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Transformación
On-line version ISSN 2077-2955
Abstract
VILLALON-GALVEZ, Gabriel; ZAMORANO-VARGAS, Alicia and MORALEDA-ALBORNOZ, Eliana. High school teacher trainees’ beliefs about the teaching of history. trf [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.3, pp.244-262. Epub Dec 01, 2019. ISSN 2077-2955.
Objective:
The paper aims at analyzing and characterizing teacher trainees’ beliefs about the teaching of history at high school.
Method:
Following a qualitative methodology, a questionnaire eliciting history teacher trainee freshmen was used. The questionnaire was structured in two sections: the first based on statements about the teaching of history and the second with open questions about their experiences and purposes of teaching history at the school level.
Results:
The results show that the teacher trainees’ beliefs are heterogeneous, diverse and in some cases contradictory.
Conclusions:
The researcher arrived at the conclusion that knowing teacher trainees’ beliefs is important for assessing teaching practices and improving the teaching of history by bettering teaching trainee.
Keywords : teacher education; history instruction; teachers’ beliefs; teachers’ qualifications.
