英文摘要 |
"This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of and difficulties in preservice teachers’ participation in collaborative lesson preparation, lesson observation, and lesson discussion in a teaching internship course. Data were collected by conducting focus-group interviews, observation, and compilation of relevant documents. The participants comprised 28 preservice teachers who were seniors enrolled in a teaching internship course of Department E at University T (aliases). According to the data analysis, this study revealed that the preservice teachers as a team preparing lessons collaboratively enabled them to brainstorm and grow together. Such collaboration among the preservice teachers facilitated a comprehensive and diverse design of teaching activities as well as a complete analysis on teaching materials. These preservice teachers learned from the strengths of their peers in lesson observation, through which they performed self-reflection and clarify misconceptions regarding elementary school students. Lesson discussion facilitated diverse feedback for preservice teachers and thus enabled them to improve their teaching skills accordingly. Because preservice teachers did not understand the characteristics of elementary school students initially, the teaching activities designed in the collaborative lesson preparation stage might be impractical. Such a lack of understanding resulted in difficulties for them to engage in lesson observation. Additionally, the preservice teachers experienced difficulty scheduling suitable time for everyone to prepare for lessons together. The preservice teachers also worried that they might not provide adequate suggestions for their peers in lesson discussion." |