A1 Journal article (refereed)
Finnish pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their strategic learning skills and collaboration dispositions (2020)

Häkkinen, P., Virtanen, T., Virtanen, A., Näykki, P., Pöysä-Tarhonen, J., Niilo-Rämä, M., & Järvelä, S. (2020). Finnish pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their strategic learning skills and collaboration dispositions. Journal of Education for Teaching, 46(1), 71-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2019.1708628

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All authors or editors: Häkkinen, Päivi; Virtanen, Tuomo; Virtanen, Anne; Näykki, Piia; Pöysä-Tarhonen, Johanna; Niilo-Rämä, Mikko; Järvelä, Sanna

Journal or series: Journal of Education for Teaching

ISSN: 0260-7476

eISSN: 1360-0540

Publication year: 2020

Volume: 46

Issue number: 1

Pages range: 71-86

Publisher: Routledge

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2019.1708628

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/67173

Abstract

To support the development of pupils’ 21st-century skills, teachers themselves must also be competent in these skills and learn them during pre-service teacher education. The aim of this study is to investigate what kind of profiles emerge among Finnish first-year pre-service teachers’ (N = 872) in terms of perceptions of their strategic learning skills and collaboration dispositions and what background variables explain membership of the profiles found. Latent profile analysis showed five student profiles corresponding to perceived strategic learning skills and collaboration dispositions. The most robust factor explaining the membership of the profiles was life satisfaction. Pre-service teachers in a profile group of high strategic learning skills and high collaboration dispositions showed the highest anticipated life satisfaction after five years. Obtaining a better understanding of pre-service teachers’ skills and dispositions will provide the basis for deeper exploration of how they may acquire these skills and how instruction can better be designed to assist students in developing these skills.

Keywords: teachers; teacher training; professional development; learning to learn; ability to cooperate

Free keywords: pre-service teachers; strategic learning skills; collaboration dispositions; person-oriented approach

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VIRTA submission year: 2020

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