: The forgotten element and its snowball effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Pipit Novita ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
High Stake ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Career Intention ◽  
Long Run

This research explores student teachers' motivation to join teacher education and its relation to their career intention to join the teaching profession. The qualitative study was conducted in the English department of private and state teacher education in Indonesia. A total of 14 student teachers (20-23 years old) took part in the interview. The findings show that most student teachers chose Initial Teacher Education (ITE) because of external motivation factors such as the alternative option of not being accepted at their desired faculty or following parents’ suggestions. Besides that, considering the internal motivation factor, one of the common reasons students chose English teacher education was the interest in English, which was also viewed as transferrable skills that could be useful to many other job possibilities. The findings show that only a few of the participants who prioritised their career to become teachers. The findings might contest the generalisation that often associates student teachers’ motivation to join teacher education to become teachers. Even though the assumption is valid to some extent, the nuances in the student teachers’ motivation to choose teacher education might need to be considered, especially in the context when joining teacher education is relatively easy because there is no high-stake test involved and teaching might be perceived as an unattractive career intention. The findings also indicate that as motivation is fluid, abstract, and hard to measure, teacher education overlooks this element in the admission process. However, forgetting the importance of student teachers’ motivation in teacher education could lead to a more severe problem in the quality of graduates and education in the long run.

scholarly journals Reflecting and Verbalizing Teaching – Supported by Didactic and Digital Tools

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 507-527
Author(s):  
Marita Cronqvist
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Content Range

In teacher education, it is problematic to intertwine theory and practice. It is also problematic that student teachers lack self-awareness about what values they express in their meetings with pupils. They need to reflect and verbalize their teaching experiences. In this article, results from a study in teacher education are presented from a development work where a combination of a didactic tool that visualizes ethics in teaching and a digital tool, video paper is tried. The purpose is to investigate how this combination can stimulate student teachers´ reflections on their teaching during their internship and through follow-up in the campus course. Findings indicate that the tools in themselves are not enough to bridge theory and practice. However, the tools can be helpful to teacher educators. Reflections presented in video papers are quite different in content, range and depth which are visualized through the questions of the didactic tool and by different typologies for reflection. The reflections show that there are many ways to verbalize ethics which raises questions about what it really means to visualize ethics.

scholarly journals Student-Teachers’ Approaches to Learning, Academic Performance and Teaching Efficacy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Goh Swee-Choo ◽  
Wong Kung Teck ◽  
Rosma Osman
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Teaching Efficacy ◽  
Approach To Learning

Purpose – It is argued that the approaches to learning of students undergoing teacher training are likely to be related to their teaching and learning environment, especially as they move from a more regimented, structured learning environment in school to a tertiary learning environment that encourages more independent thinking and perhaps questions ideas. Therefore, this investigation has an overall goal to use the unique approaches to learning (surface and deep approaches) of students in a teacher preparation program to address the needs of this particular group of students during their teacher education. The study examines the associations between scores on student-teachers’ approaches to learning, their academic performance and teaching efficacy. Methodology – The approach to learning instrument used was the Bahasa Melayu R-SPQ-2F and the teaching efficacy was collected through the Bahasa Melayu Teachers’ Sense of  Efficacy Scale (TSES). The sample for this study was a total of 104 second-year student-teachers from two cohorts enrolled in a teacher education degree programme in a Malaysian university. The R-SPQ-2F was administered on the 10th week of a 14-week semester. A cover page accompanying the questionnaires provided general information about the study and specific instructions to answer the questionnaire. Student-teachers were requested to provide their cumulative grade point average (CGPA) score from the previous semester. Data was analyzed by using Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (Pearson’s r). Findings - Findings showed that surface approach to learning has shown significant negative association with teaching efficacy, indicating that those student-teachers who used surface learning exhibited low teaching efficacy. Deep approach to learning has shown significant positive association with both academic achievement and teaching efficacy, indicating that those student-teachers who adopted deep learning had better academic achievement and also had a stronger sense of teaching efficacy. Implications of these findings were discussed as they related to teaching and learning, specifically in the attempt to facilitate deeper learning strategies. Significance - The study provides further evidence that the translated versions of the Bahasa Melayu R SPQ-2F and theBahasa Melayu TSES are reliable instruments to assess and monitor student-teachers’ approaches to learning and their teaching self-efficacy beliefs. This study also adds to the very limited number of investigations of approaches to learning, academic performance, and teaching self efficacy of student-teachers in Malaysia.

scholarly journals THE RELATION BETWEEN SCIENCE STUDENT TEACHERS’ EDUCATIONAL USE OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-154
Author(s):  
Hülya Aslan Efe
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Science Student ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Student Centred Learning ◽  
At Home

The rapid increase in the use of Web 2.0 technologies has led to changes in school curricula because they are a powerful tool for developing innovative ways of teaching and learning. These technologies have also changed how teacher education programmes prepare pre-service teachers. Thus, as a predictor, pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy is important for the development of their computer skills. A descriptive research design was employed. The data were collected using a Web 2.0 technologies educational usage scale and a computer-related self-efficacy perception scale. The sample of the study involved 146 (F: 70, M: 76) student teachers in a teacher education course at Ziya Gökalp Education Faculty of Dicle University during the 2011-2012 academic year. The data were analysed using means, t-tests, and one-way ANOVAs. The study revealed that student teachers used Facebook the most frequently to communicate, access class material, hold discussions and form academic groups. Student teachers with Internet access at home used Web2.0 technologies more frequently than those without Internet access at home. The frequent use of Web 2.0 by student teachers provides teachers with the possibility for more student-centred learning activities in the classroom. Key words: science student teachers, teacher education, Web 2.0 technologies.

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