Teacher education for the sustainability of rural cultural environment in Latvia | Skolotāju izglītība lauku kultūrvides ilgtspējībai Latvijā
2010
Katane, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Education and Home Economics | Kruglija, S., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Education and Home Economics
In order to ensure a balanced and sustainable development of the varied environment of Latvian schools, the prospective teachers should be ready to integrate into the varied cultural environment of Latvian schools. The education of prospective teachers should be based on ecological approach, which ensures the ecological perspective and an opportunity for students to develop their ecological competence. Ecological competence is one of the most important components for the teachers’ readiness for their professional activities. In the study year 2008/2009 there was a pilot research performed on a separate case (case study) within a framework of a particular programme ''Home Environment and Information Technologies in Education'' with the participation of the 4th (final) study-year students of pedagogy studying at the Institute of Education and Home Economics (IMI) at the Latvia University of Agriculture (LLU). The aim of the research was to find out the choice of students as prospective teachers regarding their future workplace in the cultural environment of a rural/urban school, as well as to identify the factors influencing this choice. A questionnaire was developed where the respondents had to answer questions related to the choice of the environment for their future professional activities on the basis of their previously obtained experience. The research showed thatLLU IMI's prospective teachers, having acquainted themselves with the cultural environment of urban and rural schools, are ready to work in the cultural environment of any school where a new teacher is welcomed, taking into consideration the specificity of the particular cultural environment.
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