<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Research on teacher training often focuses on learners’ perceptions of that training. The focus of this paper, which uses a research-to-practice approach, is instead on the views of the trainers. It evaluates the perceptions of university lecturers teaching classes as part of primary teachers’ training degrees and assesses their views of the communication skills developed by their students to be used in their future careers. The study uses a 17-item ad-hoc questionnaire, completed by 152 lecturers from the University of Granada. Descriptive and inferential analyses are then carried out on the data collected using SPSS. The analysis results show how important lecturers believe it is for trainee teachers to develop communication skills, which they often lack. Although lecturers believe communication skills are very important, they also think that they are not developed as much as they should be in their classes, so trainee teachers cannot communicate as effectively as they should.</p></abstract>

Research on teacher training often focuses on learners’ perceptions of that training. The focus of this paper, which uses a research-to-practice approach, is instead on the views of the trainers. It evaluates the perceptions of university lecturers teaching classes as part of primary teachers’ training degrees and assesses their views of the communication skills developed by their students to be used in their future careers. The study uses a 17-item ad-hoc questionnaire, completed by 152 lecturers from the University of Granada. Descriptive and inferential analyses are then carried out on the data collected using SPSS. The analysis results show how important lecturers believe it is for trainee teachers to develop communication skills, which they often lack. Although lecturers believe communication skills are very important, they also think that they are not developed as much as they should be in their classes, so trainee teachers cannot communicate as effectively as they should.

Communication Skills Training in Trainee Primary School Teachers in Spain

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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Research on teacher training often focuses on learners’ perceptions of that training. The focus of this paper, which uses a research-to-practice approach, is...

Communication Skills Training in Trainee Primary School Teachers in Spain

Publié en ligne: 06 oct. 2015

Pages: 86 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0007

Mots clés
classroom communication skills, communication in teaching, developing communication skills, education communication, primary teacher training

© by Antonio Rodríguez Fuentes

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Communication Skills Training in Trainee Primary School Teachers in Spain

Publié en ligne: 06 oct. 2015

Pages: 86 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0007

Mots clésclassroom communication skills, communication in teaching, developing communication skills, education communication, primary teacher training

© by Antonio Rodríguez Fuentes

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
classroom communication skills, communication in teaching, developing communication skills, education communication, primary teacher training