Beginning teacher induction program for technology integration in CLIL

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Thooptong Kwangsawad

Beginning teacher induction is a transition from pre-service teacher preparation to teaching professional which brings a shift in a role orientation and an epistemological move from knowing about teaching through formal study to knowing how to teach by facing daily teaching challenges. This paper deals with the implementation and evaluation of beginning teacher induction programs for technology integration in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for 24 beginning teachers from the northeastern region in Thailand. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Quantitative data were collected from the assessment of the lesson plans and implementation of the lesson plans then analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Qualitative data were collected from three sources: (1) written logs by the participants, (2) data from video observation by the researcher, and (3) field notes by the researcher. Findings from the assessment of the lesson plans and implementation of the lesson plans were at a low level. Almost all participants reported having difficulties in technology integration in CLIL.

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria E. Napper-Owen

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of induction assistance beyond the year of participation. Two second-year teachers mentored by the researcher in their first year of teaching participated. Changes in teacher process behaviors were analyzed, and emergent themes from the first year of teaching were examined to determine relevancy in the second year. The results indicated that both teachers spent more time in management during the second year observations than at the end of the first year of teaching to help achieve program outcomes for responsible movement. A shift in the amount of time in instructional behaviors indicated students were receiving more feedback while engaged in practice opportunities. The teachers indicated less difficulty in planning developmentally appropriate lessons and more confidence in their teaching. The beginning teachers felt more secure in their teaching abilities and engaged in new teaching strategies that enhanced their professional development.


Author(s):  
Frances Langdon ◽  
Peter Lind ◽  
Cynthia Shaw ◽  
Erin Pilcher

Although comprehensive policy and resourcing of beginning teacher induction and mentoring can improve teacher retention and quality, there is growing recognition that combining on-site leadership and policy is integral to providing effective learning for teachers. This has led to an increased interest in melding policy and resources with school and service leadership to promote consistency of beginning teachers’ induction and mentoring experiences. This article describes and provides insights into a project involving four pilots which are trialling the draft national guidelines for effective induction programmes and mentor teacher development. An external evaluation across the four pilots has revealed that national guidelines can be a positive lever for effecting change in induction and mentoring practices. Implementing such change nationally will require leaders to take seriously an educative, transformative approach to learning for both beginning teachers and their mentors.


2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cherubini ◽  
Deirdre Smith

There is certainly no diminution of interest in teacher induction in the province of Ontario, Canada. Education Minister Gerard Kennedy has launched a concerted effort to implement the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) consisting of contextually relevant professional development opportunities for beginning teachers, an experienced teacher to serve as mentor, and school and district orientation sessions. The Minister has also proposed legislation that will streamline beginning teacher evaluation and formally credit participants for their successful completion of the program to be recorded on the Certificate of Qualification issued by the Ontario College of Teachers. The recently released NTI P Program Guideline (March, 2006) states that induction programs "will build on the faculty year experience by providing another full year of professional support” through the partnership among beginning teachers, mentors, principals, superintendents of the NTIP" etc. (pp. 3 & 4). The above measures underpin the Ministry’s initiatives to work collaboratively with education stakeholders and operationalize more pragmatic and efficient professional development initiatives to improve teacher induction practices in order to improve student learning .


Author(s):  
Sara Fry

Although induction support is heralded as an effective way to reduce high attrition among beginning teachers, nationwide increases in induction participation have not been accompanied by a comparable reduction in attrition rates. This inconsistency suggests some induction programs may not provide adequate support. This article presents the results of a case study that explored the experiences of a beginning teacher who left the profession despite participation in an induction program. The research question was: "Why was Stella unsuccessful in her second year of teaching?" The results are presented through the postmodern ethnographic method of layered account (Ronai, 1997). In addition to raising questions about how to effectively support new teachers, this article includes a discussion of methodological limitations, ethics, subjectivity, and researcher response to participant distress.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Fatma COBANOGLU ◽  
Zeynep Ayvaz-Tuncel

Perspectives on beginning teachers’ possible problems and their reasons force many of the countries to develop teacher induction programs. Teacher induction programs are extensive, consistent and ongoing professional processes aiming to train, support, and protect novice teachers. In Turkey, the process of “teacher induction program” which has been initiated in 2016 is a regulation to train novice teachers for six months. The rationale of the program for the novice teachers is to have more practical experience and in turn to teach effectively in their classrooms. As each new regulation can be accompanied by some obscurities, scientific research will serve to increase the quality of the processes and practices in teacher induction programs. In this sense, the current research aims to determine the views of 357 novice teachers on the goal achievement of the teacher induction program. A questionnaire form was developed to collect the data consisting of 43 questions one of which is an open-ended question. Results suggested that preservice education and teacher induction program have similar contributions in regard to the goal achievement of the teacher induction program. Moreover, considering the process as a whole, the mentor has an important role in the development of novice teachers.


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