Preschool Teacher Competence Viewed from the Perspective of Students in Early Childhood Teacher Education

Autor/inn/en	Lillvist, Anne; Sandberg, Anette; Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia
Titel	Preschool Teacher Competence Viewed from the Perspective of Students in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 40 (2014) 1, S.3-19 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-7476
DOI	10.1080/02607476.2013.864014
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Education Programs; Teacher Competencies; Student Teacher Attitudes; Definitions; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Concept Formation; Questionnaires; Profiles; Individual Differences; Student Characteristics; Skill Analysis; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrkunst; Begriffsbestimmung; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Fragebogen; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Individueller Unterschied; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	This paper examines contemporary issues in early childhood teacher education in Sweden. The aim of the study was to explore dimensions of the construct of preschool teachers' competence as reported by 810 students enrolled in early childhood teacher education at 15 Swedish universities. The results showed that students' definitions of preschool teacher competence were composed of six different dimensions: a general pedagogical competence, specific content competence, distinct teacher competence, play competence, competence of child perspective, and collaborative and social competence. In general, there were quite large variations in how students perceived the concept of preschool teacher competence and the extent to which they believed they developed these competences during the course of their education. The different dimensions of preschool teacher competence are discussed in relation to the content of the early childhood teacher education in Sweden, the curriculum for the preschool and the concept of professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10