Abstract
This study examined the changes of attitudes on beliefs about effective teaching, comparing scores of a questionnaire before and after taking a course on teaching and learning. One hundred and thirty-three students taking a teaching profession course at a university which has a department for teacher education participated in this study. Seventy-two participants were students of an elementary school teacher education course, and sixty-one participants were students of a junior-high or high school teacher education course. The results were as follows: scores on “knowledge acquisition during teaching” decreased after taking the course, and “active participation of students during teaching” also showed a decreasing tendency after taking the course. Possible reasons for these results and future tasks are pointed out at the end of this article.
