Teacher educators' approaches to teaching and the nexus with self-efficacy and burnout: examples from two teachers' universities in China

被引:19
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作者
Cao, Yanling [1 ]
Postareff, Liisa [2 ]
Lindblom, Sari [1 ]
Toom, Auli [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Helsinki, Fac Educ Sci, Ctr Univ Teaching & Learning HYPE, Helsinki, Finland
[2] Univ Turku, Fac Educ, Dept Teacher Educ, Turku, Finland
关键词
Approaches to teaching; self-efficacy beliefs; burnout; teacher educators; DIMENSIONS;
D O I
10.1080/02607476.2018.1450954
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Teacher educators' approaches to teaching, and their experience of burnout and self-efficacy beliefs, are related to how they are able to facilitate student teachers' learning. In this study, 115 Chinese teacher educators responded to a questionnaire in 2015. Based on the previous study investigating the teacher educators' approaches to teaching, the present study explored how these approaches were related to their self-efficacy beliefs in teaching and burnout. Burnout was measured through inadequacy in teacher-student interaction and exhaustion subscales. The analyses revealed that a student-focused approach to teaching among teacher educators was positively related to their self-efficacy beliefs in teaching. Both student- and teacher-focused approaches to teaching were positively related to the educators' experience of inadequacy in teacher-student interaction. However, the study revealed no relationship between teacher educators' approaches to teaching and the experience of exhaustion. To prevent feelings of inadequate interaction with their students, pedagogical training should provide these teacher educators with efficient guidance on how to interact with student teachers. The present study provides new insights in the teacher educators' adoption of the student- and teacher-focused approaches to teaching.
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页码:479 / 495
页数:17
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