Pre-service teachers’ knowledge, beliefs and predispositions to teach argumentation in their disciplines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21494600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mercè Garcia-Milà (0000-0001-7628-7552, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author), Mark Felton (0000-0002-6302-2448, San Jose State University), Andrea Miralda-Banda (0000-0002-2733-118X, Universitat de Barcelona), Núria Castells (0000-0002-4784-9672, Universitat de Barcelona) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 648-666 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-7476 • E-ISSN: 1360-0540 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02607476.2022.2150536 |
| OpenAlex | W4309929534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Despite growing emphasis on learning to argue and arguing to learn as educational outcomes in the secondary curriculum, a gap remains between these curricular goals and teachers’ practices. The present study seeks to understand this gap by surveying 158 pre-service teachers about their knowledge, beliefs and predispositions related to argumentation and learning. Results reveal a strong, unanimous value for argumentation among pre-service teachers, combined with a vague understanding of what it means to learn and teach argumentation within their academic disciplines. In addition, we found a contradiction between pre-service teachers’ belief in the importance of learning to argue and their reluctance to use instructional time to teach it. Finally, we did not find differences in pre-service teachers’ perceptions across majors. We conclude with recommendations for fostering pedagogical content knowledge in argumentation to pre-service teachers, particularly in content-area methods classes
Argumentation theory · Contradiction · Curriculum · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Teacher education · Computer Science · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |