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Autor/inn/en | Shaw, Kylie; Holbrook, Allyson; Scevak, Jill; Bourke, Sid |
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Titel | The Response of Pre-Service Teachers to a Compulsory Research Project |
Quelle | In: Australian Educational Researcher, 35 (2008) 3, S.89-119 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0311-6999 |
Schlagwörter | Student Attitudes; Research Projects; Self Efficacy; Research Methodology; Research Skills; Supervisors; Surveys; Feedback (Response); Preservice Teacher Education; Graduate Study; Foreign Countries; Australia |
Abstract | This paper draws on 159 survey responses of fourth year Education students as they embark on a research project based in their internship school. The project explores predisposition to research and the level of preparedness to undertake a research project. The students who met most frequently with their supervisor and showed higher research self-efficacy were also most likely to want to undertake postgraduate study and reacted positively to good personal support and a feeling of belonging to a research "community". Many felt they were "unconnected" to a learning community, and specifically to their supervisor. They were generally positive about their ability to do the tasks, such as finding and writing up literature, even though they were concerned about managing the overall commitment. Despite this they were optimistic about completion. Only 5% were sure they would undertake postgraduate study in the future, and 65% were sure they would not do so. In an environment where there is commitment to promoting research skills consistent with the needs of a knowledge society and drawing on evidence to inform practice, the findings not only raise the question of how best to support and give meaning to early research endeavours of pre-service teachers, but also highlights the challenge of achieving this against a high level of disinterest in further tertiary study. (Contains 7 tables, 2 figures, and 1 note.) (As Provided). |
Anmerkungen | Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). P.O. Box 71, Coldstream, Victoria 3770, Australia. Tel: +61-0359-649-031; Fax: +61-0359-649-586; e-mail: aare@aare.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aare.edu.au/aer/contents.htm |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |