Curriculum Materials and Resources in Teacher Education Programmes

The authors report on a survey carried out of the present utilisation of curriculum materials and resources in teacher education in the State of Israel. A number of felt needs are identified and proposals for action are put forward.     

The Architecture of Teacher Education Programmes

This paper describes a graphic approach to defining a teacher training programme, using system concepts. It describes a process whereby teacher trainers can mentally walk through the architectural structure of a programme and portray this structure visually, just as blueprints enable an engineer to see the structure of what is being built. The roles of individuals involved in the process are discussed, as are the programme design and development functions that such a process serves.     

论职前教师教育中反思型教师的培养(英文)

国内外教育界诸多研究表明,教师的反思能力是实现教师自身发展的关键。师范教育中如何培养学生的教学反思能力已经为越来越多的人所关注。本文提出职前教育应该以培养反思型教师为目标,并在此基础上提出了不同形式的旨在培养学生的反思能力的培训活动。     

Teacher Education Programmes and Their Contribution to Student Teacher Efficacy in Classroom Management and Pupil Engagement

This study focuses on how different educational programmes contribute to student teachers efficacy for classroom management and their abilities to provide learning opportunities and good classroom outcomes. Data were gathered from 491 student teachers attending different teacher education programmes in Norway and analysed via structural equation modelling. The results revealed the following: (1) problem behaviour in the classroom has a negative effect on student teacher efficacy, (2) students' perceptions of the integration of pedagogic knowledge and practice supports students' efficacy beliefs, (3) support from supervisors contributes positively to student teachers' efficacy beliefs, and (4) student teachers in university college programmes for primary school teaching report higher teacher efficacy than students in university programmes for secondary school teaching.     

Classroom and Grade Level Differences in the Stability of Teacher Expectations and Perceived Differential Teacher Treatment

Using two independent samples of urban elementary school children from Grades 1, 3, and 5, this study explored the long-term stability of classroom learning environments that differ in the extent of differential teacher treatment favoring high achievers over low achievers, as reported by students. Classroom differences ('high' versus 'low') in perceived differential treatment were highly stable from fall to spring in Grades 3 and 5, but not in Grade 1. Stability in (a) individual children's reports of differential treatment, and (b) teacher expectations for children's year-end reading achievement was accentuated in classrooms where differential treatment was pronounced early in the year, particularly in the higher elementary grades. Findings suggest that there would be heightened risk for problematic teacher expectancy effects and other maladaptive learning outcomes in these classrooms, because stable or rigid performance expectations are coupled with classroom instructional patterns that consistently convey these expectations to children. In contrast, risk is likely to be reduced in classrooms where high and low achievers are treated more equitably in the eyes of children, because teachers' expectations for children are more flexible, and children take longer to discern differences in treatment. The overall consistency of findings in two samples supports the generalizability of the conclusions reached.     

Developing a Vision for Teacher Education Programmes: A Values‐based Approach

This article presents one approach to the development of initial teacher education programmes that are based on a vision, premissed on values shared consensually by faculty staff and students. The article first provides a brief historical background of the Faculty of Education at the University of Malta, where this values‐based approach was attempted. It addresses some of the key problems faced in the development of a coherent and organic course of studies with students following graduate and post‐graduate courses, and gives an account of the way some of these problems were addressed. It is claimed that the approach adopted at the University of Malta can help other teacher educators in clarifying objectives as they set out to create coherent programmes that provide a sense of mission based on identifiable values and principles.     

Reviewing a European Union Initiative on Environmental Education within Programmes of Pre‐service Teacher Education

The need for coherent programmes of environmental education in all aspects and in all phases of education systems has been strongly and persuasively argued within the European Union (EU) and beyond. However, nowhere yet across the EU has environmental education been introduced in a consistent or coherent fashion into pre‐ or in‐service teacher education programmes. Although a range of factors are at work here, the lack of a commonly understood and agreed pedagogical‐didactical basis to this aspect of the curriculum and the lack of teaching/resource materials may be seen as a major contributory factor to this lack of consistency and coherence. As a consequence, opportunities for broad pan‐European developments in this essential area are constrained. This paper discusses development work carried out under the auspices of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) with the assistance of funding from the European Commission's Directorate General XI and from individual institutions. The five papers which follow are written by members of the project and provide examples in greater detail of work carried out in five member states. Fuller detail of the work of the Environmental Education into Initial Teacher Education in Europe project in all eleven countries has been reported to the Directorate General XI and a number of aspects have already been published (see Brinkman & Scott, 1994).     

综合性大学教师教育专业通修教育类课程改革

综合性大学举办教师教育是教育事业发展的趋势。近年来,适逢我国基础教育课程改革,新课程促进了对教师专业化的要求。在这个背景下,考察当前中国教师教育专业教育学科课程的现状及其存在的不足,借鉴发达国家教师教育专业教育学科课程设置的经验,可以促进建构综合性大学教师教育专业通修教育学科课程的思路。     

澳大利亚堪培拉大学教师教育方案管窥

澳大利亚教师教育方案是培养本国学前、小学和中学教师的课程方案,类似于我国师范院校的教学计划。该国职前教师教育方案有五种培养模式,单学位和双学位为两种主要模式,此外还有其他三种模式。单学位模式适用于学前和小学教师的培养,双学位模式适用于中学教师的培养。该国教师教育方案的特点是结构清晰、种类多样、形式灵活、受到各级政府的重视;随着社会的发展而不断更新。     

苏格兰职前教师教育课程鉴定与评估述评

苏格兰的职前教师教育课程鉴定与评估制度健全、成效显著,是一个成功的范例。其实施机构———普通教学专业委员会是一个具有很强自主性和权威性的专业性组织,在鉴定、评估和促进职前教师教育课程建设方面发挥了关键性的作用;其标准具有较强的发展性和可操作性;实施过程安排细致,重点突出,具有很高的工作效率;职前教师教育课程的鉴定与评估作用突出,效果显著,有效地保证了职前教师教育课程的质量,维护了教学的专业标准、促进了教师教育机构与中小学之间的伙伴关系。     

Teacher Recruitment in Context: Differences between Danish and Finnish Beginning Teacher Education Students

Against the background of differing admission selectivity, structure, and status of teacher education in Denmark and Finland, we analyze the extent to which beginning teacher education students differ with respect to previous educational pathways, socio-demographic characteristics, academic self-concepts, and occupational motivations. In both Denmark and Finland, representative groups of first-year teacher education students and final-year upper-secondary students were surveyed. The collected data enabled us to characterize teacher education students in contrast to a baseline reference group of school students and to compare these differences across countries (difference-in-differences estimation). The results of our study indicate that Danish student teachers lag behind their Finnish peers in the valuation of their math skills. In addition, the average motivational profiles of Danish and Finnish teacher education students differ markedly. Implications of our findings are discussed.     

论从全国教师教育网络联盟到国家教师教育虚拟大学

在我国积极推进基础教育和教师教育信息化的进程中,在我国组织重点普通高校包括师范大学进行现代远程教育试点工程的基础上,组建全国教师教育网络联盟(简称网联),构筑全国教师终身学习体系的时机已经成熟.组建网联的指导思想是:整合并优化配置我国教师教育资源,通过优质教育资源的共建共享和学分互认以及构建全国教师终身学习的支持服务体系,走出一条创办我国第一所国家专业(教师教育)虚拟大学的新路.本文尝试对全国教师教育网络联盟的组建及其向国家教师教育虚拟大学的过渡进行分析论证.     

The Appointment Procedure in a Finnish University Department of Teacher Education

The author describes the recruitment policy of staff for teacher education in Finland by means of the governing principles and their realisation in decision‐making, and the appointment process as experienced by a new staff member. The article is based on statutes, regulations, documents and interviews with the Head of the Department of Teacher Education as well as with a recently appointed member of the staff. The staff policy is viewed in terms of subjectivity, objectivity and broadness in the decision‐making process.     

高师院校教师教育学科建设的思考

教师教育学科是教师教育事业发展的根系所在,它的建设与发展直接关系到整个教师教育体系的建构。当前,我国教师教育学科的发展还处于初级阶段,处于教师教育主体的高等师范院校应承担起教师教育学科建设的重任,明确教师教育学科建设是新课程改革、教师教育制度大学化的必然要求,树立正确认识、科学规划、着眼于长远发展的建设理念。     

综合性大学办师范教育的实践难题与理论应对

综合性大学办师范教育是新的社会需要的结果，但存在着一些实践难题，诸如师范生人数减少、师范生专业思想不够稳定、师范生质量相对下降，学生管理更显其难。针对这些问题从师范性意识和专业化水平两个方面提出了理论应对措施。     

Differences in Competence and Beliefs About Autism Among Teacher Education Students

Students with autism often are placed in general education classrooms, indicating general education teachers should be prepared to meet these students' needs. This survey study of teacher education students examined differences in educational training, beliefs about autism, and competence working with students with autism, according to college level and major area of study. Results showed that teacher education students held accurate beliefs about most aspects of autism, but they demonstrated misconceptions about special, gifted abilities. Secondary teacher education students were less likely to demonstrate accurate beliefs about the social emotional features of autism over the course of their training. General education teachers reported a lack of competence working with students with autism and believed additional training was needed. Findings suggested ongoing preservice training is needed to foster accurate beliefs about autism and competence working with students with autism.     

高师院校教师教育学科体系构建探析

教师教育学科是教师教育事业发展的基石,它的建设与发展直接关系到整个教师教育体系的建构。当前,我国教师教育学科的发展还处于初级阶段,处于教师教育主体的高等师范院校应承担起教师教育学科建设的重任。高师院校教师教育学科建设应从确定学科性质入手,积极构建独特的学科知识体系、凝练学科研究方向、培育学科队伍与落实专业建设。     

The Integrated Centre for Teacher Education at the University of Aveiro,Portugal

This article explains what the Integrated Centre for Teacher Education at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, intends to be. Its origin is set in the context of the existing trends of teacher education in Portugal. The aims of the Centre and the characteristics of its programmes are described. Problems which have emerged during the planning phase are also mentioned.