1995 年 4 巻 p. 38-56
The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of “teacher education in universities” through the eyes of students ― candidates for “future teachers.” To clarify the characteristics of the relationship between students and teacher education in universities, I collected data from a series of four investigations, based on teaching evaluation questionnaires completed by students at Yamanashi University in 1993-1994.
Responses to the questionnaires were analyzed mainly by cross calculation methods. As a result of the analysis, I obtained knowledge about the responses in the teaching evaluation by students and their characteristics.
The main results are as follows: (1) students who are eager to study and attend class evaluate teachers' classroom instruction more positively, (2) students who intend to become teachers evaluate teachers' classroom instruction more positively, (3) levels of student achievement are affected by the methods teachers adopt, (4) the characteristics of students are determined by the geographic, administrative and political situations of each university.
Considering these points, the concept of “teacher education in universities” should also be reexamined from the viewpoints of each class in each university. This will help in concrete terms the creation of the teacher education curriculum.