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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Initial Teacher Education (ITE)"”.
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The critical state of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Initial Teacher Education (ITE): an exploration of student teachers’ initial understandings of and experiences with, a ‘praxis’curriculum design to promote greater inclusion, equality and active participation in global democratic societies
This research investigates student teachers' understandings and experiences in engaging with a 'praxis' curriculum design to promote greater inclusion, equality, and active participation in global democratic societies. The study is conducted at University College Cork (UCC) in collaboration with …
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An action research approach to initial teacher education in Norway
This study is an Action Research approach to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Norway. Starting from the most important question for me as a teacher educator in Religious Education (RE), namely, ‘How can I improve my practice?’ I create an Action Research investigation over three cycles. …
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A commerce of the old and new: how classroom teacher mentors work in multiple activities
A study of the literature relating to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) suggested that, while mentors had been studied as instruments of their partnership Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), there was little work which investigated the mentor as acting subject in ITE. Through an analysis of spoken …
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The experiences of African, Caribbean and South Asian women in initial teacher education
… experiences of a group of black women student teachers. It is through the women's own voices that an insight is given into the experience of teacher training for black women. The women's motivations to enter initial teacher education (ITE), their perceptions of ITE, their experiences in ITE and …
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Unearthing Pedagogy: Recitative to reasoned practice. An exploration of the documented pedagogical understandings and practice of a cohort of PST students in an ITE programme in Ireland
… policy publications focussed on lower secondary education in Ireland are now operational for several years. These policies conceptualise the role of pedagogical understanding and practice for classroom practitioners. This research explores the origins and intent of the pertinent policies with the …
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'One of the boys?' : an ethnographic study of gender relations, co-education, and initial teacher education in physical education
… research aimed to investigate the ways in which teacher education institutions constructed, confirmed or contested gender identities in secondary Physical Education (PE). The study centred on an indepth ethnographic study of two case study institutions, chosen to reflect the male and female …
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Special educational needs and primary initial teacher education: Student learning experiences in school and university college
… follows the learning experiences of 2nd Year initial teacher education (ITE) students during a module on Individual Learning Needs (ILN) and the related school based training placement. Much research has been published on student perceptions of special educational needs (SEN) (Sikes et al, …
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Radical Romantic Pedagogy: an exploration of the tradition and viability of a synthesis of Romantic and radical visions of education, focusing on the teaching of English at secondary level in England.
… personal professional history as English school-teacher and teacher educator in this project, alongside more theoretical considerations, aiming towards a creative synthesis between Romantic and critical paradigms. In so doing I look first at the general contexts of such relationships, introducing …
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Learning in networks through enquiry: the design, implementation and evaluation of an online intervention to support student teachers on school placement
Initial teacher education (ITE) in Ireland has experienced accelerated transformation in recent years, resulting in extended periods of school placement on concurrent and consecutive programmes. A contributing factor towards this development can be linked to teacher education scholarship, which …
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How do Further Education (FE) teachers see their role changing in the future to exploit digital teaching and learning opportunities in an increasingly digital education environment?
… explores and reveals the complexity of Further Education (FE) teachers’ viewpoints in relation to digital teaching and learning technologies. The enquiry begins by reviewing the Government policies that surround digital learning technologies in Further Education (FE) and recognises the …
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Teacher Education ICT Appropriation Model TEAM: A Model for ICT Appropriation in Early Childhood Initial Teacher Education
Early childhood initial teacher education programmes are only beginning to use information and communication technology (ICT) as part of their curriculum. There is limited research or practice knowledge about how student teachers learn to use ICT for pedagogical purposes. This doctoral study …
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From Act to Action: Normalizing Child Protection Policies in an Aotearoa New Zealand School
… includes the expectation all personnel—not just teachers, the usual focus of literature on CAN training—be able to identify and respond to both suspected and actual abuse and neglect. This is also an expectation within the Teaching Council New Zealand’s Code of Professional Responsibility. This …
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In word and deed I am revealed – The subject as teacher in Further Education
… study into the lived experiences of beginning teachers in Further Education (FE) in England. The study is contextualised by initial teacher education (ITE) in FE. The theoretical concepts underpinning the study derive from Hannah Arendt’s (1958) theory of action. Arendt’s (1958) ‘The Human …
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An exploration into the development of professional teacher identity of student teachers in Wales
… study explored the development of professional teacher identity during Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Narrative inquiry was used to obtain personal reflections of ITE experiences from eight student teachers as they came to the end of a variety of pathways to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). The …
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How we see ourselves: beginning-teacher identity formation
… Therefore, understanding how beginning-teacher identity develops is important for those delivering initial teacher education (ITE). ITE is a contested area between politicians and educators regarding what constitutes ‘quality’ teaching, what ITE should comprise of as evidenced by the …
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An investigation of beginning teachers’ journeys through complex landscapes of practice
… and development that secondary physical education beginning teachers undergo during their pre-service year and their first year of teaching. Such an investigation is timely in the light of fundamental government reforms of current government policy that promotes a model of Initial Teacher …
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Systematic Synthetic Phonics and Bilingual Learners: Primary School Teachers’ Perspectives, Perceptions and Experiences.
This study investigated primary school teachers’ perceptions, experiences, and pedagogical adaptations when delivering Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) instruction to bilingual learners, particularly those identified as using English as an Additional Language (EAL). Against the backdrop of rising …
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Towards inclusive education : exploring perceptions of natural science pre-service teachers in a B. Ed Programme
… the perceptions of Natural Science pre-service teachers in a B.Ed Programme regarding their training for inclusive education. In order to ensure that current and future pre-service teacher education programmes prepare undergraduate pre-service teacher adequately for the practice of teaching in …
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Perspectives of preservice teachers on the roles of secondary school teachers in Queensland: an interpretivist study
… of one cohort of secondary school preservice teachers regarding the roles of secondary school teachers as they explained their professional world both before and following a school based supervised professional experience. A total of thirty-five participants (twenty-nine females and six …
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