scholarly journals THE READINESS OF INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTO BIOLOGY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-315
Author(s):  
Shakinaz Desa ◽  
Mai Shihah Abdullah ◽  
Nurul Huda Ab Mutalib ◽  
Rosnidar Mansor
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Biology Teacher ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
The Sustainable Development

The idea of sustainability has long become a regulatory concept applied in national and international policies worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the understanding, attitude, and behavior levels towards education and sustainable development among key players in teacher education program, particularly in Biology, including learners, educators, administrators, and supporting personnel from the Biology Department of a public university in Malaysia. A set of validated questionnaires was administered online to 61 participants. A semi-structured interview was carried out with 9 randomly selected participants. An expert in the curriculum was referred to in search of integration of sustainable development in the current pro forma. Readiness was found highest in behavior, followed by both understanding and attitude. Courses in the Biology Teacher Education program need a well-planned integration to meet the sustainable development concept. Thus, we recommend readiness analysis as a part of the requirement in sustainable development-integrated curriculum design. The implication of this study is, a strategic action plan to interconnect the players' readiness and curriculum design is a new imperative element in the teacher education program.

scholarly journals Exploring the Challenges of Initial Teacher Preparation: Voicing the Concerns from the Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Fekede Tuli ◽  
Temesgen Oljira
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
The Right

It is widely recognized that the best education systems have the best teachers, and a school can only ever be as good as its teachers. However, the quality of a teaching force is dependent on the availability of good quality teacher education program. Hence, the purpose of this study was to explore the challenges of initial teacher preparation program from insiders’ perspectives. Data were collected via semi-structured interview and analyzed narratively. The findings of the study revealed that failure to attract the right people into teaching, poor quality of teacher training programs, weak University and School partnership, unfair and disproportionate treatment of teacher education, policy- practice gap, poor teacher retention strategy, and poor information and communication technology integration as the challenges undermining the teacher education program. The need to attracting best and brightest candidates into the profession, strengthening teacher education programs, improving the management of teacher education, valuing teachers and improving their status are areas identified as implication of the study.

scholarly journals A Study of Student Teachers' Motivation, Expectations, Issues and Satisfaction on the Recently Reformed Teacher Education Program in Public Sector Universities and Colleges in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 631-646
Author(s):  
Kamal ud Din ◽  
Fareeha Javed ◽  
Fasiha Altaf
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Perceived Social Status

This study aimed to explore studentteachers perceptions of their motivation, present concerns, expectations and satisfaction with various aspects of the recently developed teacher education program of ADE and B.Ed Hons. in public sector universities in Pakistan. The study employed a qualitative interpretive approach. A semi-structured interview was carried out with 150 prospective teachers. A thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that the participants' perceived social status, that teaching being the most respectable job, was the most described motivational factor. Lack of information and ambiguous rules and regulation on the nature and status of the ADE and B.Ed. Hons program were the key sources of their present concerns. The participants' perceptions showed a significant improvement in overall teaching quality, while teacher cooperation and commitment were the areas of dissatisfaction.

Prospective PETE Students, PETE Student Teachers, and Clinical Model Teachers in a University Teacher Education Program

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy C. Graham ◽  
Richard C. Hohn ◽  
Peter H. Werner ◽  
Amelia M. Woods
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Model ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching

The purpose of this study was to compare conceptions of teaching of different groups of individuals associated with a university physical education teacher education (PETE) program. These individuals were 6 prospective PETE students, 4 PETE student teachers, and 4 cooperating teachers in the physical education department’s Clinical Model Program. The intent was to assess subjects’ conceptions, values, and beliefs about teaching relative to the seven categories of the knowledge base identified by Shulman (1987). Data were collected through use of a structured interview with frequent probes. Results revealed that teaching conceptions of prospective PETE students differed considerably from those of the other two groups. In addition, conceptions of student teachers and clinical model teachers more closely resembled those aspects emphasized in the teacher education program. Results of this exploratory study suggest questions for future research.

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