The Influence of Participation in the Overseas Teaching Practice Program on the Enhancement of Pre-Service Teachers’ Global Teaching Competence

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-232
Author(s):  
Kang Jung-Jin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Overseas Teaching

scholarly journals Implementing the Mindfulness-Based Interventions; Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) in Mindfulness-Based Teacher Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 216495612199834
Author(s):  
GM Griffith ◽  
RS Crane ◽  
R Baer ◽  
E Fernandez ◽  
F Giommi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Optimal Conditions ◽  
Intervention Delivery ◽  
Effective Feedback ◽  
Teaching Assessment ◽  
Teaching Competence

The Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) was originally developed as a tool to assess the teaching competence of mindfulness-based program (MBP) teachers. The tool was made freely available and has since been used by mindfulness-based teacher training organisations internationally. During this time the MBI:TAC has evolved in its usage, from an assessment tool to one which informally supports how MBP teachers are trained. In this article, we first examine the rationale for implementing the MBI:TAC in MBP teacher training; second, we offer practical guidance on ways of integrating the tool into teacher training pathways with awareness of its potential and possible pitfalls; and third, we offer guidance on using the tool as a framework for giving effective feedback to trainees on their teaching practice. Implementing the MBI:TAC in teacher training may support the quality and integrity of MBP teacher training, and thus ensure high quality MBP teachers graduating. In turn this may help avoid the ‘implementation cliff’ – that is, the quality of an intervention delivery is delivered in optimal conditions when it is being researched, and drops in quality when delivered in sub-optimal, ‘real world’ conditions.

Multicultural teaching competence among undergraduate faculty: a convergent mixed methods study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandler Puhy ◽  
Nalini Prakash ◽  
Clarissa Lacson ◽  
Joke Bradt
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
K 12

Purpose Increased student diversity in universities across the USA has increased the need for post-secondary educators to develop multicultural teaching competence (MTC). Most studies of MTC focus on educators teaching grades K-12. The purpose of this study is to determine how faculty members rate themselves in terms of MTC, what multicultural knowledge and skills faculty report and how they integrate these skills into their teaching practice and what barriers exist to developing and implementing MTC. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that impact undergraduate faculty integration of multicultural awareness and attitudes into their teaching practices to enhance student learning. Design/methodology/approach A convergent mixed methods study used survey and interview data from undergraduate faculty. Select items from the MTC Inventory (MTCI) and social justice scales (SJS) were administered. Interviews (N = 7) were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. Quantitative and qualitative data were compared to examine convergence and divergence. Findings Quantitative results revealed undergraduate faculty’s awareness, knowledge and skills as indicated by percent agreement with items from the MTCI and SJS instruments. Qualitative findings included the following four themes: knowledge building, addressing diversity in the classroom, barriers and challenges, and needs and recommendations. Qualitative data corroborated or explained many of the quantitative results and provided insight into these trends and barriers that impact MTC. Originality/value This is the first study of its kind, to our knowledge, that has used a mixed methods research design to examine factors that impact MTCs and associated barriers among a sample of undergraduate faculty across disciplines in one urban university.

scholarly journals El perfil del docente competente de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales en el bachillerato mexicano desde la perspectiva del alumno

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3 Noviembr) ◽  
pp. 353-376
Author(s):  
Erika López Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
High School ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teacher Assessment ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Leadership Evaluation ◽  
Education Model

En este trabajo se presenta el perfil que deben tener los docentes de bachillerato en el área de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales conforme las inquietudes expresadas por los estudiantes de una escuela pública vespertina del Poniente de Mérida. Se elaboró un instrumento en escala Likert con 48 ítems que midió doce competencias obtenidas de los trabajos de connotados investigadores y de la literatura oficial mexicana que sirvió como referente. El cuestionario empleado para esta investigación fue piloteado y validado por jueces, en su confiabilidad reportó 0.94 de alfa de Crombach.Cada vez se torna necesario crear perfiles para puestos laborales, como es el caso de la docencia, a fin de crear parámetros observables de actuación profesional. En los perfiles se detallan las dimensiones de actuación y los descriptores que dictaminan el modus operandi del quehacer áulico. En el modelo por competencias estos perfiles señalan las actitudes, habilidades y conocimientos que son deseables en un docente. Estos perfiles dan la pauta para hacer una adecuada evaluación de la docencia. Los resultados se analizaron a través del software estadístico SPSS v.21, mediante frecuencias y porcentajes y comparación de medias. En la interpretación se discriminó en favor de los polos positivos que implicaban la elección racional del alumno de la competencia docente. Se encontró que todas las competencias fueron importantes, mas no todos los descriptores resultaron del agrado de los alumnos. Al final se presenta un listado con las competencias mejor evaluadas: preparación académica, comunicación asertiva, liderazgo, evaluación y ecología educativa. This paper explains the profile that teachers in high school should have in the field of humanities and social sciences according to the aims expressed by the students of a public night high school in the West of Merida. Students were asked to complete a 48-item questionnaire designed on a Likert scale with a view to measuring twelve competences obtained from the work of prestigious researches and the official Mexican documents used as a referent. This questionnaire was validated by judges, had a pilot test and a Cronbach's alpha of 0.94. It is increasingly more necessary to create job profiles, including those for the teaching profession, with a view to establishing parameters for professional development. Those profiles should detail the dimensions which the job addresses and the descriptors which adequate teaching practice should include. In the education model by competences these profiles present the attitudes, abilities and knowledge that a teacher should have. These profiles also provide guidelines to undertake accurate teacher assessment. The results were analysed with the statistical software package SPSS v.21 and frequencies, percentages and comparison of means were obtained. The interpretation especially addressed students’ positive opinions regarding what teaching competence should be. The study found that all the competences were important, but not all the descriptors satisfied the students’ expectations. This study also shows a list with the most popular competences for teaching: academic background, assertive communication, leadership, evaluation and educational environment.

scholarly journals Aproximación a la competencia digital docente en la formación profesional

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (67) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristóbal Suárez Guerrero ◽  
Alicia Ros Garrido ◽  
Jorge Lizandra
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Competence Level ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Aprendizaje Colaborativo ◽  
Competencia Digital

El mundo requiere personas con conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes que permitan un desarrollo completo de la ciudadanía en un ecosistema digital. Una respuesta educativa a esta exigencia social es la competencia digital. Así, esta finalidad exige niveles óptimos de desarrollo de la Competencia Digital Docente (CDD), en especial en el sector de la Formación Profesional (FP). Con la idea de atender este contexto educativo, en este trabajo se propone un marco de comprensión que integra de forma unitaria la visión sobre la pedagogía, los recursos y la evaluación para entender, evaluar y proponer mejoras en la competencia digital del profesorado de FP. Empleando un enfoque cualitativo, se realizaron once entrevistas en profundidad sobre la CDD del profesorado de FP de la provincia de Valencia (España). Estos datos fueron analizados desde la caracterización de 4 escenarios educativos con tecnología (aprendizaje individual, la enseñanza con TIC, aprendizaje colaborativo y autoaprendizaje del alumnado). La principal conclusión detectada es que los docentes entrevistados tienen conocimientos de algunos recursos y aplicaciones tecnológicas, actitud y capacidad para incorporarlos a su práctica docente. En cambio, no integran la tecnología en la evaluación de los aprendizajes al mismo nivel competencial que en las otras dimensiones. World requires people with knowledge, skills and attitudes that allow a full development of citizenship in a digital ecosystem. An educational response to this social demand is digital competence. Thus, this purpose requires optimal levels of Digital Teaching Competence (DTC), especially in the Vocational Education Training (VET) sector. With the aim of ​​attending to this educational context, this work proposes a understanding framework that integrates the vision of pedagogy, resources and evaluation to understand, evaluate and propose improvements in the digital competence of VET teachers. Using a qualitative approach, eleven in-depth interviews were conducted on the DTC of VET teachers in the province of Valencia (Spain). These data were analysed from the categorization of 4 educational scenarios with technology (individual learning, teaching with ICT, collaborative learning and student self-learning). The main conclusion detected is that interviewed teachers have knowledge of some technological resources and applications, attitude and ability to incorporate them into their teaching practice. However, they do not integrate technology in the learning assessment at the same competence level as in the other dimensions.

scholarly journals Reality and Measures for Developing Integrated Teaching Capacity of Chemistry Teachers in High Schoool

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Thu Hoai
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
General Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Education ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Chemistry Teachers ◽  
New School ◽  
General Education Curriculum ◽  
Teaching Competence

Integrated teaching competence is one of the most important competencies teachers capacity adapting to the requirements of reforming the general education curriculum. Researching and application of an integrated teaching perspective has been interested by many educators and teachers to research and apply in teaching practice. However, the reality of the teaching practice of teachers in general and teachers of chemistry in high schools is needed to concern. This paper researches the capacity teaching at high schools and proposes the measures to develop this capacity for teachers in order to contribute to improving the teaching capacity of teachers, meeting the requirements of a new school education program.

scholarly journals ZNACZENIE PRAKTYK W ROZWIJANIU KOMPETENCJI NAUCZYCIELSKIEJ – PERSPEKTYWA PRAKTYKANTA I MENTORA

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 209-220
Author(s):  
Teresa Siek-Piskozub ◽  
Aleksandra Jankowska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Important Stage ◽  
School Based ◽  
Teaching Competence

Teaching practice is an important stage in prospective foreign language teacher development. It is an opportunity for reflection on the teaching process as well as for (self) evaluation of one’s teaching competence. Trainees approaching their practicum should be prepared by their educa-tional institutions for the challenges they may face in a real school con-text. In the article we report on two studies undertaken to obtain an in-sight into the practicum from the trainee perspective and from the school-based mentor perspective in the hope of identifying areas which require improvement. Descriptions of the design of the two studies and the analyses of their results are preceded by a discussion of the im-portance of reflection on foreign language teacher competence and the place of practicum in the development of competence.

scholarly journals Young Criminologists in the Teaching Practice: Plight and Aspirations

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulino V. Pioquinto ◽  
Reynaldo O. Cuizon ◽  
Mauro Allan P. Amparado
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Depth Interviews

This phenomenological study ascertained the plight and aspirations of young criminologists who were engaged in teaching practice. Two research questions were answered: (1) What is the plight of young criminologists in the teaching practice; and (2) What are the aspirations of young criminologists in the teaching practice? It involved ten research informants presently employed with higher education institutions (HEIs) within Central Visayas, Philippines. The collection of information techniques used were in-depth interviews and focus group discussion. The research participants shared their plight in the teaching practice and their aspirations in their career. Nine themes surfaced in this study: low confidence, difficulties in oral and written communication, a teacher by accident, lack of preparation for teaching practice, job satisfaction, professional status, technical skills, professional & personal growth, and support to enhance teaching competence.

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