The Development of the Conceptions Concerning Teaching and Learning Among Classroom Student Teacher

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying student teacher conceptions in the classroom teacher major concerning learning and teaching in a number of public and private Jordanian universities and to recognize the extent of the development that occur to their conceptions as they progress in the university study in the teacher education programs. The study sample consisted of (447) male and female students, studying in a number of public and private universities in Jordan. A questionnaire consisted of 34 items has been used in the study to collect information to answer the study questions. In analyzing the questionnaire results, arithmetic means, the standard deviation and statistical (t-test) were used. The study results indicated that the student teacher possesses a mixture of constructive and traditional conceptions concerning learning and teaching, whereas their conceptions inclined more toward the constructivism .The results also indicated that the student teacher conceptions concerning learning and teaching have change as they progress in the university study. The conceptions of the senior students become more constructive and less traditional compared to the freshman students with significant statistical differences.