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Pre-service teachers’ engagement in action research during teaching practicum
Citation
Hairon Salleh, Janaki Retanam, Padmawathy Vellusamy, Nachammai Selva Nachiappan, & Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz. (2003). Pre-service teachers’ engagement in action research during teaching practicum. In Research in and on the classroom: ERAS Conference 2003 Proceedings (pp. 604-622). Educational Research Association of Singapore.
Author
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Janaki Retanam
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Padmawathy Vellusamy
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Nachammai Selva Nachiappan
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Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
Abstract
The advent of the Knowledge Age has brought many challenges to countries around the world in every aspect of life, including learning in teacher education. With regards to this, there is widespread agreement on the promotion of educational themes such as higher order skills, teaching for understanding, constructivism, authentic problem solving, and lifelong learning. In the same vein, there is increasing recognition for teachers to teach in ways that are appropriate to prepare students for the Knowledge Age, and thus the need to re-evaluate the learning structures for pre-service teachers. This paper summarises an inductive research study of four final-year pre-service teachers (Diploma in Education) to look at how engagement in an action research project during the teaching practicum influences their pedagogical practice and beliefs towards professional learning.
Date Issued
November 2003
Description
This paper was published in the Proceedings of ERAS Conference held in Singapore from 19-21 November 2003