scholarly journals På jakt etter fagdidaktikk i nasjonale retningslinjer for grunnskolelærerutdanningens matematikkfag

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Reidar Mosvold ◽  
Brit Hanssen ◽  
Janne Fauskanger
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge For Teaching ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Knowledge For Teaching ◽  
The Relationship

Forskriften for grunnskolelærerutdanning løfter fram fagdidaktikk som et sentralt og gjennomgående tema i utdanningen, mens mange lærerstudenter opplever at det er lite fagdidaktisk fokus i enkelte fag. En mulig forklaring på dette kan være at lærerutdannere ikke har et felles didaktisk språk og at forholdet mellom fag og fagdidaktikk ikke er avklart. I denne studien retter vi blikket mot oss selv som lærerutdannere og analyserer to av artikkelforfatternes refleksjoner omkring nasjonale retningslinjer i matematikk for GLU 1–7, når vi diskuterer hvordan ulike forforståelser preger lesingen og tolkningen av teksten. Den ene leseren (en fagpedagog) opplever at fagdidaktikkbegrepet rent eksplisitt er fraværende i læreplanteksten, mens den andre leseren (en matematikkdidaktiker) ser begrepet implisitt i teksten. Med utgangspunkt i ulike forforståelser og tolkninger, mener vi det er nødvendig at lærerutdannere diskuterer sentrale profesjonsbegreper som fagdidaktikk for å utvikle et felles didaktisk språk og for å avklare forholdet mellom fag og fagdidaktikk. Slik vil didaktikk kunne bli mer synlig i utdanningen og læreplantekstene få en sterkere didaktisk innramming.Nøkkelord: didaktikk, undervisningskunnskap i matematikk, forforståelser, tolkning.AbstractStudent teachers experience lack of focus on subject didactics in some subjects in teacher education, whereas the national curriculum regulations emphasize this as a cohesive theme. A possible explanation might be that teacher educators have no common didactical language and that there is lack of clarity in the relationship between subject and subject didactics. In this study, we analyse the reflections of two of the authors on the national guidelines for mathematics in the primary teacher education programme for years 1–7, in which we discuss how different preconceptions influence our reading and interpretation of this text. One reader (with a background in pedagogy) contends that the concept of subject didactics is not explicitly present in the curriculum text, whereas the other reader (with a background in mathematics education) considers the concept to be implicitly present. Based on such diverging preconceptions and interpretations, we suggest that teacher educators need to discuss core concepts of the teaching profession – such as subject didactics – in order to develop a common didactical language and to clarify the relationship between subject and subject didactics in teacher education. This could contribute to improving the visibility of didactics in teacher education, and the curriculum guidelines might get a stronger didactical framing.Keywords: didactics, mathematical knowledge for teaching, preconceptions, interpretation.

Scope of Introducing TPACK of Teacher Education Programme in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Kaushik Das ◽  
Swarnali Mittra
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Interview Methods ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
The Relationship

The present study focused on the scope of introducing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) of a two-year pre-service and in-service teacher education program in India. This paper describes the TPACK awareness among teacher educators. It also emphasizes teachers educators integrate technology into education in the 21st century. The main objective of the study to find out the scope of implementation of TPACK on Teacher training programs & the relationship between technology and pedagogy content. Also, the researcher measures the curriculum and challenges to introducing TPACK and finally gives meaningful suggestions to gain technological skills. The methodology of the study is qualitative and interview methods are applied. The study is a mixed type involving interpretative, analytical study of documents, interview and study both primary & secondary sources, like books, university news, expert opinion, articles, journals, thesis and websites, etc.

scholarly journals Organising the ‘industrialisation of instruction’: Pedagogical discourses in the Swedish Primary Teacher Education programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-59
Author(s):  
Lena Sjöberg
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Primary Teacher Education ◽  
Pedagogical Discourses ◽  
Empirical Material

This study examines the organisation of the Swedish Primary Teacher Education (PTE) programme by studying a local educational policy practice. The empirical material consists of policy documents and interviews with teacher educators at a large university. The study focuses on the pedagogical discourses in teacher education, by studying whether the examinations, courses, and education are based on insulation or integrating principles, that is, strong or weak classification. The results of the study show that both the national policy text and the local organisation are based on principles and rationalities of strong classification, where the local policy practice is both constructed through and affected by commodification and market rationalities.

scholarly journals Framing heuristics in inclusive education: The case of Uganda’s preservice teacher education programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Proscovia S. Nantongo
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teacher ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Primary Teacher Education ◽  
Group Interviews

Background: Recent education-related research has raised concerns about the persistent exclusion of vulnerable learners in Uganda. The Revised Primary Teacher Education Curriculum of 2013 marked an ambitious yet inconclusive attempt to advance the implementation of inclusive education but has encountered deeply entrenched sociocultural exclusionary practices among education experts.Objectives: This study aimed to explicate education practitioners’ interpretations of Uganda’s flagship inclusive education programme in preservice primary teacher education.Method: Drawing on the conceptual vocabulary of frame analysis and the qualitative analysis of individual and group interviews and classroom observations, the interpretations of inclusive education implementation in preservice primary teacher education in Uganda were examined. The participants included policy design experts, curriculum design experts and classroom practitioners.Results: Three main findings emerged. Firstly, interpretations of inclusive education displayed a narrow framing heuristic of inclusive education as a perfunctory, daily practice rather than a pathway for reflective, inclusive pedagogical engagement. Secondly, the heuristic encouraged the treatment of inclusive pedagogy as a ‘label’ under a specific rubric referring to sensory impairments or disabilities – a historical device for sociocultural exclusion. Thirdly, inclusive education was a praxis but was misframed from its original intentions, causing tension and resentment among practitioners. These findings contribute to the debates on the sustainability of inclusive education beyond preservice teacher education.Conclusion: Uganda’s flagship inclusive education programme in preservice primary teacher education was fraught with tensions, ambiguities and an overt, urgent need for change.

Listening to the Experiences and Concerns of Pre-Service Teachers During Teaching Practice Programme

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
Darshana Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Teacher Education Programme ◽  
Practice Teaching

Teaching Practice is widely recognised as the sine-qua-non of any teacher education programme. It is a component in the teacher preparation programme where prospective teachers are provided with an opportunity to put their theoretical studies into practice, get feedback, reflect on practice and consequently further improve their teaching skills. As teaching practice is an important component of a teacher education programme, considerable attention must be given to make it more effective and fruitful. This paper is based on a research study conducted to know pre-service teachers' experiences of the quality of teaching practice and the common concerns they have during teaching practice. On the basis of focussed group discussion a total of five themes were identified, these are (1) usefulness of teaching practice (2) experiences/concerns with pupils' behaviour (3) experiences/concerns with own behaviour (4) experiences/concerns with supervisors' behaviour (5) experiences/concerns with institutional and personal adjustments. The outcome of the focussed group discussion was used to prepare a structured questionnaire. Among other things, the study recommended rigorous practical training in lesson planning, demonstration lessons by teacher educators, simulated teaching before the commencement of practice teaching, school orientation programmes, a separate internship of two weeks and writing a journal by student teachers during teaching practice.

Curriculum of Teacher Education Programme: What Do Teacher Educators Say?

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Indrajeet Dutta ◽  
Sonal Chabra ◽  
Vanita Chopra
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
University Departments ◽  
New Vision

India has one of the largest systems of teacher education in the world. Besides the university departments of education and their affiliated colleges, government and government aided institutions; private and self-financing colleges and open universities are also engaged in teacher education. Though most teacher education programmes are nearly identical yet their standards vary across institutions and universities. However, teacher education curriculum across the country has been blamed for ineptitude and needs urgent reforms. Teacher educators are a pivotal point of this programme and their opinion regarding the curriculum is very important. Keeping the above in mind, the present study aimed to find out the attitude of teacher educators towards existing teacher education curriculum and the needed renewal in teacher education curriculum. Data was collected from randomly selected 107 teacher educators working in colleges of education affiliated to GGSIPU and M.D.U. A five point attitude scale was developed by the researchers for the purpose of ascertaining their attitude. The findings revealed that teacher educators are largely in disagreement with the current curriculum and hold that a new vision needs to be made for the education of teachers as per the present needs of globalisation, RTE norms, and adoption of inclusive education.

Pre-Service Secondary Teacher Education Programme: Some Concerns of Sustainability

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Indrajeet Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Secondary Teacher ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Teacher Education Programme ◽  
Teaching Pedagogy ◽  
Secondary Teacher Education ◽  
Do So

With the onset of a new academic session, teacher education programmes across the county will be in a new avatar. The revamping of a teacher education programme has been on the cards for several years but stiff resistance from different quarters of the educational community made it impossible to do so. The revised secondary teacher education programme is new in several counts. Firstly, curricular areas have been made more contextual, class, student and community based. Secondly, teaching pedagogy has been made more child centred, experiential and reflective. Thirdly, internship model has been introduced giving more thrust on acquisition of skills and competencies in actual classroom and real settings rather than artificial settings. But, the reform has brought several challenges in its realm which teacher education programmes and institutes have to face. The present paper deals with the new challenges like demand for teacher education programmes, the role of private teacher education institutes and their increasing focus on commercialization, demand for teacher educators and whether the new system is pro-rich or pro-poor student etc.

scholarly journals Teaching Future Teachers in the Subject of Pedagogy

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Liv Gjems ◽  
Inge Vinje
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Need Support ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Support Time

<p>In several European countries, teacher education is regulated by national plans that emphasise pedagogy as the central subject. Pedagogy shall include research-based knowledge, as well as having a strong connection between theory and practice. We have interviewed teacher educators about what they emphasise about theoretical and practical issues in the subject of pedagogy. Though they have to follow the curriculum, they express that they have different conceptions and emphasise different issues both in theoretical and practical pedagogy. Their answers point to the challenges between the establishment of a professional autonomy and the control the national curriculum imposes them The teacher educators were quite vague about their teaching about research-based knowledge. They expressed that they need support, time and possibilities to discuss the content in the curriculum and how to educate high qualified teachers.</p>

scholarly journals The Pedagogic Signature of the Teaching Profession

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewald Kiel ◽  
Thomas Lerche ◽  
Markus Kollmannsberger ◽  
Viktor Oubaid ◽  
Sabine Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
The Third ◽  
Theoretical Part ◽  
Filter Effect ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

<p>Lee S. Shulman deplores that the field of education as a profession does not have a pedagogic signature, which he characterizes as a synthesis of cognitive, practical and moral apprenticeship. In this context, the following study has three goals: 1) In the first theoretical part, the basic problems of constructing a pedagogic signature are depicted. 2) In the empirical part, based on a multi-method approach, teachers’ and teacher educators’ beliefs and attitudes about a pedagogic signature are identified and ranked. It is argued that beliefs are of particular importance because they have a filter effect on how teachers deal with scientific knowledge. 3) The third part, the discussion, explains the findings, particularly the fact that moral aspects and aspects referring to a particular attitude play an overwhelming role. The explanation leads to some basic considerations on how to construct a pedagogic signature and on how such a signature can be turned into a viable concept for teacher education.</p>

scholarly journals Teacher Education and Development in Africa: A Modern Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Peter Wekesa Wamalwa ◽  
Edwin Nyongesa Masibo
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Teacher Education Programme ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
Education And Society ◽  
The Relationship

Teacher education programme is a critical component of education and the life of any society. It normally lays the very foundations of the society. It spurs and pushes the various aspects of development in the society through well-established culture and character of such a society. But for this programme of education to perform this development function efficiently it must be well designed, developed and constantly reformed and modernized so as to keep it abreast with the emerging issues both in education and society. This process is only possible through the conduct of regular studies in education and society to establish new developments and also facilitate the generation of relevant innovations to promote the quality of Teacher education programme. However, there is no evidence that such a process has ever been initiated and conducted in Teacher education programme since the inception of this programme in modern Africa. This paper is designed to explore the importance of Teacher education programme in modern Africa, the relationship between Teacher education programme and development in modern Africa, the roe of this programme in modern Africa, strategies of harnessing the programme for development in modern Africa and the challenges of the programme in modern Africa. This narrative is likely to shade light on the need of Teacher education programme in development in modern Africa and the role of innovative research in this process. Hence, set in motion the desired development in modern Africa.

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