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Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme
Dissertation (MEd (Curriculum and Instructional Design and Development))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31031 Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme mrmolefe@gmail.com Prof T de Kock Molefe, Maseabata Rose-Mary UCTD Curriculum design Educational change Constructivist learning principles Inquiry learning Teacher education Transformative learning Teacher professionalism Dissertation (MEd (Curriculum and Instructional Design and Development))--University of Pretoria, 2007. The study addresses the issues and pursues arguments related to teachers’ competence in South Africa. The study presents a curriculum analysis of a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in the Faculty of Education at University of Pretoria, based on a constructivist learning principle. The research questions addressed were: <ul> <li>What are the theoretical principles underpinning the curriculum design of the PGCE programme?</li> <li>How does the process of teaching and learning in the PGCE programme align to the constructivist principles? </li> <li>How do the experiences displayed by the beginner educators indicate an alignment with the constructivist principles? <br> </li> </ul> Using a critical theory’s propositions, the research approach was qualitative, designed as an evaluative case study. The evaluation process was facilitated through various forms of data collection strategies; document analysis, observations, informal conversational interviews and standardized open-ended interviews. This study has substantiated and argued the interplay between theory and practice on the constructivist learning principles. The key principles to teacher education are; building of an individual practice theory through reflection and action research, monitoring and encouraging learning from experience, emphasising the importance of understanding ‘self’ if one wants to become a professional educator and the seriousness of establishing working partnerships in training teachers. Because teacher education is a point of contention over competing issues and because there are several stakeholders involved, it all needs to be put together when conceptualizing teacher professionalism. Tracer studies on professional development of the beginner educators from this constructivist teacher education programme throughout the school practices and into the first year of teaching can be worthwhile to research. Curriculum Studies MEd (Curriculum and Instructional Design and Development) restricted 2013-09-09T08:01:45Z 2008-08-04 2013-09-09T08:01:45Z 2008-04-15 2007-08-04 2008-07-21 Dissertation a 2007 E943 /ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31031 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212008-085057/ en © University of Pretoria 2007 E943 / application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Curriculum design Educational change Constructivist learning principles Inquiry learning Teacher education Transformative learning Teacher professionalism Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme |
| title | Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme |
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| title_fullStr | Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme |
| title_short | Evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme |
| title_sort | evaluation of a constructivist teacher education programme |
| topic | UCTD Curriculum design Educational change Constructivist learning principles Inquiry learning Teacher education Transformative learning Teacher professionalism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31031 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212008-085057/ |