Pre-service and in-service teacher training for rural schools: a dual perspective of rural teaching

Monforte García, Estefanía (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Edo Agustín, Esther (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Domingo Cebrián, Virginia (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Teaching in the rural context has its particularities and initial and in-service teacher training is key to providing a response. This study analyses how teacher training for rural education is approached in the two main teacher training institutions, the university and the Teacher Training Centres in a rural region such as the province of Teruel. The research design comprises a quantitative and a documentary analysis. The quantitative analysis uses a survey completed by 182 undergraduate teacher education students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Teruel (University of Zaragoza). In addition, a documentary analysis of in-service training activities was also carried out in order to gain an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon. The results show that there is a need to include more training on rural education in the trainee teachers’ curricula. In addition, a historical lack of activities on rural education in continuing teacher training has been identified, although it has improved in recent years.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.18239/ensayos.v39i1.3439

Año: 2024

Publicado en: Ensayos (Albacete) 1, 39 (2024), 74-90
ISSN: 0214-4824

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)
Área (Departamento): Área Métod.Invest.Diag.Educac. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)

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