Research-Based Teacher Education from Stake Holders Point: A Case Study

Abstract

The postgraduate course of teacher education is based on research-based approach in teacher education in which all students will conduct a research and submit the dissertation as a part of their studies. Every teacher educators of this department are allotted one or two M.Ed. students to conduct research. The paper aims to study the teacher educators' and M.Ed. students' perceptions about research-based approach in teacher education and how theory and practice linked in teacher education. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies are used for the study. Seventeen M.Ed. second semester students and 25 teacher educators were selected as the sample of the study. Data were collected through a questionnaire, interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The study indicates that teacher's educator appreciates the approach particularly based on research in the teacher's education. It is found that two-year M.Ed. programme was ideal for conducting research. The approach based on research in the teacher's education: students read educational research, learn research methods and research process, learn about research findings, and understand their relevance for practice.

Supporting student collaboration in online breakout rooms through interactive group activities

“…The global shift to online teaching in Spring 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic presented a range of challenges to educators in higher education (Nordmann et al, 2020). Moving lecture content online was relatively straightforward thanks to the widespread adoption of lecture capture and comfort with the technology, but it was much more difficult to replicate active and collaborative learning in an online setting (Mishra, Gupta & Shree, 2020). This article outlines the development and evaluation of a series of collaborative tasks that students completed in groups assigned to breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams during the 2020/21 academic year.…”