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University Credits as a Measure of Teachers' Pre-service and In-service Training: A Longitudinal Approach Using Swedish Data
Göteborgs universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2051-7248
Göteborgs universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7720-4955
Dalarna University, School of Teacher Education, Educational Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2130-4797
2022 (English)In: Frontiers in Psychology, E-ISSN 1664-1078, Vol. 12, article id 709624Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this study, we accessed information about the university credits of all teachers born after 1971 in Sweden as a means of ascertaining the development of their subject knowledge. We examined the university credits they earned during pre-service and in-service training. Data comes from registers Gothenburg Educational Longitudinal Database (GOLD) and the teacher register. We linked GOLD to the teacher register in order to describe the knowledge development of teachers in compulsory school 1998–2014. Special focus was on Swedish language and mathematics. Multiple regression and multilevel growth modeling were used as our main methods. Results show an increase in pre-service credits during the time period and more credits in Swedish language than in mathematics. To analyze teachers’ in-service training, we followed the development of their university credits over time. Teachers with higher prerequisites in terms of grade point average tended to gain more credits in-service. The study included discussions on ideas and the implications for future research.

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2022. Vol. 12, article id 709624
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teacher knowledge, content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, university credits, GPA, longitudinal studies, pre-service training, in-service training, professional development
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Pedagogy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-39079DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.709624ISI: 000748015100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85123404395OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-39079DiVA, id: diva2:1620886
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Swedish Research Council, 2016-03636Available from: 2021-12-16 Created: 2021-12-16 Last updated: 2025-03-07Bibliographically approved

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