scholarly journals Examination of the Ability of Classroom Teacher Candidates’ Making Written Arguments

2019 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Belete Mebratu

This study is an analysis of the reported observations of teacher candidates about the challenges and encouraging practices at schools following their field experiences visits required to meet course work and licensure for teaching.  The findings of the study indicate that the participants of the study observed that classroom teachers face the challenges of too much workload, meeting the needs of too many students who need support, lack of resources, classroom management, changes of curriculum and policies, and meeting the needs of diverse students. The candidates, however, are encouraged by their observations of the use and applications of a wide variety of instructional approaches, the prevalence of a culture of a community of learners and co-operations, discipline systems, applications of technology and inspiring teachers’ professionalism and commitment to make differences in the lives of their students. Ways of addressing the observed challenges include measures of providing support staff and assistants to the classroom teacher, supplying classrooms with adequate resources, efforts to involve parents and guardians in the education of their children and in the affairs of schools, refocusing teacher education programs on those reported areas of challenges classroom teachers face, and ongoing in-service trainings and professional development programs for teachers.  


Author(s):  
GÖNÜL TEKKURŞUN DEMİR ◽  
Özlem Arslan ◽  
Halil İbrahim Cicioğlu ◽  
Ekrem Levent İlhan

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Sherry Brown

To guide and support teacher candidates in developing the knowledge and skills they need in the classroom, teacher preparation programs must prepare students in acquiring the experience and expertise needed to demonstrate mastery of general knowledge in the specific subject or content area. In addition, teacher preparation programs must support candidates in maintaining knowledge of professional preparation and education competence that will guide student development. Therefore, faculty in teacher preparation programs are critical in supporting pre-service teachers in acquiring and developing the knowledge and skills in order to be effective and efficient in the classroom and to meet licensure requirements. To support the alignment of early childhood coursework in a teacher preparation program with a Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA), the purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a redesigned course assignment that was intended to support the edTPA. The findings indicated that there are opportunities for candidates to develop their practice through course assignments that are aligned with the language and expectations of the edTPA.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Nihal Yıldız Yılmaz

The aim of this research is to examine the effects of the General Geography lessons, which are taught by using place, based teaching activities, on the science process skills for classroom teacher candidates. A nested pattern, which is one of the mix method research patterns, is used for this research. The quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control group is used in the quantitative part, which is in accordance with the mixed method research; whereas in qualitative part, case study is used. The study group of the research consists of first year teacher candidates who study at Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Department of Classroom Teaching. In the experimental group of the study, in accordance with the place based teaching activities, the General Geography lesson was taught outside the classroom for 4 weeks, and in the control group, the course was taught in the classroom in accordance with the program. As a result of the research, between the experimental group and control group students, no significant difference is found in pre-test, while a significant difference is found in post-test. A significant difference is found between the pre test-post test average points, in favor of post-test, regarding science process skills of the students in the experimental group.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Zhamilya Khajayeva ◽  
Assel Stambekova ◽  
Zhanar Gazikhanova ◽  
Gulnara Smagulova ◽  
Salamatova Rakhat Makhanbetjanovna

With the expansion of primary school education in Kazakhstan, many ethnic groups were reached. This situation has started to signal the necessity of classroom teachers having knowledge, awareness and experience in subjects such as sensitivity, education and needs of children. This research is a qualitative study, and it was conducted to understand the awareness and knowledge levels of classroom teacher candidates on multilingual education. The research was conducted within the framework of the perspectives on learning technology. 38 teacher candidates who participated in the study were interviewed on the internet and their views on multilingual education were analysed with a descriptive qualitative analysis method. The data obtained as a result of the interviews were examined in detail and the opinions of the teacher candidates on multilingual education were interpreted. Based on the results of the research, suggestions have been made on subjects such as reshaping our teacher training programmes in the context of multilingualism and providing them with teacher support, both theoretically and practically, and to train teachers who can meet the needs of children from linguistic minority groups.   Keywords: Primary school, ethnic groups, technology, multilingual education.


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