Skill Education in Pre-service Teacher Education for Elementary School Teacher

Ikuko Ogawa

Abstract


In elementary school teacher education in Japan, pre-service students are expected to gain an understanding of sewing, basic practical sewing skills, and the ability to explain, for teaching, these skills. In this study, the perceptions of the students of their abilities in these skills were surveyed and compared to the actual evaluations of their results by instructors in the subject contents classes for pre-service teacher education course for elementary school teachers.  The practicum helped to raise some of the skills to a sufficient level, although not all skills were sufficient, in spite of the students' beliefs. The students had lower perceptions of their ability for "explanation" of the skills than "understanding" and "practice" of the skills.

Keywords


sewing skill education, pre-service teacher education, students' perception, skill evaluation

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