CONTENT AND SOURCES OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ PERSONAL PRACTICAL THEORIES (PPTS) AT UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB
Abstract
Teachers’ personal theories depends upon teachers perceptions and their learned experiences and knowledge in spite of that knowledge has an implicit or explicit impact on their learning because as “personal practical theories (PPTs)”, shows that these perceptions can have impact on their practices in classrooms. At present time students have more opportunities of learning than before. This study was quantitative in nature and questionnaire was used for data collections to study the opinions and perceptions of teachers about themselves. This study focused to find out the perceptions of prospective teachers of elementary level. Study found diverse opinions from the participants because they have their various personal practical theories different sources played the role for development of these theories. The purpose of this study was to assist teacher educators for better understanding beliefs that prospective teachers bring to their teacher education program try influence the knowledge and practice of prospective teachers.
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