The purposes of this study were to examine effects of student teaching on four-year teacher education program, and to identify practical knowledge and attitude of early childhood student teachers in student teaching. For these purposes, this study was...
The purposes of this study were to examine effects of student teaching on four-year teacher education program, and to identify practical knowledge and attitude of early childhood student teachers in student teaching. For these purposes, this study was conductied to examine the differences between before-and after-practical knowledge and attitude in one-month regular student teaching.
38 student teachers in four-year teacher education program were interviewed with the questionaaire of their practical knowledge and attitude. The questionaire included the planning/preparation of teaching, the ongoing teaching practice, the ongoing caring practice, the management of educational environment, and the interacion with staff/parents.
The results of this study indicated as followins; first, there were significant improvements of the planning/preparation of teaching and the ongoing teaching practice after student teaching; second, there were no differences of the ongoing caring practice, the management of educational environment, and the interaction of staff/parents. This study suggests that the development of model for the student teaching should be included the maintenance system and the correction system of practical knowledge and sttitude for the follow-up student teaching program.