Pre-Service Teaching Practice in Remote Rural Schools of Indonesia
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| Title: | Pre-Service Teaching Practice in Remote Rural Schools of Indonesia |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lufi Kartika Sari, Valérie Thomas, Free De Backer, Koen Lombaerts |
| Source: | Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy. 2025 51(4):741-755. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teaching, Rural Schools, Transformative Learning, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Consciousness Raising |
| Geographic Terms: | Indonesia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02607476.2025.2536676 |
| ISSN: | 0260-7476 1360-0540 |
| Abstract: | Literature shows that teaching experiences can improve pre-service teachers' awareness of the context of where they teach. However, how teaching experiences lead to this awareness is poorly understood. This study aims to better understand teaching experiences in remote rural schools of Indonesia and the influence of these experiences towards pre-service teachers' awareness of educational situations there through the lens of transformative learning. Transformative learning is an experience-based learning that can be beneficial for pre-service teachers' professional development. This learning can facilitate them in increasing awareness by providing new or affirming existing understandings. A total of forty-one pre-service primary teachers were questioned through semi-structured interviews. The results indicate that all participants engaged in transformative learning and perceived an increased awareness of educational situations in remote rural schools. We identified three themes indicating participants' teaching experiences in remote rural schools, three sub-themes demonstrating participants' transformative learning processes, and two other sub-themes showing pre-service teachers' raising awareness of educational situations in remote rural schools. These themes and sub-themes will be elaborated further in the findings. The findings can contribute indirectly to the improvement of educational situations in remote rural schools. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1504817 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Literature shows that teaching experiences can improve pre-service teachers' awareness of the context of where they teach. However, how teaching experiences lead to this awareness is poorly understood. This study aims to better understand teaching experiences in remote rural schools of Indonesia and the influence of these experiences towards pre-service teachers' awareness of educational situations there through the lens of transformative learning. Transformative learning is an experience-based learning that can be beneficial for pre-service teachers' professional development. This learning can facilitate them in increasing awareness by providing new or affirming existing understandings. A total of forty-one pre-service primary teachers were questioned through semi-structured interviews. The results indicate that all participants engaged in transformative learning and perceived an increased awareness of educational situations in remote rural schools. We identified three themes indicating participants' teaching experiences in remote rural schools, three sub-themes demonstrating participants' transformative learning processes, and two other sub-themes showing pre-service teachers' raising awareness of educational situations in remote rural schools. These themes and sub-themes will be elaborated further in the findings. The findings can contribute indirectly to the improvement of educational situations in remote rural schools. |
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| ISSN: | 0260-7476 1360-0540 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02607476.2025.2536676 |
