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The novice language teacher's guide to survival : dialogue between the new and the experienced language teacher
2017
Aloittelevat opettajat kohtaavat ammatissaan merkittävän määrän haasteita ensimmäisien työvuosien aikana (Blomberg 2009; Heikkinen et al. 2012; Laaksola 2007). Haasteita ovat muun muassa psykologiset aspektit kuten identiteetin muodostaminen ja stressi (Kyriacou 2001; Niemi 1998), sekä ulkoiset tekijät kuten opettajiin kohdistuvat ristiriitaiset odotukset ja alati muuttuva työympäristö (Luukkainen 2005; Niemi 1999). Idea tarjota tukea aloittelevalle opettajalle syntyi kirjoittajien omista kokemuksista ja keskusteluista koskien aloittelevan opettajan asemaa. Monia kollegojamme huolestutti opetusharjoittelujakson pituus, ja moni tuleva aineenopettaja koki, ettei ollut valmis kohtaamaan kielen…
A SELECTION OF METHODS AND TECHNIQUES PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS CAN APPLY TO THEIR OWN LIFELONG LEARNING
2018
A selection of methods and techniques professional teachers can apply to their own lifelong learning.Education is the key to converting knowledge and experience into practical actions, their analysis and application. It plays a key role in the synthesis of new knowledge into research and innovation. Such thoughts on education were expressed in the resolution of the sixth World Education Congress in 2011. Today, when world education forums are widely discussing how schools can better organise the learning process, when ambitious long-term reforms are being implemented in the Latvian education system—the transition to competency-based educational content and teaching methods—it is essential t…
The Core of Professional Growth in Work-Related Teacher Education
2017
This paper presents a Glaserian grounded theory study of adult students’ holistic professional growth in a two-year tailored, work-related, teacher qualification program in physical education. The data consisted of reflective learning diaries, interviews and the written texts of 20 adult students. The data analysis followed the stages of Glaserian grounded theory analysis with substantive and theoretical coding processes carried out using the constant comparative method. The article presents the emotional core and its properties (criticality, ethicality and empowerment) of physical education teacher students’ professional growth. In addition, the article introduces a substantive theory of a…
Pedagogical leadership to support new teachers' growth
2016
This study aims to discover the impact of pedagogical leadership on new teachers’ growth. The research is focused on three questions: 1) Are new teachers’ feelings and challenges being understood?; 2) How do new teachers receive support from principals and the school community?; and 3) How does pedagogical leadership impact new teachers’ growth? The research uses the qualitative approach of case studies. Four Finnish schools were selected as participants. The principals of each school and their five new teachers, with less than three years of experience, participated in the interviews. Teachers in Finland have common challenges when they first enter the profession. Finnish school communitie…
Teaching is a Story Whose First Pages Matters – Four Type Narratives From The Beginning of a Teaching Career.
2022
From a broad perspective, the entire time spent in teacher training can be characterized as a period of professional growth. Specific professional growth and development are realized when the students enter the advanced stage of master's studies to independently practise their profession in their own class of pupils. The uncertainty of a novice teacher and, on the other hand, the ‘burden of competence’ gained from teacher training make this induction phase very sensitive and critical, as all the competencies they have obtained during teacher training should culminate in this specific phase. The development of a student into an independent teacher is a growth story in which each person's ide…
Dimensions of Professional Growth in Work-Related Teacher Education
2017
This article conceptualises adult learners’ professional growth in a tailored, work-related, teacher-qualification programme in physical education. The study data consisted of the reflectivelearning diaries of 20 adult learners during a 2-year tertiary and work-related teacher-qualification programme. The data were analysed using data-driven open coding analysis, which was conducted using the constant comparative method of the grounded theory approach. This article presents the horizontal dimensions (egocentric learner, researching professional and expert within society) and the vertical dimensions (transforming self-image, expanding professional self-expression and widening agency) of the …