Future secondary school teachers: beginning their professionalization and building their teaching identity
Secondary school teacher’s initial training is at a standstill after three educational reforms, beginning with the LOGSE (1990) and sixteen years of permanent changes.This confusing situation has continued for too long. At the present moment the urge for a change in higher education to achieve the B...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asociación Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado
2008-08-01
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| Series: | Revista Electronica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aufop.com/aufop/uploaded_files/articulos/1240783236.pdf |
| Summary: | Secondary school teacher’s initial training is at a standstill after three educational reforms, beginning with the LOGSE (1990) and sixteen years of permanent changes.This confusing situation has continued for too long. At the present moment the urge for a change in higher education to achieve the Bologna Convergence (2010) provides an excellent opportunity to conclude an obsolete phase and open new ways to professionalize upcoming secondary school teachers, who should be the protagonists in the construction of a more flexible and educated society, which guarantees equity in human development.This research is based on the emerging paradigm, a synthesis of all previous efforts. The methodology used has been participative and holistic; we have thus used different instruments such as self filled-in questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, discussion groups, life stories, DAFO and MAREA questionnaires.We first aimed at unveiling teachers’ needs at the beginning of their professional careers and at defining the development of the key competences for good teaching practices, which are necessary to acquire and exercise quality teaching in the future.The contributions from students enrolled in the CAP (Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica – Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude) and CPP (Curso de Cualificación Pedagógica – Course on Pedagogical Qualification) as well as from students at Secondary Education, teachers, members of trade unions, associations of parents, and teachers in several initial teacher training courses are the main sources of information to then reflect on the teaching identity and its professional development.No doubt there are many aspects in which we are interested as regards future teachers, such as:- Teaching trainee- Professional- Curriculum manager- Classroom mediator- Collaborator at school, with the families and the context- A professional capable of regulating the balance of his/her professional competence- Novel teacher who is offered the necessary scaffolding through mentorship |
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| ISSN: | 0213-8646 1575-0965 |