ERIC Number: EJ1096788
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 21
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Examining Changes in Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs of Pedagogy
Sheridan, Lynn
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v41 n3 Article 1 Mar 2016
Pre-service teachers enter teacher education with beliefs about teaching and ideas on pedagogical approaches. This research focuses on monitoring the pedagogical beliefs of a cohort of pre-service teachers' pre-existing pedagogical beliefs on important/relevant pedagogy for secondary teaching and how these beliefs changed over the course of their degree. Data were collected from a cohort via a survey at the beginning and end of the year of the study. The cohort comprised pre-service teachers from each year of the four-year degree. This research found that pedagogical beliefs changed over the duration of the course. This finding indicates that there are educational opportunities when pre-service teachers are most receptive to building new teaching practices. The implication of this research is that pedagogical teaching in teacher education can be improved by a better understanding of how pedagogy beliefs evolve over the duration of the course.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Attitude Change, Educational Attitudes, Cohort Analysis, Surveys, Likert Scales, Educational Practices, Factor Analysis, Statistical Significance, Componential Analysis, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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