Initial Teacher Training Students Research Articles

Adaptation and Validation of the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale in a Sample of Initial Teacher Training Students in Chile.

Intercultural effectiveness is a relevant construct for improving the training of future teachers and promoting culturally diverse educational environments. This study aimed to adapt and validate the intercultural effectiveness scale (IES) in a sample of pre-service teachers in Chile. A cross-sectional design study was conducted, in which 584 Chilean university students participated (male = 37.8%; female = 61.6%; other = 0.5%), with a mean age of 20.56 years (SD = 3.37) and 21.9% identifying themselves as belonging to an ethnic group. The results obtained from structural equation modelling confirmed the structure of six correlated factors. The scores of the six factors of the IES presented positive and statistically significant correlations with the intercultural sensitivity scale (ISS). In addition, the factors presented adequate levels of reliability. The results of this research are discussed based on current theoretical and empirical evidence.

Instrument to Evaluate Intercultural Competence in Pedagogy Students

Confronting the current educational reality involves developing intercultural competence during and after training to produce an impact on educational practices that promote positive classroom interactions with culturally and linguistically diverse students. In this context, this article presents the results of the construction and validation of the Intercultural Competence for Pedagogy Students (ICPE) instrument in a Chilean university. Taking into account the focus of interest, intercultural education in initial teacher training, the validation sample of the survey included 521 students in initial teacher training. This research aimed to establish the goodness of fit of the scale by analyzing the reliability and validity of the construct through confirmatory factor analysis. The scale presented adequate psychometric properties, contributing to the measurement of intercultural competence in initial teacher training to support attention to students in their cultural diversity.

Gamification and Controversial Heritage: Trainee Teachers’ Conceptions

Heritage education is configured as an ideal framework for the treatment of socio-environmental problems relevant to modern society. To this end, it is essential that teachers can develop proposals in the classroom that promote critical thinking and the eco-social education of their students, based on innovative and experiential methodologies. For this reason, initial teacher training must ensure that future teachers acquire these innovative tools. Thus, the aim of this work is to identify the conceptions of student teachers in initial teacher training regarding gamification as a teaching methodology to address controversial heritage. To achieve this, a questionnaire has been designed with questions about heritage, controversy, and educational gamification, which was given to 235 students (M = 60; F = 175) taking their primary education degrees at different Spanish universities. To guide the design of the research instrument and analyze the results, a system of categories was developed and the SPSS data processing program was used. The first results show that, even though students in initial teacher training think that they do have a predisposition to use gamification to work around controversial heritage in class, they lack the knowledge of methodological strategies and gamified educational activities, which suggests a dearth of training on these issues in the primary education degree courses.

How do teachers, after their initial training, approach ramp research activities?

This work aims to study what skills and to what degree our initial teacher training students have acquired after completing their Primary Education (PE) Degree studies. For this reason, at the end of the Didactics of Experimental Science (DES) subjects, we asked them to propose a laboratory activity for PE students to work on “The ramp as a machine”. The students’ worksheet had to contain: the curricular location, a contextualization to assess the everyday usefulness of this machine, a description of what it is and how to build it, the elements that characterize it, an investigation into the dependence of the applied force on the weight of the object and the slope of the plane, and a review of everything they had learnt. The results reveal both scientific and didactic achievements, during the training period and the persistence of worrying shortcomings (in particular, the inadequate use of language and the persistence of conceptual errors).

Detrimental Effects of Disempowering Climates on Teaching Intention in (Physical Education) Initial Teacher Education

Previous research has looked at the positive consequences generated by teacher-generated climates on the motivational experiences of pre-service teachers. However, there is scant research focusing on the adverse motivational consequences that affect the perceptions of future teachers during the training process. The objective of this study was to explore the dark side of Duda's multidimensional conceptualization, its influence on academic engagement, and the intention of pre-service teachers to be educators. A total of 1,410 university students in initial teacher training (including physical education pre-service teachers) (59.6% women; 40.3% men; 0.1% other; Mage = 23.85; SD = 5.13) participated. The following scales were used: disempowering motivational climate, frustration of basic psychological needs, academic motivation, academic engagement, and the intention to choose teaching. The results of the structural equation model with latent variables show the positive prediction of the disempowering climate on the dark side and its negative influence on the intention to be a teacher. Controlled motivation preceded by academic engagement significantly mediates the relationship between a disempowering climate and the intention to be a teacher, increasing the total effect on the latter variable. Therefore, this research highlights for both teachers and researchers the impact of a disempowering motivational style, as well as its influence on the dark side as a negative promoter in trainee teachers regarding their intention to become teachers.

Prospective mathematics teachers learning complex numbers using technology

In this paper we studied the personal mathematical work of 14 students in initial teacher training, in their first year of studies at a public university in Chile, based on two tasks on complex numbers. These tasks were set in a Computer Aided Assessment System (CAA) based on Moodle and Wiris and it was proposed to solve them using different Computer Algebra Systems (CAS), such as GeoGebra, Symbolab, Photomath and Wolfram Alpha among others. Difficulties and potentialities were observed in the mathematical work of the students. In the difficulties, it was observed that the students had problems interpreting the information from the CAS and the CAA feedback because their previous mathematical knowledge was not solid enough to do so. In the potentialities, it was observed that different characteristics of the task, together with the articulation of two or more artifacts allowed students to give meaning to the mathematical objects involved.

Influence of Teaching Styles on the Learning Academic Confidence of Teachers in Training.

The objective of this research was to analyze the mediation of academic engagement and the satisfaction of basic needs between teaching styles and academic confidence amongst teachers during initial training. The research design was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 920 university students in initial teacher training participated (61.85% women) (Mage = 24.73; SD = 5.34). The scales of interpersonal teaching styles, the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, academic engagement, and academic confidence were used, and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was carried out. The results highlight the important mediating role played by the satisfaction of basic psychological needs between the autonomous support style and the academic confidence of the trainee teachers. This research also highlights the importance, both for teachers and researchers, of using an autonomous support style, as well as the creation of a context for encouraging the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, to promote academic confidence in initial teacher training programs at university.

Encouraging diversity in the early childhood education and care workforce

Early childhood education and care is recognised as extremely important for the health, education and welfare of all children. As Australia is a multicultural society then the early childhood education and care workforce needs to reflect the proportion of the population who were born overseas in non–English-speaking countries, often referred to Culturally and Linguistic Diverse individuals. With the staff shortages in the sector, we propose that supporting students in initial teacher training from a CALD background is important. Several ways to accomplish this goal are discussed.

Inquiry-based learning. Beliefs of trainee teachers in a physics course

The teaching of physics should be supported by practical or laboratory activities that seek to develop the scientific competencies of the students who study physics, so it is necessary to propose innovative strategies, such as research-based learning, in which students answer research questions through the analysis of data, which increases the interaction between the student and the physical concepts under investigation. Therefore, the objective of the study was to analyze the beliefs of teachers in natural science training at a public university in Colombia who take the subject of physics on research-based learning, to provide information on how to guide the use of innovative strategies. The study responds to a type of quantitative research with a descriptive approach and was based on a field design. On the other hand, the results reflect slightly positive beliefs of students in initial teacher training who study physics about research-based learning as an innovative strategy, although it is recommended to expand the sample to generalize. Finally, the analysis reveals as a conclusion that the implementation of innovative methodologies such as inquiry-based learning for science teaching, especially physics, should be promoted and supported more effectively to foster motivation, skills development, and conceptual understanding. of the scientific contents.

Paisaje y género: apuntes teóricos y creencias del profesorado en formación inicial

An educational research work is presented whose main objective is to carry out an analysis from a gender perspective of the conceptions and beliefs around the perception of the landscape presented by students in initial teacher training of the Primary Education degree of the University of Jaén and the University of Granada. After a theoretical approach to the feminist geography of gender, necessary to address this study, a contextualization of gender studies is carried out focused on the didactics of the landscape, reaching the conclusion that we are faced with an almost absolute absence of them. For the analysis of beliefs, a mixed methodology questionnaire has been developed, validated by a group of external experts, consisting of 34 questions, some dichotomous and others open, so that the analysis of its results has been carried out both from a quantitative as well as a qualitative point of view. In addition, the application of the two question modalities has allowed us to contrast the difference between their perception and their real knowledge on certain issues, as well as the influence that the different variables applied from intersectionality have on their conceptions. The results openly show the different impact that the different variables applied have on the beliefs of the students according to sex and the variable itself.

Conditions for generative reflection in practicum tutorials: the representations of tutors and preservice teachers

ABSTRACT This paper uses a qualitative approach and analysis inspired by Grounded Theory to address the conditions for generative reflection based on the social representations of tutors and students in initial teacher training. The findings reveal high regard for reflection among both sets of actors. There is also evidence of the predominantly guiding role of the tutor and appreciation of their position as an expert on the part of preservice teachers. The conditions noted previously in the literature are validated and others emerge in accordance with the Chilean context.

Resolução de Problemas e a Educação Matemática Realística: contribuições para a Educação Financeira Escolar com Professores em Formação Inicial

Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever os resultados parciais de uma pesquisa que tem como foco a Resolução de Problemas. A partir do desenvolvimento de uma atividade com alunos em formação inicial de professores, procurou-se estabelecer uma conexão entre as ideias da Educação Matemática Realística-EMR, a metodologia de Resolução de Problemas e a Educação Financeira. As situações-problema, construídas segundo os princípios da EMR, foram voltadas para a construção de conceitos, relacionando os conteúdos sobre juros, porcentagem, progressões geométricas e as ideias fundamentais que promovem a articulação entre eles, como a comparação, variação e equivalência. O estudo realizado permitiu identificar que a proposição de situações-problema, segundo os princípios da EMR, favoreceu a criação de novos problemas, novas conjecturas, o estabelecimento de conexões entre conteúdos matemáticos e a realidade social que beneficiaram a compreensão da Matemática.

Proposing a Primary School Principalship Model through Positive and Negative Metaphoric Perspective

Primary school ages are very important for the students. It is the time for most students start their formal education period. The aim of the current research is to explore the perceptions of the teachers, 4th year initial teacher training students from education faculties, parents, vice principals and primary school principals as the key stakeholders (TSPVPPSPs) in two groups, to identify positive and negative metaphors of primary school principals and propose a primary school principalship model. Qualitative research paradigm under interpretive methodology was used in the current study. Group 1 consisted of 60 focus group members (FGMs) and Group 2 involved 60 in-dept-interviewers (IDInts). Data were collected through metaphoric perspective. The key stakeholders were asked to write in full sentences on if they would define the school principal, what positive and negative metaphor/s they would use and they were also asked to give their justifications. Interpretive approach for data collection was used and data were analyzed using content analysis method. Identified positive metaphors describe primary school principals as talented supervisors, as leaders, as the one who carries the Olympic-flame, as a negotiator and as a sensitive teddy whereas identified negative metaphors describe primary school principals as pollution, as mis-user of the rights and as a mechanical machine.

A importância da arte contemporânea para o futuro professor: uma abordagem desde a perspectiva dos estudantes

A formação de professores é um processo complexo que deve não só ir ao encontro das necessidades reais dos contextos educativos como também exigir que sejam ouvidos todos os participantes. No entanto, no Ensino Superior a participação de estudantes na construção do desenho curricular é pouco valorizada. Neste estudo, pretendemos analisar o que pensam os estudantes de Licenciaturas em Educação Básica, em Portugal, sobre o contributo da arte contemporânea para a sua formação e para a sua futura profissão. Essa etapa constitui-se determinante pois acreditamos que o processo de ensino-aprendizagem só ganha sentido se os estudantes puderem refletir sobre ele com vista a perspectivar o seu futuro. Trata-se, assim, de uma investigação de natureza quantitativa em que se utilizou o inquérito por questionário. Os resultados evidenciaram que os estudantes valorizaram a arte contemporânea para a sua formação e para o desenvolvimento da sua prática profissional, apontando competências específicas da área.

Educação intercultural bilíngue no Chile

This article is based on analysis of the actions of public bodies and institutions that are being created in Chile to meet demand in Intercultural Bilingual Education (IBE). The aim is to analyze the practical training of students in initial teacher training in intercultural basic education at the Catholic University of Temuco. In addition, reveal the working methods of collaborative field between family-school- community partnership in key initial identification and subsequent components and devices in the proper relationship of individuals, in order to establish criteria by biopsychosocial processes from the identity the Other and You as host in the plural diversity of human beings, with aim is to recommend a public policy with an emphasis on multicultural values of each community, enriching the human condition and biopolitics regarding the integration from the educational training and the role that fits the state.

Rol parental educativo: aproximación a las percepciones que poseen los futuros profesores

The purpose of this study is to identify what students in initial teacher training think about families and their relationship to the school. A quantitative method was used and the research was descriptive. A self-administered questionnaire was applied to collect the data. It included the scale of teacher's perception of parental involvement in school developed by Martin and Armas (2011). The most relevant findings indicate teacher trainees see the parental role in education as relevant and complementary to teaching, provided it is expressed outside the school and not linked directly to the work of teaching. This image is accompanied by the negative and deteriorated perception teacher trainees have of parental involvement in children's educational process.

Design of an Instrument to Assess Social Skills in Teacher Training Programs

The aim has been to design a tool to assess social skills in initial teacher training students in Chile. Has been design a preliminary instrument to which a content validation was performed by expert judgment and analysis of reliability. The results show an instrument with relevant and consistent dimensions to concept, with reliability α = .92. The instrument stay composed with 41 items, divided into 5 dimensions. Its use would favor the evaluation and generation of strategies to strengthen social skills in initial teacher training.

'Future Teachers of the Past'- An Analysis of Initial Teacher Training Students and their Preparation to Teach Primary History

'Future Teachers of the Past'- An Analysis of Initial Teacher Training Students and their Preparation to Teach Primary History

Extended services in schools: developing resources to prepare student teachers for a rapidly changing working environment

The role of schools in providing extended services to their communities continues to undergo change and development. This has raised issues regarding the training of student teachers who are increasingly likely to take up appointments in schools offering extended services. This research project investigated the development of resources to prepare student teachers for a changing working environment. The project used a case study approach to gather data from primary and secondary schools providing extended services. From these case studies training materials were developed and trialled with focus groups of students in initial teacher training. Findings demonstrate the importance for tutors in initial teacher education to have access to authentic school-focused materials to assist them in equipping students for the realities of school life.

Students' approaches to open‐ended science investigation: the importance of substantive and procedural understanding

This paper investigates the respective roles of substantive and procedural understanding with regard to students' ability to carry out an open‐ended science investigation. The research is a case study centred on an intervention in which undergraduate initial teacher training students are taught the basic building blocks of procedural understanding. They are then put in the position of solving a practical open‐ended investigation. We report on the detail of their approaches and draw on recent papers in which the data are subjected to analysis using Qualitative Comparative Analysis techniques. We conclude that having been taught about evidence has contributed to the successful performance of the investigation; that students' greatest improvement was in their understanding of ideas associated with datasets; and that students were able to apply the ideas to work more iteratively in response to data in the investigation. We consider the possible curriculum implications of this exploratory work.