Classroom Practices of Teacher Interns in Taiwan and Philippines: A Comparative Study
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https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1402.02.06Keywords:
classroom practices, lesson planning, classroom management, assessment, teacher interns, comparative study, Taiwan and PhilippinesAbstract
This study aims to compare the classroom practices of teacher interns in terms of lesson planning, classroom management and assessment during the teaching of English in the primary schools in the countries of Taiwan and Philippines. Document analysis, field notes, interns’ reflective daily journals, and classroom observations were used during the data collection of this study. Results show that there are significant similarities and differences in the classroom practices of the teaching of English of the two countries in terms of lesson planning, classroom management and assessment. The two countries differ in the way they organized instruction of internship courses. To prepare more innovative and quality teachers in English starts from the teacher training where pedagogical knowledge is developed during the pre-service years that includes the pre-service teaching program.
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Research, 76(3), 383-412
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at Austin. [ED241499]
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Issues in Accounting Education, 8 (2), 292-299.
Feldman, D.C., & Bolino, M.C. (2000). Skill utilization of overseas interns: antecedents and consequences. Journal of International Management, 6(1), 29-47.
Grossman, P. (2006). Research on pedagogical approaches in teacher education. In M.CochranSmith & K. M. Zeichner (Eds.), Studying teacher education: The report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher
Education (pp. 425-476). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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Huang (2010). A Study of Pre-service EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices toward Grammar Instruction in Junior High. Tung Hai
University Institutional Repository. Retrieved from Sep 11http://thuir.thu.
edu.tw/handle/310901/10960
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483–498
Kai, I. H. (1996). The Implications of Simulations in Language Teacher Training: Teaching Practice in the English Teaching Material &
Method Class. Hwa Kang Journal of English Language & Literature, 2, 3-33.
Key, D. L. (1998). Teacher Interns’ Changing Perceptions during Internship. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, November
3-6, 1998)
Katrina, M. (2004). Lessons learned: Reflecting back on student teaching Unpublished Master Thesis, Department of Middle and Secondary Education, The Florida State University College of Education. Retrieved
October 16, 2006, from http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd- 05052004-204003
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Education Collaboration. CNU Journal of Higher Education, 4, 71-83.
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Languages and Literature, 1, 184-208.
Liu, M.-H. (2005). EFL student teachers in Taiwan: Exploring their learning to teach in a junior high school context. Unpublished Ph.D, The
University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Loughran, J. (2007). Researching teacher education practices: Responding to the challenges, demands, and expectations of selfstudy.
Journal of Teacher Education, 58(1), 12-20.
Lu, X. B. (2010). The Analysis and Reflection on English Pedagogical Methodology. Education and Teaching Research, 24(8), 104-106.
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attachment differently? African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 9(2):135–146.
Ottesen, E. (2007). Teachers “in the makingâ€: Building accounts of teaching, Teaching and teacher Education. Retrieved May
11, 2014, from https://www.uv.uio.no/ils/forskning/publikasjoner/rapporterog-
avhandlingen/ottesen%5B1%5D.pdf#page=96
Plourde, L. A. (2002). The influence of student teaching on preservice elementary teachers’ science self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 29(4),245-253.
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data. Part 1: Theoretical issues. Nurse Researcher, 10(1), 30.
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Reganit, A., A, R., Osea, A. P. (2004). Essentials of Student Teaching. Mutya Publishing House, Philippines. Sun, Z. J. (2010).
The Mode of Pre - service Training of English Teacher of Primary
School with the Background of Teacher Professionalization. Education and Teaching Research, 24(4),44-52.
Sandelowski, M. (2000). Focus on research methods: Whatever happened to qualitative description? Research in Nursing and
Health, 23(4), 334-340
Tizon, Ruth (2011). ICEF Monitor http://monitor. icef.com/2013/08/philippines-createsopportunities-in-overhaul-of-k-12-
education-system/ Access date: Oct. 8, 2013
Tsang, W. K. (2003). Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Journaling from Internship to Practice
Teaching, 4(2), 221-240.
Walker, K., & Ralph. E. (2008). The Pre-Service Practicum: Perspectives of Students from Three Disciplines. Higher Education Perspectives, 4(1). ISSN: 1710-1530.
Wang, A. H., Coleman, A.B., Coley, R. J., Phelps, R. P. (2003). Preparing Teachers around the World. Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, NJ.
Wang, J., & Odell, S. J. (2002). Mentored learning to teach according to standards-based reform: A critical review. Review of Educational
Research, 72(3), 481.
William, B.C. (1998). Advising Graduate Students for Successful International Internships. Business Communication Quarterly, 61(4),
92-102.
Wertheimer, C., & Honigsfeld, A. (2000). Preparing ESL students to meet the new standards. TESOL Journal, 9(1), 7-11.
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