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Intentions and Behaviours: Record-keeping practices of pre-service teachers during professional experience

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posted on 2023-05-17, 18:05 authored by Shaw, SG, Scott PedersenScott Pedersen, Paul CooleyPaul Cooley, Rosemary CallinghamRosemary Callingham
The current expectation of teachers in Australia is that they are able to collect, interpret, and use data related to teaching and learning. Digital technologies in schools, such as electronic methods of record-keeping, offer enhanced opportunities for teachers to perform this skill, and its application has been growing steadily in education. The aim of this exploratory study was to examine fourth-year pre-service teachers’ behaviour in record-keeping whilst on their final professional experience placement. Using Ajzen’s (1992) theory of planned behavior, this study found that most pre-service teachers exhibited positive attitudes toward the behaviour of recording, using, and analysing classroom data. Despite this positive attitude, many pre-service teachers were unable to maintain any system of record-keeping whilst on placement. For many, this was due to a number of external influences or perceived external influences, which acted as a constraint to their behaviour.

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Volume

38

Issue

6

Pagination

71-87. Article 5

ISSN

0313-5373

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Social Science Press

Place of publication

Australia

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Copyright 2013 The Authors

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Teaching and instruction technologies

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