scholarly journals Exploring Headway Pedagogies in Initial Teacher Education Through Collaborative Action Research into Processes of Learning: Experiences from Eritrea

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Khalid Mohammed Idris ◽  
Samson Eskender ◽  
Amanuel Yosief ◽  
Berhane Demoz ◽  
Kiflay Andemicael
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Self Study

Engaging prospective teachers in collaborative inquiry into their own processes of learning was the driving intention of the collaborative action research (CAR) course which was part of a teacher education program at a college of education in Eritrea in the academic year of 2018/2019. The course led by the first two authors was collaboratively designed and developed by the authors who were closely and regularly working as passionate learning community of educators who are committed to enact change in their own practices for the past seven years. Embracing the complexity of learning teacher educating we align with the notion of inquiry as a stance in learning to live up to the complexity. Accordingly, we engaged in an intentional collaborative self-study into our own practices of facilitating a course on inquiry. The aim of this paper is to articulate key experiences of committed collaborative learning in facilitating a course of inquiry. Employing a self-study methodology, we were engaged in individual and team reflections documented in our shared diary, regular meetings to discuss and develop the CAR process, and analyzing written feedbacks given by our student teachers (STs). In this article we attempt to explore headway pedagogies while we were collaboratively learning to facilitate and support a senior class of prospective teachers (n-27) carry out their CAR projects into their own processes of learning for four months. We argue that those experiences have critical implications in developing professional identity of prospective teachers, creatively overcome the theory-practice conundrum in teacher education by developing essential experiences that prospective teachers could creatively adapt in their school practices.

Restructuring Teacher Education Through Collaborative Action Research

1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renée Clift ◽  
Mary Lou Veal ◽  
Marlene Johnson ◽  
Patricia Holland
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action

scholarly journals Teacher Education Partnerships: Integration of Case Studies within an Initial Teacher Education Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlene Parker ◽  
Deirdre Smith ◽  
Patricia Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Study Methodology

This paper outlines the partnership between the Faculty of Education at Brock University and the Ontario College of Teachers as the self-regulatory body for the teaching profession in Ontario. The paper explores how two institutions collaborated to use case study methodology with faculty members in an initial teacher education program. The paper explores the planning and delivery of a case study institute to faculty members of the Teacher Education Department at Brock University and how self-study was incorporated to reflect on the partnership. This paper details the partnership and the links between self-study of teacher education practices and the constructivist approach of case study methodology.

scholarly journals A Study of Student Teachers' Motivation, Expectations, Issues and Satisfaction on the Recently Reformed Teacher Education Program in Public Sector Universities and Colleges in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 631-646
Author(s):  
Kamal ud Din ◽  
Fareeha Javed ◽  
Fasiha Altaf
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Perceived Social Status

This study aimed to explore studentteachers perceptions of their motivation, present concerns, expectations and satisfaction with various aspects of the recently developed teacher education program of ADE and B.Ed Hons. in public sector universities in Pakistan. The study employed a qualitative interpretive approach. A semi-structured interview was carried out with 150 prospective teachers. A thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that the participants' perceived social status, that teaching being the most respectable job, was the most described motivational factor. Lack of information and ambiguous rules and regulation on the nature and status of the ADE and B.Ed. Hons program were the key sources of their present concerns. The participants' perceptions showed a significant improvement in overall teaching quality, while teacher cooperation and commitment were the areas of dissatisfaction.

scholarly journals Reflection in alignment to professional standards: What did the student teachers highlight?

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
Ping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
School Context ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Elementary Student

This study investigates the professional development of elementary student teachers in a teacher education program. Student teaching is a process for pre-service teachers to apply learning in an authentic school context, and one critical aspect of professional development is through reflection. The participants were primarily examined through their weekly reflections on teaching and learning experiences over an eight-week period. Using the state Standards for the Teaching Profession as a framework, the student teachers chose to reflect on topics they were most interested in exploring. Results indicated that the participants gave predominant attention to classroom management; the standards that received the least reflection were organizing curriculum and planning instruction. Analysis of the reflection journals also revealed how the student teachers grew as individuals and in interaction with others in a learning community. Based on the results, implications for teacher education are proposed. Limitations are also discussed.

scholarly journals Practicum in Early Childhood Education: Student Teachers’ Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1Sup1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Maria Cretu
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Practicum Experience

Practicum is a central component of initial teacher education programs. Most teacher education studies focus on practicum in primary and secondary school, while the practicum in kindergartens has received less attention in international literature. The goal of this study is to explore student teachers’ perceptions of practicum experience in kindergarten, within the context of an initial teacher education program. A total of 42 final year student teachers enrolled in the Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education program at a Romanian university participated in the study. They completed a questionnaire about their final practicum experience in kindergarten, concerning the benefits of the practicum, the difficulties encountered, and the ways of coping with them. The main benefits reported by the participants were: professional relationships, planning and practicing teaching, professional and personal skill development, and insights into the preschool education system. Difficulties included: implementing instruction, class management and self-concerns issues. The student teachers relied on internal resources, but also on external resources (the preschool mentor teachers, the student teacher supervisor and the colleagues) for overcoming the difficulties encountered during practicum. Based on their testimonies, we suggest possible improvements to the teacher education program.

Mentors and student-teachers “lesson studying” in initial teacher education

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wasyl Cajkler ◽  
Phil Wood
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Learning ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Lesson Study ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study an adapted version of lesson used with mentors and student-teachers in a one-year initial teacher education (ITE) programme for prospective teachers of geography and modern languages. In partnership with eight secondary schools, the effectiveness of the lesson study cycle was evaluated as a vehicle for exploration of approaches to aid student-teacher learning during school placements. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 12 lesson study case studies were completed and analysed. Findings – Three principal findings emerged: first, most collaborating mentors and student-teachers reported that they engaged in a reflexive process, exploring the complexity of teaching, each learning more about the characteristics of teaching; second, in cases where collaboration allowed student-teachers a degree of autonomy, lesson study provided a collaborative scaffold for understanding the complexity of teaching, contributing to professional development along a continuum which the authors tentatively term “pedagogic literacy”; third and less positively, some mentors struggled to shed the shackles of traditional roles, dominating the discourse as advice-givers so that a traditional “parallel” approach to mentoring continued. Originality/value – The work expands the experiential base of lesson study efforts in ITE in the UK and elaborates a view of teacher learning that challenges reductive approaches to the preparation of new teachers. For the first time, it presents student-teacher and mentor perspectives on the use of lesson study in teaching practice in England.

scholarly journals Reciprocal Peer Tutoring and Innovation of Initial Teacher Education in Pakistan: Looking Through an Experimental Lens

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 240-247
Author(s):  
Abid Shahzad ◽  
Rafaquat Ali ◽  
Muqaddas Butt
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Reciprocal Peer Tutoring

The current quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study involved master level students enrolled in a teacher education program. The Learning performance test was administered together with survey instruments on intrinsic motivation, metacognitive awareness, and self-efficacy beliefs. Analysis of covariance of results points at a positive significant differential effect of reciprocal peer tutoring on student teachers’ learning performance. However, no interaction effect was observed in mediating variables. Post-reciprocal peer tutoring interviews were organized to analyze students and teachers’ reflections about reciprocal peer tutoring. Implications are presented to educational psychologists, teacher educators, and educational policymakers with recommendations to model collaborative learning approaches; such as reciprocal peer tutoring.

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