Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review

This article reports on a systematic review conducted to inform the development of a professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase of schooling. The research question was: What do quality research studies identify as the components and/or characteristics of quality teacher educat...

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Main Authors: Lucinda du Plooy, Mphumzi Zilindile, Zubeida Desai, Benita de Wet, Lorna Holtman, Cyril Julie, Nadine Moolla, Vuyokazi Nomlomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2016-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Childhood Education
Online Access:https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/285
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author Lucinda du Plooy
Mphumzi Zilindile
Zubeida Desai
Benita de Wet
Lorna Holtman
Cyril Julie
Nadine Moolla
Vuyokazi Nomlomo
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Zubeida Desai
Benita de Wet
Lorna Holtman
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Nadine Moolla
Vuyokazi Nomlomo
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description This article reports on a systematic review conducted to inform the development of a professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase of schooling. The research question was: What do quality research studies identify as the components and/or characteristics of quality teacher education for the foundation phase programmes that allow new teachers to begin to teach for epistemological access. A search for systematic reviews on educational programmes related to foundation phase for initial teacher education was conducted for the period between 1980 and 2011. The researchers added Stage 0 as a fifth step to the traditional four-step systematic review process. Stage 0 or quasi-tertiary review allowed us to present substantive findings of the identified systematic reviews and to explore their methodological quality. From the initial 2876 hits (mostly health and medical studies), only 19 studies were related to the educational field. Only three of the 19 studies were finally accepted as eligible at Stage 0. None of the reviews directly addressed programme design but contained elements that were considered as useful when designing programmes. The present study makes it clear that there is a dearth of research on entire programmes related to initial teacher education for foundation phase teachers.
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spelling doaj.art-671bf98a04754093ba2d340e39ebf8012022-12-22T03:13:27ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Childhood Education2223-76742223-76822016-06-0161e1e1010.4102/sajce.v6i1.285212Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic reviewLucinda du Plooy0Mphumzi Zilindile1Zubeida Desai2Benita de Wet3Lorna Holtman4Cyril Julie5Nadine Moolla6Vuyokazi Nomlomo7Faculty of Education, University of the Western CapeFaculty of Education, University of the Western CapeFaculty of Education, University of the Western CapeFaculty of Education, University of the Western CapeDirector of Postgraduate Studies, University of the Western CapeFaculty of Education, University of the Western CapeFaculty of Education, University of the Western CapeFaculty of Education, University of the Western CapeThis article reports on a systematic review conducted to inform the development of a professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase of schooling. The research question was: What do quality research studies identify as the components and/or characteristics of quality teacher education for the foundation phase programmes that allow new teachers to begin to teach for epistemological access. A search for systematic reviews on educational programmes related to foundation phase for initial teacher education was conducted for the period between 1980 and 2011. The researchers added Stage 0 as a fifth step to the traditional four-step systematic review process. Stage 0 or quasi-tertiary review allowed us to present substantive findings of the identified systematic reviews and to explore their methodological quality. From the initial 2876 hits (mostly health and medical studies), only 19 studies were related to the educational field. Only three of the 19 studies were finally accepted as eligible at Stage 0. None of the reviews directly addressed programme design but contained elements that were considered as useful when designing programmes. The present study makes it clear that there is a dearth of research on entire programmes related to initial teacher education for foundation phase teachers.https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/285
spellingShingle Lucinda du Plooy
Mphumzi Zilindile
Zubeida Desai
Benita de Wet
Lorna Holtman
Cyril Julie
Nadine Moolla
Vuyokazi Nomlomo
Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
South African Journal of Childhood Education
title Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
title_full Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
title_fullStr Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
title_short Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
title_sort searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase a systematic review
url https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/285
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