Alignment in constructivist-oriented teacher education: identifying pre-service teacher characteristics and associated learning outcomes.

From: Teacher Education Quarterly | Date: June 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Goals of Professional Preparation

An aim of professional preparation should be the development of an ability to reflect on and learn from practical experiences (Tynjala, 1999). The integration of theoretical and practical knowledge and the eventual ability to be a reflective practitioner are logical aims for teacher education programs. However, Mandl, Gruber, and Renkl (1996) observed that in traditional university settings, pre-service teachers normally make use of the knowledge acquired in the instructional setting but cannot generalize this to professional contexts. If ...

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