Teaching portfolio as a source of pre-service teacher training programme needs analysis

Perception of teaching as a profession and UB teacher trainees’ attitude towards training programme and teaching

Though the professionalism of teaching is still a debatable issue, teaching provides an indispensible service to every society and civilization. The service provided by teaching seems to be more indispensible to any society than services provided by any other profession. To those that teach, the way they perceive themselves and the value of their services tend to make a lot of difference. The s...

Pre–service and In–service Teacher of Mathematics’ Training in Teaching with the Use of Computers

In this paper we propose a program of pre–service and in–service teacher of Mathematics’ training in teaching with the use of computer software programs. The program consists of a) the presentation of the most characteristic theories of learning, teaching methods and models and models of using computers in the teaching–learning environment and b) the training of teachers in the use of computer ...

EI training and pre-service teacher wellbeing

ICT Pre-service Teachers’ Opinions about the Contribution of Initial Teacher Training to Teaching Practice

The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate how well initial teacher training in ICT prepare pre-service teachers to teaching profession. Eight pre-service teachers attending to the “School Experience” course from the Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department at the Middle East Technical University took part in this case study. Observation and interview methods were...

Preparing pre-service teachers as emancipatory and participatory action researchers in a teacher education programme

In this paper I analyse the potential that participatory action research holds for educating pre-service teachers to become more critically reflective and socially conscious. I also describe the rationale for and process of engaging pre-service teachers in their teacher education programme. Involving these candidate teachers in participatory action research (PAR) projects may provide opportunit...