Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China
Abstract With increasing attention being paid to teacher education, various theoretical perspectives have been adopted to study on how pre-service teachers learn to teach. This study employed complexity theory as conceptual framework and examined two pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences b...
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| description | Abstract With increasing attention being paid to teacher education, various theoretical perspectives have been adopted to study on how pre-service teachers learn to teach. This study employed complexity theory as conceptual framework and examined two pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences by qualitative case study and identified three core characteristics of their learning-to-teach: complexity, dynamism and self-organization. It is found that pre-service EFL teacher learning, as a complex system, interacted between and among a network of socio-contextual factors and thus influenced and being influenced during the learning process in a non-linear and complex way. This study made empirical and theoretical contributions to the research field of teacher education and provided implications for university-school collaboration-based teacher education practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75366005d6ad4d51a1d8a3f032605d852023-02-12T12:05:56ZengSpringerOpenAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education2363-51692023-02-018111310.1186/s40862-023-00187-4Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in ChinaMing Li0Fangtao Kuang1Wei Dan2College of International Studies, Southwest UniversityCollege of International Studies, Southwest UniversityCollege of International Studies, Southwest UniversityAbstract With increasing attention being paid to teacher education, various theoretical perspectives have been adopted to study on how pre-service teachers learn to teach. This study employed complexity theory as conceptual framework and examined two pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences by qualitative case study and identified three core characteristics of their learning-to-teach: complexity, dynamism and self-organization. It is found that pre-service EFL teacher learning, as a complex system, interacted between and among a network of socio-contextual factors and thus influenced and being influenced during the learning process in a non-linear and complex way. This study made empirical and theoretical contributions to the research field of teacher education and provided implications for university-school collaboration-based teacher education practice.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-023-00187-4Pre-service EFL teacherComplexity theoryPracticumLearning-to-teach |
| spellingShingle | Ming Li Fangtao Kuang Wei Dan Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education Pre-service EFL teacher Complexity theory Practicum Learning-to-teach |
| title | Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China |
| title_full | Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China |
| title_short | Exploring the characteristics of pre-service EFL teachers’ practicum experiences: a complexity theory-based case study in China |
| title_sort | exploring the characteristics of pre service efl teachers practicum experiences a complexity theory based case study in china |
| topic | Pre-service EFL teacher Complexity theory Practicum Learning-to-teach |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-023-00187-4 |
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