Pedagogical Reasoning in Teacher Education: The Unexplored Route to Intellectual Development--A Study of the Practicum in Kenya

Autor/in	Ong'ondo, Charles Ochieng'
Titel	Pedagogical Reasoning in Teacher Education: The Unexplored Route to Intellectual Development--A Study of the Practicum in Kenya
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 8 (2017) 11, S.71-78 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Practicums; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Student Teachers; Intellectual Development; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Learning Processes; Teacher Education; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Interviews; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Denkfähigkeit; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Learning process; Lernprozess; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kenia
Abstract	In this paper, I argue that when teacher education (TE) only aims at student teachers' mastery of procedural knowledge, the envisaged intellectual development that teachers need so that they can, in turn, facilitate similar development in their learners cannot be realized. My argument is based on a study I conducted in Kenya, in which I investigated what English language student teachers learn during the practicum and the issues that influence their learning. Generally, the data showed that they mainly acquired procedural knowledge but failed to develop pedagogical reasoning, which--arguably--ought to be the main goal of TE. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01