Training Teachers for a New Era
Mont Algamasilla, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Masats, Dolors (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Publicació:	Revistia Press, 2019
Resum:	This paper analyses a case study in which a university practicum tutor embarks on the adventure of setting their trainee teachers the task of designing a common technology-enhanced language project as a strategy to help them acquire the so-called Four Cs of 21st century learning. Thanks to the work of the US-based partnership for 21st century, many educational policies today advocate for including critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity at the core of modern curricula for primary and secondary education. It is therefore essential that pre-service teacher training programmes include proposals to guarantee that all future educators master these essential skills through a process of "learning by doing". Here we will present a hands-on experience in which, during their practicum seminars, a team of four pre-service English teachers worked collaboratively on the design of a project they would implement during their internship at four different schools. As the educational contexts varied and different age-group were involved, trainees had to be creative to find a way to meet the course requirements in each host classrooms. Gamifying their lessons and incorporating digital tools seemed the best solution to structure a dynamic project. During the planning stage they became critical thinkers who had to solve problems, good communicators as they had to understand and communicate ideas, collaborators as they learnt to work together to reach consensus and creators since they managed to design an innovative teaching project that provided their target primary pupils meaningful opportunities to use English with a real purpose.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre
Matèria:	Collaborative tutoring of student-teachers ; Four Cs of 21st century learning ; Pre-service teacher education ; Technology-enhanced project-based language learning
Publicat a:	New Studies and Research in Education, 2019, p. 115-123

Adreça original: https://books.revistia.com/index.php/ideas/catalog/book/44

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