Subjective Responsibility of Primary Teacher Education Students in Pedagogical Preparation Context

Abstract

Teacher subjective responsibility for pupils is a crucial part of teacher identity. The purpose of this paper is to expose subjective responsibility of primary teacher education students in the context of pedagogical preparation. It presents and analyses results of existing research on subjective responsibility of primary teacher education students in the Czech Republic. The researchers applied questionnaire method; and the results revealed a descending tendency in teacher subjective responsibility for pupils among the respondents. The study describes theoretical approaches to teacher subjective responsibility, perceptions of the concept of pupil’s success and the main principles of reflective teacher education. Finally, the study sets a goal for further mixed methods research, which is to examine mutual interaction between teacher subjective responsibility for pupils of teacher education students, their motivation for choosing primary teacher career and their view of pedagogical preparation.

Keywords: Teacher subjective responsibility, teacher student concept of pupils’ success, motivation for teacher profession, reflective teacher education, developing student for teacher profession.