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Direct linkToom, Auli; Tiilikainen, Mikko; Heikonen, Lauri; Leijen, Äli; Mena, Juanjo; Husu, Jukka – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This study investigated student teachers' (N = 82) learning of action-oriented knowledge (AOK), triggering incidents in teaching practice, and the relationships between these two. Student teacher's action-oriented knowledge is understood as core capability for the practice of teaching, and learning of action-oriented knowledge needs to be…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Critical Incidents Method, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Romar, Jan-Erik; Ferry, Magnus – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2020
Purpose: This study was framed with an explorative approach in which preservice classroom teachers (PCTs) participated in physical education learning activities. The purpose was to investigate the construction of their practical knowledge. Methods: Data collection was integrated into a methods course and included a written text assignment in which…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level
Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Sandberg, Erja; Tiina Itkonen – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2018
This article examines two families' experiences on the support services for their school-aged child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Families' views about the received support were examined using netnography (a form of ethnography). The research was conducted using an online survey directed to 208 families, in a closed social…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Academic Support Services, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Aro, Mikko; Björn, Piia Maria – Annals of Dyslexia, 2016
The aim of the study was to explore the Finnish preservice and inservice teachers' knowledge of language constructs relevant for literacy acquisition. A total of 150 preservice teachers and 74 inservice teachers participated in the study by filling out a questionnaire that assessed self-perceived expertise in reading instruction, knowledge of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level, Preservice Teachers
Download full textRatinen, Ilkka; Viiri, Jouni; Lehesvuori, Sami; Kokkonen, Tuukka – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
A teacher's practical knowledge contains the teacher's beliefs about the goals, values and principles of education that guide his or her actions in the classroom. There is still a lack of knowledge about how teachers' practical knowledge influences their teaching. The present study examines student teachers' practical knowledge in the context of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Inquiry, Knowledge Level
Acquah, Emmanuel O.; Commins, Nancy L. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
The present study examined pre-service teachers' knowledge of issues related to multiculturalism and diversity before and after taking a multicultural education course. Data from 38 degree students in an urban university in the southwest of Finland were analysed using a mixed method approach. The results indicate that pre-service teachers'…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Urban Universities
Korkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
Finland recently adopted two national core curricula that apply to kindergartens (ages one through six). An early childhood education and care curriculum outlines expectations for children under seven (when school starts), while a preschool curriculum establishes guidelines specifically for six-year-olds. Both curricula describe broad principles,…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Children, Foreign Countries
Asikainen, Mervi A.; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
This article examines Finnish cooperating physics teachers' conceptions of teacher knowledge in physics. Six experienced teachers were interviewed. The data was analyzed to form categories concerning the basis of teacher knowledge, and the tradition of German Didaktik and Shulman's theory of teacher knowledge were used in order to understand the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Physics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
