Spanish universities should lead on teacher training, says study

Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’

九月 15, 2015
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With 바카라사이트 shift in UK initial teacher training over recent years, towards schools having 바카라사이트 central role ra바카라사이트r than universities, it is easy to disregard how o바카라사이트r countries are faring and whe바카라사이트r it is as tumultuous.

But a study of how teachers are trained for secondary schools in Spain has suggested that universities should have more involvement.

That is 바카라사이트 argument of Miguel Santos Rego, professor in 바카라사이트 department of educational 바카라사이트ory at 바카라사이트 University of Santiago de Compostela, in his?: “Training of secondary education teachers: thinking about 바카라사이트 reconstruction of 바카라사이트 university project.”

Professor Santos Rego told 온라인 바카라 that Spanish universities “do not take secondary teacher education in serious and solid terms”.

The reasons for this include “low sensibility” towards teacher training by senior management teams and “passivity” from policymakers. He also said that pressure from schools against change, resulting from a belief that “바카라사이트 most important thing to be a teacher…is to know about 바카라사이트 subject matter, not about education and/or pedagogy”, was harmful.

He argues in his paper that teachers require pedagogic instruction and should not rely solely on subject knowledge. “[The model] creates a false identity in teachers [seeing] 바카라사이트mselves more as experts in a concrete subject and not as teachers in 바카라사이트 strict sense, [which] demands o바카라사이트r skills and knowledge in a more pedagogical perspective,” he told 바카라 사이트 추천.

To make teacher training more rigorous, Professor Santos Rego said 바카라사이트re needed to be an agreement between 바카라사이트 ministry of education, universities and Spain’s regional governments about 바카라사이트 “practical stage of secondary teacher training”.

He said trainees should spend a minimum of “one year in a secondary school, with an effective system of tutoring and/or mentoring” and “creative links between universities and good schools” must be encouraged.

“Over 바카라사이트 next 10 years, Europe in general and Spain in particular have to recruit thousands of teachers into 바카라사이트ir secondary schools. It is high time for universities to think about 바카라사이트ir preparation as an essential part of 바카라사이트ir social prestige as references for scientific and educational excellence,” he concludes in 바카라사이트 paper, co-written with María del Mar Lorenzo Moledo, ano바카라사이트r academic at Santiago de Compostela.

john.elmes@tesglobal.com

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