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Research Study – Published: January 17, 2013
Teacher Educators' Perception about Student-teachers' Feedback
Devakarunyam, D. N., & Mary, J. C.
ABSTRACT
Quality of any educational programme depends on the quality of teachers. Teachers can be effectively trained
during
pre-service teacher education only if teacher educators themselves are effective practitioners. Feedback
from student
teachers regarding strengths and weaknesses can help teacher educators improve their professional
competence.
The present study measures teacher educators' perception toward student-teachers' feedback using a tool
developed and
validated by the researchers. Data were collected from 100 teacher educators in Chennai city.
Findings indicate that teacher educators differ significantly in their perception of student feedback based
on Gender and
Type of Management, but not based on Age, Teaching Experience, or Educational Qualification. Managerial
implications
and areas for improvement are discussed.
Keywords: Teacher Educators, Student Teachers, Feedback, Perception, Professional Competence,
Pre-service Teacher Education, Tool Development, Validation, Gender Differences, Management Type.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any Medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Devakarunyam, D. N., & Mary, J. C. (2013). Teacher educators' perception about
student-teachers'
feedback. Indian Educational Researcher, 6(1), 2–12.
Received: December 20, 2012;
Revision Received: January 10, 2013;
Accepted: January 17, 2013.
Responding Author: Devakarunyam, D. N. @ devakarunyam@gmail.com
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Published in Volume 6, Issue 1, January – June, 2013