scholarly journals SANTIAGO – VILLARRICA – BARCELONA: THE STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIVE CYCLE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
FRANCISCA M. UBILLA ◽  
CLAUDIA VÁSQUEZ ◽  
FRANCISCO FRANCISCO ROJAS ◽  
NÚRIA GORGORIÓ
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Statistical Knowledge ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Tools And Techniques

We consider the ability to complete an investigative cycle as an indicator of the robustness of students’ statistical knowledge. From this standpoint, we analyzed the written reports of primary education student teachers when they developed an investigative cycle in a Chilean and a Spanish university. In their development of the stages of the cycle we observed characteristics common to the centers (for example, summary research questions and conclusions that are a simple concatenation of results), and differential features (the data collection tools and techniques, among others). Armed with a knowledge of how future teachers approach and understand an investigative cycle we are able to contribute ideas that influence their training, building bridges between what they learn and what they should teach. Abstract: Spanish Consideramos la capacidad para completar un ciclo de investigación estadística como indicador de la robustez del conocimiento estadístico del estudiante. Desde este posicionamiento, analizamos las producciones escritas de profesores de enseñanza básica en formación cuando desarrollan un ciclo de investigación en una universidad Chilena y una Española. En las concreciones de las fases del ciclo observamos características comunes entre los centros (por ejemplo, preguntas de investigación tipo resumen y conclusiones como simple concatenación de resultados), y elementos diferenciales (instrumentos y técnicas de recogida de datos, entre otros). Conocer cómo abordan y comprenden el ciclo de investigación los futuros profesores nos permite aportar ideas para incidir en su formación, tendiendo puentes entre lo que aprenden y lo que deberán enseñar.  

scholarly journals Pre-Service Teachers’ Reactions to Education Teacher Performance Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Belete Mebratu ◽  
Kelly Ahuna
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of study was to explore the experiences of teacher candidates about being assessed by the Education Teacher Preparation Assessment (edTPA) requirements during their student teaching practicum. Fifty-six elementary and adolescent majors working for a Master of Science Degree in Education participated in the study by responding to open-ended survey questions. The study aimed at answering two research questions: (1) What are the challenges/concerns that the student teachers report about their experiences of edTPA during their student teaching placements? (2) Do teacher candidates suggest edTPA remains as part of the teacher education program requirement? The findings of the study indicate that the teacher candidates are adamant about their unfavorable experiences of edTPA implementation. They expressed that they found edTPA requirements to be an additional burden, not beneficial, a distraction, and they suggest that edTPA should be discarded from current teacher education programing. While such findings call for considerations to revisit aspects of edTPA for improvement, further studies are suggested to add insight into the nature of edTPA implementation.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Heritage among Students of Early Childhood and Primary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10636
Author(s):  
José A. López-Fernández ◽  
Silvia Medina ◽  
Miguel J. López ◽  
Roberto García-Morís
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
Local Material ◽  
Bachelor's Degrees

In recent decades, a growing awareness of the importance of preserving cultural heritage as a means of promoting sustainable development has been accompanied by a similar re-evaluation of the role of heritage education as a key driver of citizen engagement. The development and implementation of heritage education at all levels, particularly in the context of teacher training, is of vital importance. The aim of this study is to analyse student teachers’ understanding of heritage and its potential as an educational tool, in order to identify measures to enhance teacher training and practice with respect to heritage and heritage education. The research design consists of a comparative study of a non-random sample of 149 trainee teachers undertaking Bachelor’s degrees in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education at the University of Córdoba (Spain). The results reveal a mainly cultural conception of heritage among both groups, based on local material elements, and little sense of the link between heritage and present-day life. The students studying early childhood education were found to display a more specific knowledge of heritage in their answers, while the primary education students showed a greater awareness of identity and values as features of cultural heritage.

scholarly journals Spokes in the Wheels of CLIL for Multilingualism or How Monolingual Ideologies Limit Teacher Training

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Otilia Martí ◽  
Laura Portolés
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
English Only ◽  
Practitioner Perceptions ◽  
The Impact

In line with van Kampen et al.’s (2018) research about specialist and practitioner perceptions on the goals for CLIL in the Netherlands, the present study addresses Hüttner, Dalton-Puffer and Smit’s (2013) call for investigating teachers’ beliefs about CLIL in European countries like Spain where this teaching approach is highly institutionalized. Unlike the aforementioned studies, though, ours focuses on novice subject teachers in Primary education. More specifically, it links teacher cognition and pre-service or initial teacher training with the aim of exploring the extent to which student teachers’ beliefs mediate their education. The analysis of how these student teachers understand the aims and language principles of CLIL unveils the role that a set of monolingual ideologies (e.g. “the English only policy”) play in the conceptualization and consequent acceptance or disapproval of this teaching approach. As we also pay heed to the impact of tertiary instruction on participants’ beliefs, implications for CLIL teacher preparation programmes are discussed.

Mobile-Assisted-Learning Approach in Enhancing the Student Teacher's Vocabulary and Usage of Mobile Phone

2018 ◽  
pp. 316-330
Author(s):  
Jagannath K. Dange
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Educational Administrators ◽  
Training Institutions

Mobile learning facilitates delivery of learning using portable electronic devices. This study investigated the effectiveness of mobile assisted learning in the development of vocabulary and usage of mobile phone. Specifically, the primary objectives of the study were to compare the effectiveness of Mobile Assisted Learning Approach and Conventional Learning Approach with reference to Vocabulary and Usage of Mobile Phone and also to analyze the interaction between treatments with gender and subject background in reference to developing vocabulary and usage of mobile phone. Mobile Assisted Learning Approach was found to be more effective in developing Vocabulary and Usage of Mobile Phone. The study has broad implications for student teachers of the professional colleges. These findings should be taken into consideration educational administrators in secondary and higher education teacher training institutions.

scholarly journals WHAT HISTORY DO FUTURE TEACHERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THINK IS RELEVANT?

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (172) ◽  
pp. 96-119
Author(s):  
Pilar Rivero ◽  
Julián Pelegrín
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Historical Thinking ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The University

Abstract The present study examines the perception of historical relevance that student teachers of Early Childhood Education have at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). Six hundred and sixty historical stories written by the students are analyzed in conjunction with texts that justify the choice of one historical event or another. The research seeks to determine the major historical contents that are considered relevant and relate them to the typology of the narratives. Historical relevance is a second-order concept of basic historical thinking in Early Childhood Education teacher training as, although the curriculum for this stage does not include historical content, it does include objectives that enable these topics to be addressed.

scholarly journals Making STEM Education Objectives Sustainable through a Tutoring Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6653
Author(s):  
Francisco-Domingo Fernández-Martín ◽  
José-Luis Arco-Tirado ◽  
Francisco-Javier Carrillo-Rosúa ◽  
Mirian Hervás-Torres ◽  
Juan-Francisco Ruiz-Hidalgo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
University Students ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
After School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this research was two-fold. First, to determine the impact of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education program on school performance amongst primary education students. Second, to identify the potential benefits of this program on the key competences of university students in Primary Education Teacher Training. The primary education students’ sub-sample, after being matched on key covariates, was randomly assigned either to the experimental (N = 25) or control group (N = 25). The university students’ sub-sample consisted of 26 students self-selected from the Primary Education Teacher Training degree. The intervention consisted of 20 two-hour weekly sessions of highly structured after-school tutoring delivered by previously trained university students. Although statistical significance was not reached for the hypotheses tested, notably, the results showed between small and moderate effect sizes (i.e., magnitude and direction of the program impact) for primary education students on core STEM subjects (e.g., mathematics d = 0.29, natural science d = 0.26), and for university students on some key employability competencies (e.g., action orientation d = 0.27 or team orientation d = 0.54).

scholarly journals Student Teachers and Kindergarten Children Talking about Picturebooks Focusing School in Didactic Research Labs at University

2021 ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Jeannette Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Literacy Studies ◽  
Primary School Student ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Selection Of

Within the project“Lehren, Lernen und Forschen in Werkstätten” (Teaching, Learning and Researching in Laboratories) from 2016-2019, German didactic seminars were held in the “Lern- und Forschungswerkstatt Grundschule” (LuFo) (Primary Education Research Lab) at the Technische Universität (TU) of Dresden. The seminars, which were attended by primary education student teachers, dealt with telling stories to wordless picturebooks, reading aloud picturebooks about school or other literary themes. The student teachers dealt with selected picturebooks from the perspective of literature didactics, visual literacy studies and empirical research on reception of literature. They designed didactic arrangements in the sense of inquiry-based learning and invited kindergarten and primary school children to the LuFo to explore the stories told in the picturebooks together with them. The study is based on the student teachers' seminar papers in which they describe their projects, give didactic reasons for the selection of literature and analyse their interactions with the children around the picturebooks. Using the example of picturebooks about school, the study uses the Key Incident Analysis to ask which books the student teachers choose and how they receive them, in what form they discuss them with the children and how they shape the reading situations and finally, how they reflect on their own learning processes. The results give an insight into both the processes of reflection of the primary school student teachers and the processes of literary learning of the children.

scholarly journals How different reflective learning activities introduced into a postgraduate teacher training programme in England promote reflection and increase the capacity to learn

2018 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-73
Author(s):  
Melissa Jane Hannah Mantle
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Reflective Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Training Institution ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Learning Sets

Student teachers in England are expected to learn from experience in order to become reflective practitioners and to achieve Qualified Teacher Status. This study is a qualitative project studying whether and how different reflective learning activities introduced into a postgraduate teacher training programme promote reflection and increase the capacity to learn. It takes an interpretative approach, generating qualitative data on the reflection of students and the most effective learning methods. The study took place over a one-year period in one teacher training institution. The data arose from Post Graduate Certificate of Education student teacher responses to different reflective learning activities and subsequent interviews followed by an evaluation of the effectiveness of the overall learning strategy. Of the four activities used to promote reflective learning (discussion groups, action learning sets, journals and interviews), the action learning sets had the most impact on the student teachers’ ability to reflect. The implication for initial teacher training programmes is that providers need to recognise the importance of oral reflection within a communal setting.

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