Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Teacher Training

ISBN-13: 9786203471250 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str.

Erika Novotná; Alica Petrasová

Opis

The university education of future teachers is one of the pillars of the quality of education because the teacher is the actor of any changes and reforms in education. The academic monograph - Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Teacher Training - presents empirical research in the field of undergraduate training of future teachers at universities. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative research, it brings findings on the level of critical thinking among students of teaching and their ability to design individualized and differentiated teaching.The research was conducted in three stages. In the first stage, the level of critical thinking of future teachers was tested. The second stage of the research was focused on an analysis of written preparations for teaching in relation to the created standards of application of individualized and differentiated teaching. The third stage of the research had the character of a questionnaire survey of opinions and was focused on identifying concerns that students feel regarding related pedagogical practice.

O autorze

Novotná, Erika Doc. PaedDr. Alica Petrasová, PhD., has been operating as a university lecturer at the Faculty of Education of the University of Presov since 1st April, 1997.PaedDr. Erika Novotna, PhD., is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Presov University. Her research concerns pedeutology, pre-service teachers' training.