Contemporary research on preservice teachers' data use opportunities, coursework, and interventions typically focuses on preservice teachers' perceptions about data use comfort, confidence, and preparedness. Despite the contribution of such research to understanding the efficacy of approaches to teacher preparation, understanding preservice…

In numerous countries, primary school class teachers have problems regarding music teaching. It has been reported that there is a lack of both confidence and musical skills. However, the question often relates not only to a lack of self-efficacy beliefs but also to the organisation of the studies. This research looks for sources influencing the…

This study aims to determine the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards the teachers' lounge. Differences between the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards the teachers' lounge in terms of gender, program, perception of the teaching profession, and the time spent in the teachers' lounge during the internship were examined. The research has…

The diversity in classrooms has increased worldwide. An equitable learning experience is the desired outcome. When planning instruction teachers must attend to the varied needs of their diverse students. The study presents a survey that assesses preservice teachers' use of different modalities of multiliteracies, new literacies, and literacy…

This study examines how elementary preservice teachers (PSTs) develop the capacity to design inquiry-based lessons in social studies and how this capacity changes over time. Using convergent parallel mixed methods, the findings indicate that PSTs had inherent and varied content design approaches fitting their perception of lesson design as they…

Taking as a context the reality of migration of Latinos to Europe and its repercussions in the educational field, a pedagogical practice carried out in the Master for Teachers in training at the University of Seville, Spain, is described and analyzed. Future teachers of Spanish Language and Literature work on the subject of prejudices toward…

This study aims to develop a measurement tool to be used to determine the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards virtual classroom environments. For this purpose, the literature on the subject was examined, and student opinions were taken. As a result of these processes, a 50-item piloting form of the scale was prepared. The prepared scale…

This research examined the factors that affect the decision of prospective classroom teachers to choose teaching as a profession and their preferences regarding work-life balance. A case study design, one of the qualitative research methods employed in this study, The participants consisted of 20 prospective classroom teachers who took the…

Teachers are gatekeepers of technology integration in the classroom. Pre-service teachers' attitudes, confidence, and competence in exploring emerging technologies play a critical role in teachers' adoption of technology in teaching. This study examined the effects of a gamified technology course on pre-service teachers' confidence, intention, and…

Teacher education has long been critiqued for failing to adequately prepare teachers to teach historically marginalized youth; thus, many have called for teacher education's transformation to address this critical issue. Recognizing shortcomings within our own institution, we formed an Equity and Advocacy Committee that facilitated a series of…

The recruitment of quality students to teacher training programmes and entering the teaching profession is an important ongoing concern in many countries including the UK. This paper presents the results of a mixed methods study on the motivations for and perceptions of teaching as a career choice from the perspective of student teachers in…

Given the growing importance of intercultural competence (IC) as part of the know-how of (future) education professionals, the present study sought to develop a tool that would validly assess this competence in the target population. The proposed 9-item instrument, labeled the Brief Test of Intercultural judgment (BTIJ), adopts the format of a…

The virtualised schools and universities of the COVID-19 pandemic became rely heavily on educational digital resources (EDRs), so that it has made the selection and use of high-quality EDRs even more critical for quality education. This qualitative case study aims to examine decision-making criteria used by preservice teachers (PTs) in selecting…

Japan enacted a new teacher education curriculum in 2019, following which it became possible to include school experiences and internships within one's practicum credits. However, the contents of the practicum are not systematically arranged, and discussions on student-teachers' (STs) learning and their resulting professional development achieved…

Early childhood education is a demanding profession, and teachers' stress is inversely associated with the quality of their interactions with young children. In order to provide stress management tools to preservice teachers prior to entry into the field, there has been growing interest in the use of reflective practices as part of higher…