Project information
Who teaches future geography teachers? Social representations of teachers and teaching in initial teacher education (GEORITE)

The initial teacher education (ITE) determines how the graduates succeed in their school practice. Therefore, teacher educationists and the social space of departments play crucial a role. In the proposed project we investigate geography teacher educationists and their images of teachers and teaching. We draw on two theories: social representations theory and social construction of reality theory. We operate with 3 work packages concerning three research questions: What is the content and structure of the social representations of teachers and teaching held by teacher educationists? (WP1); What are the social representations of teachers and teaching represented by the departmental artefacts? (WP2); What is the variation and diversity of social representations of teachers and teaching in individual departments' historical and cultural context? (WP3). We will conduct interviews, on-site observations and artefact analysis at geography departments in Czechia. Three journal articles are the main outcomes of the project (2Jimp a 1Jsc).