Part-time post graduate certificate in education teacher-students : What do they bring to and expect from a formal South African teaching programme?

• Published in: The Australian journal of teacher education Vol. 41; no. 9; pp. 81 - 99
• Main Authors: Mukeredzi, Tabitha, Sibanda, Doras
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edith Cowan University 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Content knowledge; Correlation; Curriculum; Developing countries; Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Graduate study; Inservice teacher education; Knowledge base for teaching; Knowledge level; Part Time Students; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Primary secondary education; Professional development; Professional Identity; Program Descriptions; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Student Needs; Student teacher attitudes; Teacher attitudes; Teacher education; Teacher Education Programs; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher Qualifications; Teaching Methods; University of KwaZulu-Natal; South Africa

The purpose of this study was to understand the nature and extent of subject content and curriculum knowledge that part-time Post Graduate Certificate in Education students in one South African university, brought to the classroom, and the kind and level of knowledge that they expected and sought fr...