英文摘要 |
In order to elevate the quality of teacher education programs and minimize the gap between theatrical studies and its practice in reality, as well as to nurture prospective teachers the skills in reflection and probing. The ministry of Education has recently introduced rules that stipulate any universities with teacher education programs must provide its prospective teachers with field training service according to his/her specialized subject in its pre-service education courses. Namely, the prospective teachers are required to engage themselves in classroom observation, teaching demonstration, practicum, students’remedial program or service learning at least 54hours in middle schools and preschools, 72 hours in elementary school and the like while taking teacher education courses. As the content of field training requirement is concerned, it seems to be an integration of teacher education courses (such as methodology and pedagogy…) and informal learning (service learning, remedial program) with aims to increase teacher professional development, a understanding in teacher career, skills for interpersonal communication and tending the needs of students, which are believed to lay a solid foundation before teaching practicum. Somehow, concerns are raised like, what is the theory behind field training? It can vary according to how the teacher education programs are conducted and anchored in universities respectively. Moreover, The ministry of Education has implemented these rules since the school year of 2014. How the field training is operated and how the authority evaluates it deserve a watch. This study is based on content analysis to examine the theory and rules behind field training, its operation, how it is certified, reflected and evaluated with information collected from a solid example. Results and suggestions are presented from content analysis and a case study that features an incorporation of teacher education programs and field training. |