Students' Independent Professional Activity in Pedagogical Practice

• Authors: Aina Strode
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The topicality of the research is determined by the need for changes in higher education concerned with implementing the principles of sustainable education. The article focuses on teacher training, highlighting the teacher's profession as an attractive choice of one's career that permits to ensure the development of general and professional skills and an opportunity for new specialists to align with the labour market. The empirical study of students' understanding of their professional activity and of the conditions for its formation is conducted by applying structured interviews (of practice supervisors, students, academic staff); students and experts' questionnaire. Comparative analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and triangulation were used in case studies. As a result, a framework of pedagogical practice organisation has been created in order to form students' independent professional activity. The criteria and indicators of independent professional activity have been formulated and suggestions for designers of study programmes and organisers of the study process have been provided.

Keywords

EN

students' independent professional activity; pedagogical practice; participatory action research

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 38-58

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2011-02-21

Contributors

author

Aina Strode

• Rezekne Higher Education Institution, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10099-009-0053-y