ERIC Number: EJ1057900
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
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The Effects of Microteaching on the Critical Thinking Dispositions of Pre-Service Teachers
Arsal, Zeki
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v40 n3 Article 9 Mar 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of microteaching on pre-service teachers' critical thinking dispositions. The participants of the study consisted of 70 pre-service teachers (64.3% females, 35.7% males) in the Turkish language teacher education program at a public university in the north of Turkey. In the study, an experimental and a control group and a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design were used to determine the impact of microteaching on the critical thinking dispositions of the preservice teachers in the teacher education program. The results revealed that the pre-service teachers in the experimental group showed statistically significant greater progress in terms of critical thinking dispositions than those in the control group. Teacher educators in teacher education programs should plan and implement microteaching in the pedagogical courses to improve pre-service teachers' critical thinking dispositions.
Descriptors: Microteaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Turkish, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design, Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Methods Courses, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Improvement
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory
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