A student teacher on the pathway to teaching profession: Reviewing research and proposing a model

• Authors: Tomáš Svatoš
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There has been a long tradition of research aimed at teachers and their professional development in educational and social contexts conducted continuously by both international and Czech research community. In terms of frequency and intensity of the research interest, two areas or stages of teachers’ professional development are most focused on: a novice teacher and an expert teacher. The fact that studies on future teachers and the transformation of students of teaching into teachers are only few and far between deprives teacher education, both its theory and practice, of much needed in-depth insight into these stages. This study highlights two points: Firstly, the evidence of Czech researchers’ low interest in conducting research into teacher education from within, and secondly, the fact that individual stages of professional development of future teachers can be examined and described. It is particularly vital to encompass the early professional development stage when substantial changes in the attitude of beginner students of teaching to themselves as well as to teacher education and practice take place; a student role is redefined. Pointing research interest to this direction results in two outcomes. It leads to recognising a human being within a teacher student; moreover, it provides grounds for authentic and individualised interventions into students’ professional development at faculties of education.

Keywords

EN

Teacher education; Expert teacher; Novice teacher; Stages of pre-service education Student teacher; Teaching profession

Discipline

• EDUCATION: EDUCATION

• Publisher: Czech Pedagogical Society
• Journal: Pedagogická orientace (Journal of the Czech Pedagogical Society)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 786-809

Contributors

author

Tomáš Svatoš

• Redakce časopisu Pedagogická orientace, Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed., Institut výzkumu školního vzdělávání PdF MU, Poříčí 31 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic