Finnish Teacher Educators' Preferences for Their Professional Development -- Quantitative Exploration

Autor/inn/en	Byman, Reijo; Jyrhämä, Riitta; Stenberg, Katariina; Maaranen, Katriina; Sintonen, Sara; Kynäslahti, Heikki
Titel	Finnish Teacher Educators' Preferences for Their Professional Development -- Quantitative Exploration
Quelle	In: European Journal of Teacher Education, 44 (2021) 4, S.432-451 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Byman, Reijo) ORCID (Jyrhämä, Riitta) ORCID (Stenberg, Katariina) ORCID (Maaranen, Katriina) ORCID (Sintonen, Sara) ORCID (Kynäslahti, Heikki)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-9768
DOI	10.1080/02619768.2020.1793952
Schlagwörter	Teacher Educators; Preferences; Faculty Development; Educational Needs; Barriers; Faculty Workload; Time Management; Learning Processes; Occupational Information; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; Construct Validity; Test Construction; Foreign Countries; Finland (Helsinki) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Zeitmanagement; Learning process; Lernprozess; Berufsinformation; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testaufbau; Ausland
Abstract	Education makes a difference and teacher educators are an important part of that circle. However, there is very little research done in Finland on teacher educators' professional development. The main purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of three scales that measure the components of teacher educators' professional development, namely (a) developmental needs, (b) preferred ways of fulfiling those needs and (c) hindrances to fulfiling developmental needs. The differences between different occupational groups were also discussed. The survey was distributed in May 2019 to all eight Finnish universities that offer teacher education. The final sample size was 354. Using scale development techniques, we succeeded in generating items to all three inventories. We also tested the psychometric properties and the construct validity of the inventories. Our study revealed that teacher educators are not a homogenous group. Different occupational groups have different professional development interests. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01