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Re-Conceptualising Professional Competence Development of Student Teachers in Initial Teacher Education
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Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Wong, Angel K. Y.; Li, Dora D.Y.; Cheng, May M. H. – Research Papers in Education, 2021
This article presents a qualitative study which presents professional competence development in an undergraduate initial teacher education (ITE) programme in Hong Kong. Fifteen student teachers participated in two rounds of interviews, one after the first ITE fieldwork and another after the second ITE fieldwork in a five-year Bachelor of Education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Skill Development, Student Teachers, Teacher Competencies
What Attracts Young People to Become Teachers? A Comparative Study of Pre-Service Student Teachers' Motivation to Become Teachers in Hong Kong and Macau
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Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Wong, P. M.; Wong, Angel K. Y.; Cheng, May M. H. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2018
This article reports a comparative study on the reasons for pre-service student teachers becoming teachers in Hong Kong and Macau. The study adopted a mixed methods research design, with 459 and 137 student teachers completing a questionnaire on teaching motivation and 35 and 15 student teachers joining a follow-up interview in Hong Kong and…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Career Choice, Excellence in Education, Accountability
Changing Conceptions of Teaching: A Four-Year Learning Journey for Student Teachers
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Cheng, Annie Y. N.; Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Cheng, May M. H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
Understanding student teachers' development of conceptions of teaching and learning is critical for teacher educators. Drawing from the findings of a four-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong, this paper examines the trajectories of the student teachers' changing conceptions of teaching and learning approaches throughout their undergraduate…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Longitudinal Studies, Instruction, Learning Processes
The Preparation of Pre-Service Student Teachers' Competence to Work in Schools
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Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Cheng, May M. H.; Wong, Angel K. Y. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
Competence to work in schools is an important dimension of professional competence, although it is often a neglected dimension of teacher development. This article reports a qualitative study that examined student teachers' learning experiences in initial teacher education (ITE) in relation to competence to work in schools. In-depth interviews…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Student Teaching
Professional Learning in Initial Teacher Education: Vision in the Constructivist Conception of Teaching and Learning
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Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Wong, Angel K. Y.; Cheng, May M. H. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2012
With the constructivist view of learning as a conceptual lens, this paper examines student teachers' professional learning in initial teacher education (ITE). A mixed-method study was conducted with student teachers of a Bachelor of Education Programme in Hong Kong. The quantitative element of the study reveals that student teachers held a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Student Teachers, Hidden Curriculum
Closing the Gap between the Theory and Practice of Teaching: Implications for Teacher Education Programmes in Hong Kong
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Cheng, May M. H.; Cheng, Annie Y. N.; Tang, Sylvia Y. F. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
The gap between the theory and practice of teaching is an issue of concern in teacher education. Although researching this gap is not new, few studies have been conducted in Hong Kong. It is worth investigating the contemporary Asian models of teacher education that can provide reference to the international literature. This paper examines this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods