Developing Professional Knowledge in the Initial Teacher Education

Teacher knowledge and initial teacher education in the English learning and skills sector

Recent reforms of initial teacher education (ITE) in the learning and skills sector (LSS) in England are standards based and emphasise subject specialism. The reforms are underpinned by objectivist epistemological assumptions which are incompatible with socio-cultural theories of professional knowledge, and ignore the diverse teaching roles and contexts in the sector and wider systemic issues. ...

Teacher knowledge and initial teacher education in the English learning and skills sector

Recent reforms of initial teacher education (ITE) in the learning and skills sector (LSS) in England are standards based and emphasise subject specialism. The reforms are underpinned by objectivist epistemological assumptions which are incompatible with socio-cultural theories of professional knowledge, and ignore the diverse teaching roles and contexts in the sector and wider systemic issues. ...

Developing Professional Knowledge and Confidence in Higher Education

The purpose of this paper is to determine the effectiveness of using multiple choice tests in subjects related to the administration and business management. To this end the authors used a multiple-choice test with specific questions to verify the extent of knowledge gained and the confidence and trust in the answers. The analysis made, conducted by tests given out to a group of 200 students, h...

Theorising Practice in Initial Teacher Education

Individualisation in the Professional Preparation of the Physical Education Teacher

The present concept of the education process demands a greater orientation to each pupil. Demands are focused on the greater involvement of pupils in diagnostics, autodiagnostics, evaluation, self-evaluation and mutual evaluation, on new forms of co-operation, creativity and individualisation, on newly framed inductive learning procedures and integrative instruction including co-educational ins...