“Miss, I Am Not Being Fully Prepared”: Student - Teachers’ Concerns About Their Preparation at a Teacher Training Institution in Jamaica

Roofe, Carmel; Miller, Paul

doi:10.14221/ajte.2013v38n5.5

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“…It is for this reason that the literature on teacher education in Jamaica was reviewed. According to the Joint Board of Teacher Education (2012, cited in Roofe & Miller, 2013, p . 2) The graduates from these programmes are exposed to types of knowledge bases which can serve as a spring board for them to develop in the profession.…”

Section: Teacher Education In Jamaicamentioning

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Education for All: Exploring What Student Teachers and Beginning Teachers Really Know

Onyefulu

Williams-Shakespeare

Thomas-James

2014

Research in Comparative and International Education

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The purpose of this study was to find out what student teachers and beginning teachers from a teacher training institution knew about Education for All (EFA). The study was guided by three research questions. Two null hypotheses were tested. The participants (student teachers and beginning teachers) were from a teacher training institution in Jamaica, and an exploratory (quantitative) research design was used with a questionnaire as the data collection method. The findings showed that despite the rich literature on EFA in the Caribbean, a majority of the student teachers and the beginning teachers from this particular teacher training institution did not know much about EFA. The findings also indicated that a majority of the student teachers and the beginning teachers were in agreement with the roles teachers need to play in supporting EFA initiatives. The findings also showed that a majority of the student teachers and the beginning teachers were satisfied with the training they experienced. The results did not show any difference in the perceptions expressed by the student teachers and the beginning teachers. Recommendations are made to include EFA in the teacher training curriculum and to provide professional development programmes on EFA for beginning teachers in order to make them more aware of the EFA goals.

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Section: Teacher Education In Jamaicamentioning

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Education for All: Exploring What Student Teachers and Beginning Teachers Really Know

Onyefulu

Williams-Shakespeare

Thomas-James

2014

Research in Comparative and International Education

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“…Furthermore, teachers themselves have also expressed concerns about the quality of the initial education they received. Teachers' concerns have led to several publications on teacher education programmes by authors such as Ferry et al (2004), Kervin et al (2006), Kirby et al (2006), Wolfenden (2008), Johnson (2009), Mahon et al (2010), Roofe and Miller (2013), Stronge et al (2011) and Stavroulia (2015).…”

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Teacher educators’ perceptions of practices and issues affecting initial teacher education programmes in Jamaica, Greece and Nigeria

Chalari

Onyefulu

Fasoyiro³

2022

Power and Education

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This paper presents the findings of a comparative study carried out in 2018, which aimed to explore and compare teacher educators’ perceptions of initial teacher education (ITE) programmes in Jamaica, Greece and Nigeria. This study endeavoured to add intercultural perspectives to the study of ITE and to underlie the idea that ITE has become increasingly bound up in the processes of neo-liberalism and globalisation. A comparative research design was used to investigate the similarities and differences in ITE programmes available in these three countries. Specifically, this was a quantitative survey study, and the participants ( n = 135) were teacher educators who were purposefully selected. Based on what the findings revealed, it is argued that, while features of national culture, tradition and institutional politics have a significant role to play in the detail of the approaches taken in ITE programmes, there is nevertheless evidence of significant convergence between the three countries in terms of the type, modality and duration of ITE, as well as the current issues facing ITE programmes and the areas that need improvement. This, it is suggested, reflects trends associated with neo-liberal ‘globalisation’.

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“…Surveys of graduates, teachers, principals and education systems, both nationally and internationally, report that initial teacher education preparation does not adequately prepare graduands for real teaching (Commonwealth of Australia, 2007;Roofe & Miller, 2013). A plethora of reports and research over time outline the criticisms of teacher education which include; lack of practicum; separation of theory and practice; transmissive teaching model; lack of accountability; fragmentation of coursework and; lack of collaboration and consultation between university, schools and in-service teachers (Allen, 2009;Ingvarson et al, 2004;Commonwealth of Australia, 2007; Council for the Accreditation of Education Profession [CAEP] , 2013; National Board for Professional Teaching Standards [NBPTS], 2000).…”

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Learning to Teach: What Do Pre-service Teachers Report.

Naylor

2015

AJTE

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“Miss, I Am Not Being Fully Prepared”: Student - Teachers’ Concerns About Their Preparation at a Teacher Training Institution in Jamaica

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Education for All: Exploring What Student Teachers and Beginning Teachers Really Know

Education for All: Exploring What Student Teachers and Beginning Teachers Really Know

Teacher educators’ perceptions of practices and issues affecting initial teacher education programmes in Jamaica, Greece and Nigeria

Learning to Teach: What Do Pre-service Teachers Report.

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