THE IMAGE OF A TEACHER FROM THE LENS OF STUDENT TEACHERS

Teresita Dinoc Ignacio, Colette Angel Lydio
  Erudio, Vol 8, No 1 (2021),  pp. 33-52  
DOI https://doi.org/10.18551/erudio.8-1.4
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Abstract

This qualitative-descriptive study aims to find the image of a teacher ascribed by student teachers who were in the terminal phase of their teacher education training.  All the 217 student teachers for elementary and secondary education of a university for AY 2017-2018 were tasked to write an essay as to what is the image of a teacher.  Content analysis was applied manually to the essays to generate the feature in focus.  Seven themes emerged as the top images, namely: knowledge provider/facilitator, parent, catalyst, hero/superhero, role model, friend, and jack of all trades. It is promising that the images identified by these student teachers are mostly positive and aligned with the qualities of a 21st century teacher.

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Profession, school, teaching, classroom, change, beliefs

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