1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON TEACHER READINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Research Project

Project/Area Number	08610100
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	教育・社会系心理学
Research Institution	HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
Principal Investigator	USUI Hiroshi HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION,SAPPORO PROFESSOR, 教育学部・札幌校, 教授 (90070119)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	YAMASHITA Matsuzo KOKUGAKUIN JUNIRO COLLEGE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 講師 (40299748)
Project Period (FY)	1996 – 1998
Keywords	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS / APTITUDE FOR TEACHERS / LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT / TEACHING SKILLS / TEACHER EDUCATION / INDUCTION TRAINING
Research Abstract	The main purpose of this project is to clarify how the college students in the teacher training university will learn the pedagogical knowledge and find their own aptitude for teachers, and make clear the important factors which will influence the development of their professional development during the first several years. The main results are as follows ; 1. The most anxious thing for student-teachers before going to the schools to teach are centering on teaching methods and practices. 2. By examining the emotional contents of the diaries of the student-teachers, we found that there distinct emotional changes during their five-week teaching practices. 3. By comparing the psychological stress between elementary school teachers and junior high school teachers, we found that the latter teachers feel less stress than the earlier one.