Teaching practice has come to be recognized as one of the most important aspects of teacher education program for learner teachers. Besides student teachers' self-endeavor, partnership between school and universit...Teaching practice has come to be recognized as one of the most important aspects of teacher education program for learner teachers. Besides student teachers' self-endeavor, partnership between school and university, guidance of cooperating teachers and supervisors, team work is also important to a successful teaching practicum from three aspects: plan of practice team,collaboration in practice team and communication in practice team.展开更多
Tensions between vision and reality in the teaching practicum is a significant issue in research and practice globally,but scanty attention has been awarded to research into areas of tension in teaching practice itsel...Tensions between vision and reality in the teaching practicum is a significant issue in research and practice globally,but scanty attention has been awarded to research into areas of tension in teaching practice itself.This paper reports on a study that examines a cohort of Chinese English as a Foreign Language(EFL)student teachers’perceptions of the tensions arising in their teaching practicum in secondary schools.Triangulated research methods were employed for data collection.Reflective papers were employed as the main instrument of data collection,with classroom observation and field-notes used as supplementary sources of evidence for the occurrence of various unexpected difficulties.The overriding cause of this situation appeared to be the foundationalism paradigm that the teacher education program followed.The study highlights the need for teacher education programs to deal with emergent issues by way of critical postmodernist ideologies and make concerted efforts with schools to help student teachers continually adjust their visions in their practice.展开更多
文摘Teaching practice has come to be recognized as one of the most important aspects of teacher education program for learner teachers. Besides student teachers' self-endeavor, partnership between school and university, guidance of cooperating teachers and supervisors, team work is also important to a successful teaching practicum from three aspects: plan of practice team,collaboration in practice team and communication in practice team.
文摘Tensions between vision and reality in the teaching practicum is a significant issue in research and practice globally,but scanty attention has been awarded to research into areas of tension in teaching practice itself.This paper reports on a study that examines a cohort of Chinese English as a Foreign Language(EFL)student teachers’perceptions of the tensions arising in their teaching practicum in secondary schools.Triangulated research methods were employed for data collection.Reflective papers were employed as the main instrument of data collection,with classroom observation and field-notes used as supplementary sources of evidence for the occurrence of various unexpected difficulties.The overriding cause of this situation appeared to be the foundationalism paradigm that the teacher education program followed.The study highlights the need for teacher education programs to deal with emergent issues by way of critical postmodernist ideologies and make concerted efforts with schools to help student teachers continually adjust their visions in their practice.
