On-campus and distance students inthe compulsory teacher education program at the University of Iceland School of Education: Background, attitudes and commitment to the teaching profession
In Iceland, 5 years of university education are required to qualify as a compulsory school teacher. Teacher education is offered at the University of Iceland (UI) in Reykjavík, and at the University of Akureyri in North Iceland. The focus of this article is compulsory teacher education at the Univer...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2927 2023-08-20T03:59:14+02:00 On-campus and distance students inthe compulsory teacher education program at the University of Iceland School of Education: Background, attitudes and commitment to the teaching profession Staðnemar og fjarnemar í grunnskólakennaranámi við Menntavísindasvið: Bakgrunnur, viðhorf og áhugi á að starfa við kennslu Jóhannsdóttir, Þuríður Jóna Björnsdóttir, Amalía 2019-06-01 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/2927 isl ice Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/2927/1664 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/2927 Copyright (c) 2019 Netla Netla - english edition; 2018: Netla - Ársrit Netla; 2018: Netla - Ársrit 1670-0244 teacher education distance teacher education on-campus teacher education attraction of the teaching profession compulsory teacher education Kennaranám fjarnám staðnám aðdráttarafl kennarastarfs grunnskólakennaranám info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:20Z In Iceland, 5 years of university education are required to qualify as a compulsory school teacher. Teacher education is offered at the University of Iceland (UI) in Reykjavík, and at the University of Akureyri in North Iceland. The focus of this article is compulsory teacher education at the University of Iceland. Student teachers can choose between campus-based attendance and online learning with required periodical face-to-face sessions, and can even choose which form they prefer in each individual course. Around half of the students at UI are online students. In Iceland, like in many other countries, declining enrollment in teacher education programs has caused concern about the shortage of qualified teachers at the compulsory school level. In the 1990s, a similar situation was met by a special effort to enable universities to enroll more student teachers and to offer distance education for teachers without formal qualifications who were teaching in rural schools. As a result, the percentage of uncertified teachers decreased (especially in rural areas) and, when an economic crisis hit Iceland in 2008, teachers returned to work in compulsory schools, increasing the number of qualified teachers. However, in 2015 the number of teachers without certification started to increase once again, from 4% on average from 2011 to 2014 to 9% in 2017. The ratio of individuals dropping out from compulsory teacher education, as well as from the profession, also causes concern. Therefore, it is important to investigate which factors might be related to student teachers’ commitment to the teaching profession. Because teacher education at the University of Iceland has been offered both on-campus and as a blend of online and face-to-face, we think it is of particular interest to understand whether there is a difference between students in online and on-campus programs. This study presents a picture of the background of students in the teacher education program at the University of Iceland School of Education, and explores ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Akureyri Akureyri Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík University of Akureyri University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Akureyri Reykjavík |
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In Iceland, 5 years of university education are required to qualify as a compulsory school teacher. Teacher education is offered at the University of Iceland (UI) in Reykjavík, and at the University of Akureyri in North Iceland. The focus of this article is compulsory teacher education at the University of Iceland. Student teachers can choose between campus-based attendance and online learning with required periodical face-to-face sessions, and can even choose which form they prefer in each individual course. Around half of the students at UI are online students. In Iceland, like in many other countries, declining enrollment in teacher education programs has caused concern about the shortage of qualified teachers at the compulsory school level. In the 1990s, a similar situation was met by a special effort to enable universities to enroll more student teachers and to offer distance education for teachers without formal qualifications who were teaching in rural schools. As a result, the percentage of uncertified teachers decreased (especially in rural areas) and, when an economic crisis hit Iceland in 2008, teachers returned to work in compulsory schools, increasing the number of qualified teachers. However, in 2015 the number of teachers without certification started to increase once again, from 4% on average from 2011 to 2014 to 9% in 2017. The ratio of individuals dropping out from compulsory teacher education, as well as from the profession, also causes concern. Therefore, it is important to investigate which factors might be related to student teachers’ commitment to the teaching profession. Because teacher education at the University of Iceland has been offered both on-campus and as a blend of online and face-to-face, we think it is of particular interest to understand whether there is a difference between students in online and on-campus programs. This study presents a picture of the background of students in the teacher education program at the University of Iceland School of Education, and explores ... |
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On-campus and distance students inthe compulsory teacher education program at the University of Iceland School of Education: Background, attitudes and commitment to the teaching profession |
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On-campus and distance students inthe compulsory teacher education program at the University of Iceland School of Education: Background, attitudes and commitment to the teaching profession |
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