英文摘要 |
Introduction: Following reforms in teacher education, the proportion of educational practice programs in teacher education in Taiwan increased, with the intention of providing student teachers with diverse clinical practice experience. This study aims to discuss the application and benefits of the clinical teaching cycle in student teacher educational practice programs, as well as student teachers’reflection and learning growth. Method: This study undertook qualitative research conforming to the changing teaching environment and context. Twenty-seven student teachers enrolled in the Teaching Materials and Methods in Physical Education program in the 2021 academic year participated in this study. Semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis were conducted inductively with triangulation and constant comparison to understand how the clinical teaching cycle facilitated student teachers’reflection and explore the possibility of its application in educational practice programs. Results: Firstly, the clinical teaching cycle helped student teachers to learn step by step, gain teaching experience, better understand the educational scenario, and clarify the career pathway and preparation. Secondly, student teachers were able to reflect on the three aspects—student characteristics, teaching strategies, and reflexive teaching—through the process of the clinical teaching cycle. Thirdly, student teachers could combine theory and practice through clinical observation and practice and then improve their pedagogical content knowledge. Conclusion: This study found that the clinical teaching cycle could provide situational teacher education training, encourage student teachers to reflect on their teaching behavior, and reconcile theory and practice, resulting in enhancement of their teaching experience and pedagogical content knowledge. The study suggests that the clinical teaching cycle should be consistently adopted in teacher education as a reference for educational practice programs in order to link up the programs, such as practice teaching, in the education practicum. |