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Preservice Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs About Educational Theories
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2023-04
Author(s)
Daumiller, Martin
Abstract
Educational theories are a constitutive element of teacher education. Despite their relevance, pre-service teachers’ attitudes and beliefs about these concepts are hardly investigated—especially their interrelations with motivational, affective and behavioral aspects of their professionalization. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional online study with 180 German pre-service-teachers. The results reveal high interindividual differences in their educational theory-related attitudes and beliefs. These constructs were strongly tied to motivational (subjective task value, achievement goals), affective (emotions enjoyment and boredom) and behavioral aspects (dealing with educational theories) when engaging with these concepts, which stresses their relevance for teacher education. Structural equation modeling reinforced the postulated mediating role of motivations and emotions regarding the effects of attitudes and beliefs for dealing with educational theories.
Language
English
Keywords
Education
Theory
Attitude
Beliefs
Educational Theory
Online Survey
Teacher Education
Pre-service Teachers
Emotions
Motivation
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Event Title
AERA 2023 Annual Meeting "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth”
Event Location
Online
Event Date
2023
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Contact Email Address
stefan.siegel@unisg.ch