Pre-Service Teachers’ Images of Teaching

Abstract

This research investigated the creative representations and written reflections of 74 pre-service teachers in two teacher education courses from two large public research universities. Using qualitative methodology, this study examined images of teaching in conjunction with written reflections as a measure of the developmental level of learning to teach. As the representations were analyzed, the very personal nature in which these representations were constructed became apparent, along with the importance of the students’ own past personal experiences. Moreover, sophistication of reflective comments also differed across groups. Differences between the two groups are discussed and implications for future research are offered.

Citation

Carol Greene, H. and Magliaro, S.G. (2005), "Pre-Service Teachers’ Images of Teaching", Brophy, J. and Pinnegar, S. (Ed.) Learning from Research on Teaching: Perspective, Methodology, and Representation (Advances in Research on Teaching, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 207-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3687(05)11007-4