Creating Meaningful Experiences for Pre-Service Teachers: Thoughts and Experiences on an Elective Course

Autor/in	Sönmez, Duygu
Titel	Creating Meaningful Experiences for Pre-Service Teachers: Thoughts and Experiences on an Elective Course
Quelle	In: International Journal of Progressive Education, 11 (2015) 2, (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-5210
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Elective Courses; Microteaching; Investigations; Student Experience; Career Readiness; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Focus Groups; Teaching Skills; Skill Development; Observation; Self Efficacy; Metacognition; Theory Practice Relationship; Instructional Effectiveness; Course Evaluation; Student Teacher Attitudes; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Students; Participant Satisfaction; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elective course; Wahlkurs; Untersuchung; Studienerfahrung; Qualitative Forschung; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Beobachtung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study investigates the effectiveness of an elective course titled, "Microteaching in Teacher Education" (MiTEc) which is offered to the 3rd and 4th year pre-service science teachers. This course aims to provide pre-service teachers with meaningful experiences and prepare them for real-classroom settings. During the study, qualitative methodology was employed and face-to-face semi structured interviews and focus group discussions were used as the means of data collection with the participation of 23 pre-service science teachers. All the data was transcribed and content was analyzed to identify emerging themes. MiTEc was found to have a positive influence for pre-service teachers in improving their teaching skills, observations skills, self-confidence and self-awareness, which then also had a positive impact on other courses. The ability to connect theory with practice was one of the major benefits of the course. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01