RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Li, LIU
A1 Poláchová Vašťatková, Jana
T1 Student Teachers Competence in Curriculum Development - A Case in Czech Universities
JF e-Pedagogium
YR 2014
VO 14
IS 2
SP 31
OP 48
DO 10.5507/epd.2014.016
UL https://e-pedagogium.upol.cz/en/artkey/epd-201402-0004.php
AB The purpose of this study is to explore what student teachers in general, English as a foreign language (EFL) student teachers in particular, competence in curriculum development is like in the current Czech context. Using the questionnaire survey, the authors investigated student teachers' knowledge and skills about using curriculum materials and implementation of a lesson. Findings indicate that student teachers to a large extent have positive attitudes to specific needs of learning English, followed by different resources, language teachers' different roles, and contexts during uses of curriculum materials. With regard to the implementation of a lesson, student teachers are more confident in using a lesson plan followed by the classroom management than in lesson planning followed by evaluation. The results also indicate that student teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and curriculum knowledge need to be further supported.