ERIC Number: EJ969094
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Publication Date: 2012-Aug
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Practicalising Theoretical Knowledge in Student Teachers' Professional Learning in Initial Teacher Education
Cheng, May M. H.; Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Cheng, Annie Y. N.
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v28 n6 p781-790 Aug 2012
This paper reports the findings collected from a four year longitudinal study aiming to investigate the professional learning of student-teachers in Bachelor of Education programmes. Four case studies which suggest a typology of ways of practicalising theoretical knowledge with one extreme as the testing out of teaching approaches mainly to find out their practicality in the school context to the other extreme whereby the student-teacher sought to work out a schema or personal theory were identified. Influences from the campus-based and the field-based components of the teacher education programme are drawn. The paper ends with implications for initial teacher education. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Classification, Student Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Longitudinal Studies, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Curriculum, Field Experience Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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