A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning
To become a teacher one must possess a minimum of pedagogical competences, obtained by the completion of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education. It is assumed that it will be followed by professional growth in the foreseeable future – but that does not necessarily happen. One way to...
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| author | Koraljka Modić Stanke Valentina Ružić Aleksandra Mindoljević Drakulić |
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| description | To become a teacher one must possess a minimum of pedagogical competences, obtained by the completion of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education. It is assumed that it will be followed by professional growth in the foreseeable future – but that does not necessarily happen. One way to provide a better head start for prospective teachers and their future students is to implement a service-learning (S-L) – a pedagogical approach that combines academic coursework with voluntary service in the community. The aim of this study is to determine the initial interest of students for engaging in service-learning within compulsory courses of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education and to investigate the relationship between the level of service-learning information and the reported interest in service-learning. Participants were 42 graduate students, divided into two groups – experimental (attended a lecture on service-learning between measurements) and control group (no intervention between two measurements). Results demonstrate high(est) interest for service learning within the course Psychology of Education. Prospective teachers that attended the lecture on service-learning became more interested in it. Most of the students think that engaging in service-learning would lead to higher motivation and better knowledge of the course. These findings should encourage teachers and policy-makers to consider the implementation of S-L in educational institutions in order to improve educational efficiency on all levels of the educational system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4835c4f8f6ef4278810a5d19c3bbfa402024-04-15T15:38:08ZengUniversity of Split, Faculty of EconomicsManagement : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues1331-01941846-33632019-01-0124112113610.30924/mjcmi.24.1.8A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learningKoraljka Modić Stanke0Valentina Ružić1Aleksandra Mindoljević Drakulić2Social Work Study Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaSlap Publishing, Centre for Education and Research, Zagreb, CroatiaCentre for Teacher Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaTo become a teacher one must possess a minimum of pedagogical competences, obtained by the completion of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education. It is assumed that it will be followed by professional growth in the foreseeable future – but that does not necessarily happen. One way to provide a better head start for prospective teachers and their future students is to implement a service-learning (S-L) – a pedagogical approach that combines academic coursework with voluntary service in the community. The aim of this study is to determine the initial interest of students for engaging in service-learning within compulsory courses of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education and to investigate the relationship between the level of service-learning information and the reported interest in service-learning. Participants were 42 graduate students, divided into two groups – experimental (attended a lecture on service-learning between measurements) and control group (no intervention between two measurements). Results demonstrate high(est) interest for service learning within the course Psychology of Education. Prospective teachers that attended the lecture on service-learning became more interested in it. Most of the students think that engaging in service-learning would lead to higher motivation and better knowledge of the course. These findings should encourage teachers and policy-makers to consider the implementation of S-L in educational institutions in order to improve educational efficiency on all levels of the educational system.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/323397service learningstudent motivationstudent interestteacher education |
| spellingShingle | Koraljka Modić Stanke Valentina Ružić Aleksandra Mindoljević Drakulić A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning Management : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues service learning student motivation student interest teacher education |
| title | A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning |
| title_full | A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning |
| title_fullStr | A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning |
| title_short | A way to more effective education: Prospective teachers' interest in service-learning |
| title_sort | way to more effective education prospective teachers interest in service learning |
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