scholarly journals Reflecting on Personal Routines to New Ways of Teaching by German Geography Teachers: Effects of a Teacher Training Project in North Rhine-Westphalia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Maxim Krohmer ◽  
Alexandra Budke
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Sustainable Change ◽  
Training Project ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Peer Discussions ◽  
Lasting Change ◽  
Educational Thinking

The gap between educational knowledge that is taught in universities and actions by teachers can be sizeable. A sustainable change in teachers' efforts requires particular sensitivity and awareness of this gap between subject-specific educational thinking and acting and between theory and practice. This study explored the extent to which a reflection on personal routine in class undertaken by geography teachers, and the associated awareness of their deficits ("the gap"), can contribute to a change in action. In this study, ten teachers from German Gymnasiums in North Rhine-Westphalia participated in a four-month-long intervention. The teachers had to document their lessons, work through possible deficits in peer discussions, and discuss solutions. The results showed that although intervention helped raise awareness of deficits, it was not enough to bring about a lasting change in teachers' actions. Possible causes for this lack of lasting change are reflected upon, and teacher training consequences are considered.

Bridging Cultures, Teacher Training Project

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Greenfield ◽  
Carrie Rothstein-Fisch ◽  
Elise Trumbull ◽  
Blanca Quiroz
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Project

scholarly journals Developing media literacy skills of future specialists in the contemporary teacher training education

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 01033
Author(s):  
Yulia Semenova ◽  
Svetlana Sotnikova
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Level

Development of media literacy looks especially crucial in context of globalization characterized by a high level culture-language interaction. Contemporary education environment is defined by intensive information saturation which demands skills to act effectively and be flexible from a modern teacher in accordance with constantly changing needs of modern community. Evidently, media literacy is a significant component of professional competence for specialists of modern teacher training education. The advanced level of media literacy skills allows to raise efficacy and quality of teacher training education which is aimed at training a specialist who is ready for development, improvement and selfrealization in professional sphere. Media literacy is connected with applying information and communication technologies in theory and practice of contemporary professional education. So, the term “media literacy” implies future specialist’s skills to work not only with mass media but with various information and communication sources allowing to search, select and present necessary information possibilities for solving academic, personal, cognitive and developing tasks.

scholarly journals As Contribuições do Pibid para a Formação Inicial e a Construção dos Saberes Docentes

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-368
Author(s):  
Cristiane Katsue Miyazaki Nishiyama ◽  
Helenara Regina Sampaio Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Teaching Knowledge ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
The Relationship

ResumoEste artigo tem por objetivo investigar as relações entre teoria e prática para a construção dos saberes docentes e as contribuições evidenciadas para os licenciandos de Pedagogia, participantes do Programa PIBID (Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência), em que se busca refletir as discussões sobre o PIBID e suas contribuições para o processo de formação inicial docente. Como referencial teórico são consideradas as três categorias dos saberes: Conhecimento, Pedagógico e da Experiência. Para alcançar o objetivo foi aplicado um questionário com questões semiestruturadas para trinta participantes do Programa Pibid da Universidade Pitágoras Unopar - Londrina. Apresentam-se os resultados da categoria “Saberes do Conhecimento” e da subcategoria “Ser Pedagogo”. Os resultados evidenciam que os pibidianos mobilizam e desenvolvem saberes relacionados à profissão docente ao participar do PIBID. A vivência no PIBID oportunizou a reflexão sobre as competências profissionais e pessoais sobre ser um Pedagogo comprometido com a busca de ações efetivas para a conquista de uma educação de qualidade. Palavras-chave: Competências Profissionais. Teoria. Prática. Licenciatura. Abstract This article aims to investigate the relationship between theory and practice for the building of teaching knowledge and the evidenced contributions for the Pedagogy Licensiature students participants in PIBID Program (Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation Scholarships), in which it is sougth to reflect the discussions about PIBID and its contributions to the initial teacher training process. As a theoretical framework, three knowledge categories are considered : Knowledge, Pedagogical and Experience. To achieve the objective, a questionnaire with semi-structured questions was applied to thirty participants in Pibid Program of Pitágoras Unopar University - Londrina. The results are presented of “Acquaintance of Knowledge” category and of the “Being a Pedagogue” subcategory. The results reveal that the PIBID students mobilize and develop knowledge related to the teaching profession by participating in PIBID. The experience at PIBID provided an opportunity for reflection on professional and personal skills about being a Pedagogue committed to the search for effective actions to achieve quality education. Keywords: Professional skills. Theory. Practice. Licensiature degree.

Teacher Education in Singapore

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Loh ◽  
Guangwei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Teacher Training College

Since the turn of this century, and especially in the past decade, Singapore has consistently done well in international benchmark studies, be it the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), or the International Baccalaureate diploma assessment. Singapore’s sterling performance in these different benchmark assessments has been widely attributed to the quality of its teaching force, which is, in turn, ascribed to the teacher education programs provided by its sole teacher education institution – the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Teacher education began during the country’s colonial past, but there was no designated provider of comprehensive training until teacher training was institutionalized in 1950, when the Teacher Training College was established. After Singapore gained independence in 1965, the institution’s capacity expanded rapidly as a teacher training department and later as a statutory board within the Ministry of Education. In 1991, to raise the stature of teacher education, the Teacher Training College was incorporated as an autonomous institute within the newly formed NTU. Due to the need to ensure the survival of a tiny island nation over the years, it has been imperative to educate the population for industry and development. In the process, tensions have arisen from: (a) the recruitment of huge numbers of teachers and the concomitant quality of their training, (b) collaboration with the Ministry of Education, and (c) the influence of educational research on theory and practice. In the third decade of the 21st century, with the stranglehold that neoliberalism has on many educational systems around the world, including Singapore, will NIE be able to prepare its future teachers to navigate and survive in such a climate, while continuing to strengthen its theory-practice nexus? With the dwindling of student numbers across all sectors and the accompanying reduced need for new teachers in the country, will NIE look beyond the shores of Singapore, internationalize its programs, and take on a leadership role in the region?

An Evaluation of the Effects of Training Special Educators to Integrate Microcomputer Technology into Math Curricula

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Byrd Fazio ◽  
Lewis Polsgrove
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Training Project ◽  
Teacher Opinion ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Effective Use

This investigation is an evaluation of a teacher training project designed to aid teachers of the mildly mentally handicapped in developing and implementing plans for integrating computer use into their existing math curricula The training project was designed to facilitate teachers' implementation of recommended practices for effective use of computer-based instruction Both classroom observation and teacher opinion data indicated that teachers who underwent the training program were more effective at integrating microcomputer technology than were teachers who had volunteered to participate in the training project but were not admitted due to enrollment limitations.

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