Constructing Pre-Service Teacher Identities Through Processes of Parallax

The 'Good' Teacher? Constructing Teacher Identities for Lifelong Learning

The symposium will focus on trans-national constructions of the 'good' teacher through popular culture, through professional development orthodoxies and through professional practices such as professional growth plans, inspection and teacher regulation. We all recognise trends such as a focus on performance aspects of teachers' work; the development of competence models based on standards deriv...

Examination of Pre-service Teacher‟s Training through Tutoring Approach

Pre-service teacher preparation in the United States is becoming progressively more challenging with respect to the demands on teachers. This study examined the impact of tutoring approach on pre-service teachers‟ skills to work with English language learners through a qualitative research design. Content analysis was used at the thematic level on student journals written to accompany the semes...

EI training and pre-service teacher wellbeing

Development of ICT Competency in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Starting from the key competencies for a knowledge society, this paper examines the information and communication technology (ICT) competency needed by teachers for effective teaching in the 21st-century. The paper analyzes the existing pre-service education programmes for teachers’ ICT competency in Lithuanian universities and colleges, self-evaluation of future teachers of their technological...

Improving Understanding of Pre-Service Teacher Experience with Technology Integration

Pre-service teachers develop technology competency during their tenure in the college classroom. These stages coincide with Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and offer the opportunity to learn and model technology integration. 656 pre-service education students from five universities across the United States completed a qualitative survey aimed at identifying how they perceived technology integration th...