"Miss, I Am Not Being Fully Prepared": Student-Teachers' Concerns about Their Preparation at a Teacher Training Institution in Jamaica

Autor/inn/en	Roofe, Carmel G.; Miller, Paul
Titel	"Miss, I Am Not Being Fully Prepared": Student-Teachers' Concerns about Their Preparation at a Teacher Training Institution in Jamaica
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38 (2013) 5, Artikel 1 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Education; Academic Discourse; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Focus Groups; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student Teachers; Educational Quality; Curriculum Design; Teacher Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Self Efficacy; Educational Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Course Content; Educational Resources; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Discourse; Diskurs; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrplangestaltung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Lehrkunst; Kursprogramm; Bildungsmittel
Abstract	The issue of teacher preparation continues to occupy academic discourse relating to student outcomes and student achievement (Stronge, Ward & Grant, 2011). Research has supported the view that there is an inextricable connection between student outcomes, quality of teaching and teachers, and teacher preparation (Darling-Hammond 2005; Grover 2002). Similarly, theories about students' self efficacy beliefs (e.g. Bandura, 1977; Dweck, 2000) and Institutional Habitus (Bourdieu,1977) have been advanced in relation to students' study experience, motivation and coping mechanisms. Using data from a focus group comprising 30 third year students enrolled in a four year teacher training programme in Jamaica, this paper discusses student-teachers' concerns about their training. The main findings from this small scale exploratory study indicated that student teachers' concerns were about the quality of teaching and teachers, curriculum organisation, content and delivery, and resources. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10