RE student teachers’ professional development: results, reflections and implications

This article discusses some issues related to the professional development of Religious Education (RE) student teachers in initial teacher education based on empirical results on the development of the pedagogical thinking of Finnish RE student teachers during their teacher education. The article be...

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Main Author: Ubani, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2016]
In: British journal of religious education
Year: 2016, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 189-199
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Finland / Religion teacher / Education / Professionality
RelBib Classification:KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
RF Christian education; catechetics
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:This article discusses some issues related to the professional development of Religious Education (RE) student teachers in initial teacher education based on empirical results on the development of the pedagogical thinking of Finnish RE student teachers during their teacher education. The article begins by describing the concept of professionalism as professional competence, professional identity and professional qualification. After this it describes some key results of the research project related to the first two aspects of professionalism presented earlier. The article closes with some implications for RE teacher education and research on the basis of what was uncovered.
ISSN:0141-6200
Contains:Enthalten in: British journal of religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2016.1139893