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Experience with the PGCE course.
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This study is the second from a longitudinal project examining students’ motivation for teaching. The first study examined those entering the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course at four universities in Norway. The current study examines motivation among the same cohort of students at the end of the course, and reports on their exper...
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... students responded to statements on a Likert scale from do not agree (1) to strongly agree (5). For two statements, the scale goes from to a minor extent (1) to a large extent (5) (statements 10 and 11, Table 2). The questionnaire contained four categories of statements. ...
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... the current study, the students were asked about their actual experience with the course. Table 2 presents the results. The three first statements display the mean differences between the expectations examined in the first study and their actual experience examined in the second study. ...
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... order for us to learn about the students' experience and evaluation of the PGCE course, the questionnaire asked them if the PGCE course created and sustained moti- vation (see statements 10 and 11 Table 2 where '1' represents 'a minor extent' and 5 'a large extent'). The findings indicate a strong correlation (r = .77**) ...
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