Supervision in the field experience of initial teacher education

Supervision in the field experience of initial teacher education

• Tang, Yee Fan Sylvia The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2000

European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2000 (2000: University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education
• Post-Secondary Education

Supervision is a powerful intervention into student teachers' learning in the field experience of initial teacher education. This paper presents a study on the supervision of seven student teachers in an initial teacher education programme for secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. Data related to the supervision of the seven student teachers include 16 tape-recorded post-observation conferences, interviews conducted with the 7 student teachers and the 21 tertiary supervisors. The research addresses four issues related to supervision. First, tertiary supervisors' supervisory behaviour in post- observation conferences is examined. Second, the supervisory discourses in the post-observation conferences are situated in the theory-practice continuum. Third, student teachers' and supervisors' perception towards the supervision occasions is explored. Finally, on the basis of the insights gained from the examination of these post-observation conferences and the two parties' perception, attempt is made to draw implications on the role of supervision in the field experience of initial teacher education.

Paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2000

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/cb87bba2

2015-04-15