A Concept Model for Optimizing Contact Time in Geography Teacher Training Programs

Autor/inn/en	Golightly, A.; Nieuwoudt, H. D.; Richter, B. W.
Titel	A Concept Model for Optimizing Contact Time in Geography Teacher Training Programs
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 105 (2006) 5, S.185-197 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Geography Instruction; Student Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship; Preservice Teacher Education; Interviews; Questionnaires; Models; Teaching Methods; Higher Education; Teacher Educators; Outcomes of Education; Cooperative Learning; Time Factors (Learning) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Analogiemodell; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerbildung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	This article describes the results of a study of a concept model for optimizing contact time between the Geography educator and the student teacher within a learner-centered teaching paradigm. A quasi-experimental time series approach was used in order to change aspects of the model as the research progressed. Changes to the model were made on the grounds of observations made by the concerned lecturers, feedback from student teachers obtained from applicable questionnaires, and information gained from personal interviews with student teachers within the involved pre-graduate levels. The results of the study indicated that the Geography student teachers reflected a positive attitude towards and perception of the developed model. A learning environment was created wherein the students felt empowered to take responsibility for their own learning. Furthermore, the cooperative learning environment encouraged by this model contributed to the sharing of ideas regarding certain aspects of Geography education among students and to the reconstruction of knowledge. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10