scholarly journals Antecedents of Student Teachers’ Commitment to the Teaching Profession in Finland and Norway

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-278
Author(s):  
Eyvind Elstad ◽  
Kalle Juuti ◽  
Knut-Andreas Christophersen ◽  
Trond Solhaug ◽  
Are Turmo
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Norwegian Student ◽  
Personalised Feedback ◽  
Teaching Implications

The purpose of this study was to explore antecedents of Finnish and Norwegian student teachers’ prospective commitment to work as teachers or pursue other careers. Are student teachers’ perceptions of coherence between the theoretical and practical elements of the teaching programme related to their commitment to work as teachers or to pursue other careers? For Finnish student teachers, strong associations emerged between the theory-practice interaction in supervision and student teachers’ prospective commitment to work as teachers. Norwegian student teachers exhibited strong associations between personalised feedback and their prospective commitment to teaching. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Oral and written competencies at a transitional stage: A study of narratives from first-year student teachers´ self-evaluations

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3 Nov-Feb) ◽  
pp. 55-80
Author(s):  
Torhild Erika Hoydalsvik ◽  
Hilde Randi Osdal
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Kindergarten Students ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Secondary Educators ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Norwegian Student

El artículo presenta un estudio sobre la comprensión de los estudiantes docentes noruegos de sus competencias orales y escritas en la educación superior, centrándose en los estudiantes en sus estudios iniciales de formación docente mientras se preparan para convertirse en maestros de escuela o maestros de jardín de infancia. El estudio busca una visión más profunda de las percepciones de los docentes estudiantes sobre su propio desempeño al cumplir los objetivos orales y escritos de la academía. El estudio incluye las siguientes categorías estudiantes de educación: estudiantes de medio tiempo a nivel de licenciatura que buscan enseñar kindergarten, así como estudiantes de kindergarten de tiempo completo y estudiantes de maestría de tiempo completo que buscan ser educadores de primaria y secundaria. Los hallazgos en este análisis de la experiencia de los estudiantes docentes, con respecto a las competencias orales y escritas expresadas en sesenta y siete narrativas, indicaron que experimentaron un alto grado de dominio de la competencia oral pero niveles más bajos para la competencia escrita. Además, los estudiantes lucharon con lo que describieron como expectativas ocultas o poco claras relacionadas con la producción de textos académicos. Sobre la base de los resultados de este estudio, los autores proponen una investigación adicional de las experiencias de los estudiantes en el dominio de las competencias lingüísticas. Estos hallazgos de Noruega tendrán paralelos a otros programas de educación en otras partes de Europa. The article presents a study concerning Norwegian student teachers’ understanding of their oral and written competencies in higher education, focusing on students in their initial teacher education studies as they prepare to become school teachers or kindergarten teachers. The study sought deeper insight into student teachers’ perceptions of their own performance in meeting the oral and written objectives of the academy. The study sample included the following categories of education students: part-time students at the bachelor’s level seeking to teach kindergarten, as well as full-time bachelor’s kindergarten students and full-time master’s students seeking to be primary and secondary educators. The findings in this analysis of student teachers’ experience, concerning oral and written competencies as expressed in sixty-seven narratives, indicated that they experienced high degrees of mastery for oral competency but lower levels for written competency. Further, students struggled with what they described as hidden or unclear expectations related to academic text production. Based on the findings of this study, the authors propose further investigation of students’ experiences in mastering language competencies. These findings on Norway will have parallels to other professional education programmes elsewhere in Europe.

scholarly journals Student Teachers’ Perceptions of their Paired Practicum Placement Experiences

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bowen ◽  
Wolff-Michael Roth
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Theory Practice Gap

In this paper, we report our efforts to improve upon the difficulties traditionally experienced by preservice teachers while they are in their first field experience, such as resolving the gap between methodological approaches discussed in their “methods” class and the practicalities of the particular classroom setting they are teaching in (often referred to as the theory-practice gap). Drawing on our interviews with preservice teachers who taught in pairs, we report on the experience that such an environment for learning to teach provides to newcomers to the teaching profession. We theorize the experiences by drawing on two related theoretical frames that were developed to explain co-teaching and practical knowledge, respectively.

Teaching practicum and the development of professional and pedagogical knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-90
Author(s):  
Minerva Rosas ◽  
Verónica Ormeño ◽  
Cristian Ruiz-Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

To assess the progressive teaching practicums included in an English Teaching Programme at a Chilean university, 60 former student-teachers answered a questionnaire with both Likert-scale and open-ended questions. The issues assessed included the relationship between the progressive teaching practicums and the curriculum’s modules and sequence, and the skills developed while implementing innovation projects during the student-teachers’ two final practicums. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses allowed us to identify both strengths and weaknesses. The participants highlighted strengths in the areas of teaching strategies, critical thinking skills and professional and pedagogical knowledge. Among the weaknesses, they identified limited supervision and feedback, and diverging views on teaching education between the university and the schools as the most difficult to deal with. These findings may be useful for introducing improvements in Initial Teacher Education aimed at reducing problems and discrepancies and devising suitable induction processes.

scholarly journals The voice, text, and the visual as semiotic companions: an analysis of the materiality and meaning potential of multimodal screen feedback

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Tyrer
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Feedback Process ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Structured Video

AbstractThe gap between how learners interpret and act upon feedback has been widely documented in the research literature. What is less certain is the extent to which the modality and materiality of the feedback influence students’ and teachers’ perceptions. This article explores the semiotic potential of multimodal screen feedback to enhance written feedback. Guided by an “Inquiry Graphics” approach, situated within a semiotic theory of learning edusemiotic conceptual framework, constructions of meaning in relation to screencasting feedback were analysed to determine how and whether it could be incorporated into existing feedback practices. Semi-structured video elicitation interviews with student teachers were used to incorporate both micro and macro levels of analysis. The findings suggested that the relationship between the auditory, visual and textual elements in multimodal screen feedback enriched the feedback process, highlighting the importance of form in addition to content to aid understanding of written feedback. The constitutive role of design and material artefacts in feedback practices in initial teacher training pertinent to these findings is also discussed.

Career advancement or teacher development? Teachers’ perceptions of writing publications in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-318
Author(s):  
Jocelyn L.N. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Systematic Training

Purpose – Studies in teacher research have seldom discussed the effects of writing publications and teachers’ views on it. This paper aims to examine how teachers in China regard the purpose of writing up research papers and its impact on their professional practice. It also investigates facilitating factors in preparing and writing publications. Design/methodology/approach – This is a qualitative study which mainly analyses interview data gathered from 14 teachers, who have experience in writing publications, from three schools in Shanghai, China. Documentary analysis includes selected published journal papers and book chapters of the interviewees. Findings – Findings show that teachers perceive producing publications as serving both an instrumental purpose of career advancement and a developmental purpose of enhancing their individual professional competency which in turn improves the quality of the teaching profession through knowledge transfer and knowledge transportation. Research limitations/implications – Contributing factors to help teachers to write include the provision of systematic training courses for teachers and the development of network and research partners. Originality/value – Findings of this study help school leaders and teacher educators better their understanding of improving the quality of practice of teachers through equipping them with a “stance of inquiry”. Findings suggest ways to provide relevant support to enhance the writing capacity of teachers. More importantly, a revision of the existing teacher promotion system may make the practice of writing publications of more direct value to teachers’ daily practice.

scholarly journals Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Educational Achievement and Academic Stress of Pre-Service Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Inmaculada García-Martínez ◽  
Eufrasio Pérez-Navío ◽  
Miguel Pérez-Ferra ◽  
Rocío Quijano-López
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Improve Student Achievement

Emotional intelligence (EI) and stress are constructs that often characterize the teaching profession and are inversely related. There is evidence in the literature that suggests the importance of teachers working on EI in order to learn coping strategies and improve their teaching practices. This descriptive and correlational study had the purpose of examining the social–emotional profile of future teachers based on their EI and academic stress levels in order to provide guidance for future stressful situations that will affect their future professional development. For this purpose, we used a random sampling for convenience in a university population enrolled in degrees of education at Andalusian universities (Spain), getting a sample of 1020 pre-service teachers. The results pointed to a superiority in EI, academic stress, and academic achievement in favor of females compared to males. The relationship among EI, academic stress, and student teachers’ achievement was demonstrated. Furthermore, some components of EI were positioned as important factors to improve student achievement and reduce academic stress. Once the high incidence of these constructs on academic achievement was confirmed, the importance of developing EI and coping and stress skills training programs, aimed at improving academic success and their subsequent professional development, was demonstrated.

scholarly journals Student teachers’ perceptions of democracy in the mathematics classroom: Freedom, equality and dialogue

Pythagoras ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wajeeh Daher
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teaching And Learning Mathematics ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Two Stages

This article studies student teachers’ perceptions of the pedagogic and didactic aspects of teaching and learning mathematics in a democratic classroom. It is concerned primarily with issues of democracy in the mathematics classroom, specifically freedom, equality and dialogue. The research was conducted in two mathematics teacher education classes, where students were in their third year of study to major in mathematics. To find these students’ perceptions of democracy in the mathematics classroom the first two stages of the constant comparison method were followed to arrive at categories of democratic and undemocratic acts. The participants in the research emphasised that instructors should refrain from giving some students more time or opportunities to express themselves or act in the mathematics classroom than other students, because this would make them feel unequal and possibly make them unwilling to participate further in the mathematics classroom. The participants also emphasised that instructors should not exert their power to stop the flow of students’ actions in the mathematics classroom, because this would trouble them and make them lose control of their actions. Further, the participants mentioned that instructors would do better to connect to students’ ways of doing mathematics, especially of defining mathematical terms, so that students appreciate the correct ways of doing mathematics and defining its terms.

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