The other side of the coin: A socio-cultural analysis of pre-service language teachers' learning to teach critical thinking

The other side of the coin: A socio-cultural analysis of pre-service language teachers' learning to teach critical thinking

• Yuan, Rui University of Macau

Thinking Skills & Creativity, 48, 2023

Elsevier

2023

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers
• F Learning & Teaching
  • FC Critical Thinking, Learning Techniques, Time

Mediation Pre-service Language Teacher Education Socio-cultural Perspectives

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

Pre-service language teachers develop their critical thinking in teacher education courses. They learn to teach critical thinking mainly during the teaching practicum. Their learning to teach CT takes place through different forms of mediation. Their learning is impeded by the gap between the curriculum goal and its implementation. Informed by a socio-cultural perspective, this study investigated how two student teachers developed their CT-oriented pedagogies in a pre-service language teacher education program in Hong Kong. Drawing on multiple sources of data including semi-structured interviews, relevant documents, and informal communication, the findings revealed the participants' growing pedagogical knowledge and competence in CT teaching, influenced by various forms of mediation – i.e., object-regulated, other-regulated, and self-regulated – afforded in the situated context. The gap between the curriculum's goal and its implementation was identified as a crucial factor that impeded their learning to teach CT in the program. The paper concludes with practical implications that can help integrate CT into pre-service teacher education programs with a view to preparing future teachers with a high level of CT and CT-focused pedagogies. Copyright © 2023 Elsevier.

• English

Journal Articles

• 18711871

• 10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101265

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/6754367c

2024-05-17