Pre-service Teachers’ Views of Their Training: Key Issues to Sustain Quality Teacher Education

• Authors: Maria Assunção Flores , Patrícia Santos , Sandra Fernandes , Diana Pereira
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper draws upon data from a broader piece of research aimed at examining pre-service teachers' views of their initial teacher education within the context of a master’s degree programme in teaching. The data were collected through questionnaires and written narratives at the beginning and at the end of the programme. In this paper, the data arising from 47 narratives at the end of the programme are presented. Five categories emerged from the qualitative data: curriculum content, teaching practice, the role of teacher educators, teaching and learning methods, the organisational aspects and structure of the programme. Although the participants identified positive aspects of the initial teacher education programme, they also stress that there is room for improvement, especially with regard to a greater coherence of the curriculum and a better articulation of its different components. Implications of the findings for enhancing the quality of initial teacher education and the role of teachers’ educators are discussed.

Keywords

EN

initial teacher education; student teachers; teaching practice

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 39-53

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2015-03-11

Contributors

author

Maria Assunção Flores

• University of Minho, Portugal

author

Patrícia Santos

• University of Minho, Portugal

author

Sandra Fernandes

• University of Coimbra, Portugal

author

Diana Pereira

• University of Minho, Portugal

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/jtes-2014-0010