Student-teachers doing action research in their practicum: why and how?

Teaching in today’s changing society requires teachers’ independent judgement and development. One way of fostering professional development is action research; described, however, as a challenging and time-consuming process. This qualitative study asks whether action research is worthwhile already in pre-service teacher education, or whether the challenges outweigh the gains. Furthermore, it asks how a teacher educator, here the author of the article, could guide student-teachers’ action research projects. The main data source is student-teachers’ research reports, which are analysed and reflected upon in light of professional development. The study revealed that action research under certain conditions offers a potential for professional development for student-teachers.     

教育见习课程对职前英语教师专业发展影响探究

本文采用定性研究的方法分析了英语专业师范生通过见习在教育教学认知与职业态度上的变化,从社会文化视角探讨了影响师范生变化的主要因素:校园环境以及与见习指导教师的互动。目的在于探究教育见习课程对职前英语教师专业发展的影响,为教育见习和职前教师培养摸索经验。     

试论高师教育类课程教学的三大理念

在高度强调教师专业发展和教师专业化的今天,高师教育类课程面临着凸显教师专业可持续发展教育功能的教学研究与改革要求。为了适应要求,高师教育类课程教学必需着眼于学生终身专业发展的潜能和后劲,树立以为学生奠定教师专业化基础为核心价值的教学理念;必需着眼于教师专业发展的素质,树立努力使学生全面获得对日后教育实践活动具有稳定而长效作用的元素的教学目标理念;必需着眼于学生的学习投入,树立促使学生全面发挥学习的能动性,让每个学生都成为充满勃勃生机的学习生命体的教学运作理念。     

Discomfort as a means of pre-service teachers’ professional development – an action research as part of the ‘Research Literacy’ course

This paper focus on defining a research question while conducting action research among third-year students attending a course on Research Literacy at a teacher education college. This paper discusses the process of preparing for and conducting action research among third-year students attending a course on Research Literacy at a teacher education college. The students were asked to conduct an action research on their classroom activities. The aim of this article is to present the process and pinpointing the discomfort of the students in formulating a research question suited to action research thanks to two prerequisite conditions: the ‘safe space’ and the ‘tender spot’. The research findings illustrate that the students had difficulty defining their ‘tender spot’. It was necessary to create a ‘safe space’. Furthermore, the findings show that the ‘tender spot’ issues were associated with disciplinary content far more than with generic lesson management or classroom management issues. The approach discussed here is leading to positive change and it may be that this professional development tool can facilitate the induction of novice teachers everywhere.     

A case study of early career secondary teachers’ perceptions of their preparedness for teaching: lessons from Australia and Spain

This paper presents an international comparison of Australian and Spanish secondary teachers’ perceptions about the effectiveness of their pre-service education and their learning as in-service teachers. It aims to identify, firstly, the extent to which beginning teachers believe they are prepared for their careers through their teacher training and, secondly, what teachers have learned as practicing teachers. A qualitative case study was conducted to uncover whether similar issues raised by early career teachers were identified in different contexts. Data were collected through interviews with secondary teachers (N = 11) from Australia and Spain in their third year of full-time teaching. Findings suggest similar positive perceptions towards their practicum experiences, transition to beginning teachers and professional development. However, differences were found in their early career experiences regarding professional learning and their development of identity. Implications of the study are discussed by identifying strategies to improve pre-service education for secondary teachers.     

Relating Pre-Service Teachers' Approaches to Learning and Preferences for Constructivist Learning Environments

Within two Flemish institutes of pre-service and inservice teacher education, the relationship between the learning styles and preferences for learning environments of pre-service teachers were examined. Results indicate that some components of pre-service teachers' learning approaches (learning conceptions, learning strategies and learning orientations) are predictors for preferences for constructivist learning environments. Differences in learning approaches and preferences for learning environments are also related to the type of teacher education that pre-service teachers followed.     

美、加、澳初任教师专业标准及其对我国教师教育的启示

初任教师的专业标准实际上就是新教师的入职门槛,对教师教育具有重要的导向作用。各国的初任教师专业标准既有共同性,都注重专业知识、专业实践、专业责任、持续学习诸方面,又各有特色:美国《InTASC示范核心教学标准》重视发展性、加拿大安大略省《专业实践基础》重视实践性、《澳大利亚初任教师教育项目认证:标准和程序》则具体而易操作。以上三国的初任教师专业标准,对中国教师专业标准的制定以及职前教师教育培养目标的完善有积极的启示作用。     

河北北方学院职前数学教师职业认同状况调查研究

采用问誊调查方法,对河北北方学院职前数学教师职业认同状况进行了调查,剖析其认同度不高的主要原因,一是对教师职业缺乏必要的了解,二是教师对教育类课程认同度不高。建议高师院校严把学生入学关,不断改革教学内容与教学方法,加强相关教师与中小学的沟通,增加职前教师教学实践机会。     

职前科学教育教师专业素养亟待提升——基于首届全国科学教育专业师范生教学技能大赛

教学技能大赛是一种对话、反思与研究的专业行为,论文以首届全国科学教育专业师范生教学技能创新大赛中的即席讲演、模拟上课与教学设计文本为案例,阐述职前科学教师专业素养现状。具体表现为科学教学理论的缺失,教学设计能力的失语,课堂教学技能的不足。进而提出需要建构适切职前科学教师的实践培养途径……加强对科学教育研究前沿的关注与理论学习;促进科学教学设计理论与实践的学习;创造教学实践机会,促进其教学技能的自我建构。     

问题本位学习在国外职前教师教育中的应用——基于三个实例的分析

在职前教师教育中,传统的"传递取向"的教学存在不少弊端.近些年来,国外职前教师教育机构对于问题本位学习的价值有了更为全面的认识,也更积极地将问题本位学习应用于教学.德国柏林自由大学的巴斯、美国北伊利诺伊大学的舒莫、新加坡国家教育研究所的蔡美玲等都在职前教师教育项目中应用了问题本位学习,通过对这三个应用实例的分析,能够概...     

教师培养课程对全日制教育硕士专业知识发展的贡献——以D大学英语教育硕士为例

本文以D大学为个案,运用问卷调查法和文本分析法,对全日制英语教育硕士专业知识的发展状况进行了跟踪研究,着重分析了全日制英语教育硕士专业知识各基本成分与各类教师培养课程之间的关联。研究发现:全日制英语教育硕士专业知识整体发展较好,但各成分呈现不同程度的发展水平;不同类型教师培养课程对于英语教育硕士专业知识发展的贡献程度不同,教育实践课程对英语学科教学知识发展贡献最大,学科素养课程对英语学科知识发展有较高贡献,学科教学课程对课程知识积累有促进作用,教育理论课程对教育理论知识没有起到应然的促进作用;并据此得到一些有助于教师培养项目持续改进的结论。     

Entering and exiting a teacher preparation program: What happens in between?

In determining whether graduates of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program at Southern Oregon University were developing the necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions to teach, faculty members found themselves examining their own practice. This is just what Goodlad (1988) suggested we do: clarify our own beliefs in order to better understand our teacher preparation program. We discovered that the development of the MAT program is primarily shaped by the people who teach within the program. Who we are as people, influences who we are as teachers and, who we are as teachers influences the nature of the teacher preparation program. This discovery underscored the importance of our efforts to steward the development of our students’ personhood as well as their knowledge and skills.     

信息技术职前教师专业发展途径探究

职前教师专业发展是教师终身专业发展的基础阶段,为了促进信息技术职前教师专业发展,探究信息技术职前教师专业发展途径。提出改革与教师专业发展不适应的课程设置,培养教师自主专业发展意识,改革和拓展信息技术教学论教学,加强教育实践和教育研究,从而加速职前教师的成长和发展。     

信息技术职前教师专业发展途径探究

职前教师专业发展是教师终身专业发展的基础阶段,为了促进信息技术职前教师专业发展,探究信息技术职前教师专业发展途径。提出改革与教师专业发展不适应的课程设置,培养教师自主专业发展意识,改革和拓展信息技术教学论教学,加强教育实践和教育研究,从而加速职前教师的成长和发展。