ERIC Number: EJ1261662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1691-4147
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Establishing Sustainable Teacher Education with Weekly School Practice -- Identifying Teacher Students' Experiences of Didactic Dilemmas in the Swedish Primary School Classroom
Sundh, Stellan
Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, v22 n1 p37-48 Jun 2020
Teachers face dilemmas of different kinds in their everyday practice. It is therefore essential that teacher students become aware of the dilemmas they will face in their future profession. By integrating school practice in teacher education programs, students apply theoretical knowledge to classroom situations. In a project at a Swedish university campus, the students worked as teacher candidates one day a week at different primary schools during their first semester. The purposes were to make the teacher education at the campus sustainable by attracting more students, limiting the number of dropouts and improving the quality in the education. In the present study, it is of interest to identify the didactic dilemmas teacher students experience in classrooms with 6 to 12 year-olds. By analysing the students' written reports, the results indicate that the students' identified dilemmas relate to classroom management, the lesson content and the establishing of relationships with the children.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Elementary Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Sustainability, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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