|
|
Taiwan's early childhood preservice teachers' professional beliefs
- Article from:
-
Journal of Research in Childhood Education
- Article date:
-
April 1, 2001
- Author:
-
;
;
|
Copyright informationCopyright Association for Childhood Education Spring 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Abstract. The study examined, through six open-ended questions, the patterns of 298 Taiwanese early childhood preservice teachers' professional beliefs about teaching and learning. Content analysis and the grounded theory method were the predominant modes of data analysis. The data suggest that preservice teachers' beliefs can be categorized and organized systematically to construct useful patterns of interrelationships among belief components, such as teachers' roles, images of classroom practice, ways children learn, the reasons for schooling, children's needs, and student-teacher relationships.
Research studies on teacher education have emphasized the need to focus on the beliefs that ...