The catalyst role of teacher: from the perspective of prospective teachers
The catalyst role of teacher: from the perspective of prospective teachers
Teachers have a wide range of roles
to handle the class in terms of supporting students and accomplishing their own
responsibilities. Additionally, the roles of a teacher may also change due to
many factors such as methodological development or technological innovations.
With the current changes, it seems that teachers play the role of a catalyst by
supporting and motivating the students. In this study, the term catalyst
teacher is used to describe the teacher’s role, and the teacher’s role as a
catalyst is investigated from the perspective of prospective teachers. In doing
so, the prospective teachers of English at a Turkish university were
interviewed through semi-structured interview questions to explore their
understanding of teacher cognition. The interview has three different
dimensions: prospective teachers’ previous learning experiences; their recent
experiences, and their school practicum experiences -in terms of mentor
teachers’ roles. The results of the study displayed that the prospective
teachers believe that the teacher should be a model and guide- catalyst- in the
classroom; however, they declared that their previous teachers implemented
traditional teaching techniques for teaching English. Similarly, they also
declared that their mentor teachers followed traditional teaching methods.
Keywords:
teacher role catalyst role, foreign language learner,
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- Başlangıç: 2012
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