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Loukomies, Anni; Petersen, Nadine; Lavonen, Jari – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
In this study, we examined student teachers' learning during their teaching placement period in Finland and South Africa. The setting of the inquiry in both countries was a 'teaching' school, affiliated to a university teacher education programme. The teaching school is also referred to as an educational innovation that was transferred from the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Student Teachers
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Barends, Zelda; Nel, Carisma – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
Research confirms that the quality of instruction learners experience day-to-day matters for learner achievement more than any other school-based factor. Yet teachers beginning their careers across a range of contexts routinely report that they are unprepared to enact high quality instruction on day one. Thus, the quality and content of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, School Districts, Literacy Education
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Dreyer, Lorna M. – Africa Education Review, 2015
This qualitative study explores the introduction of postgraduate education students to reflective journaling as a tool for professional development. Students were purposefully selected to keep a weekly journal in which they reflected in and on the activities (methodologies, techniques, strategies) they engaged in while executing a workplace…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Graduate Students, Reflection, Student Journals
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Carrim, Nasima Mohamed Hoosen; Basson, Johan Schutte – Learning Organization, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether there were differences in how one public and two private South African organizations created a learning climate. Design/methodology/approach: This article is based on a survey and comparative analysis of specific departments in a chemical and gas company, an insurance company, and a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Talent Development
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Junqueira, K. E.; Matoti, S. N. – Africa Education Review, 2013
The study, which is grounded in Bandura's concept of self-efficacy, assessed the teaching efficacy beliefs of student teachers before and after completing six months of work-integrated learning. This was necessitated by research which shows that self-efficacy is an important aspect which influences a teacher's ability to teach as well as the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Concept, Student Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness
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Reissner, Stefanie Constanze – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This paper describes in detail the narrative approach taken in a study of a particular facet of learning in the workplace--how people make sense of change. In unstructured in-depth interviews, employees were encouraged to tell their stories about their organisations, revealing details about the organisational culture and the ways in which this…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Interviews, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change