Pre-Service Teachers' Questions about the Profession during Mentoring Group Conversations

Autor/in	Eriksson, Anita
Titel	Pre-Service Teachers' Questions about the Profession during Mentoring Group Conversations
Quelle	In: European Journal of Teacher Education, 40 (2017) 1, S.76-90 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-9768
DOI	10.1080/02619768.2016.1251901
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Mentors; Teaching (Occupation); Professional Development; Teaching Methods; Teacher Role; Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Inservice Teacher Education; Teacher Attitudes; Ethnography; Observation; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching; Lehrberuf; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerrolle; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerfortbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Ethnografie; Beobachtung; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	The use of mentoring group conversations as a tool to support pre-service teachers' professional development has become more common. However, there is still a lack of research that shows how conversations are used to develop knowledge. The present paper is based on ethnographical observations of mentoring group conversations, and describes how pre-service teachers who participate in an obligatory mentoring model use their conversations as an arena in their search for professional knowledge. Three areas were focused upon during the conversations: the teachers' role and teaching practice, conditions for professional development and conditions related to the profession. The pre-service teachers mainly used conversations to question, discuss, share and reflect over pedagogical and didactical dilemmas related to teaching activities in the classroom and to their own as well as other teachers' behaviour and attitudes in different situations. The paper provides an insight into how a mentoring model can contribute to professional preparation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01