Exploring the effectiveness of clinical simulations to develop student teachers’ parent-teacher communication competence
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Karolien Keppens; Martin Valcke; Heidelinde Dehaene; Karen De Coninck; Ruben Vanderlinde; Jan De Neve
- Source
- RESEARCH PAPERS IN EDUCATION
- Subject
- parent-teacher communication
programme effectiveness
education
competence
PARTICIPATION
Student teacher
behavioral disciplines and activities
Education
MATHEMATICS
PARTNERSHIPS
mental disorders
Mathematics education
KNOWLEDGE
Competence (human resources)
teacher education
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
EDUCATION
Science General
Teacher education
Instructional strategy
SCHOOL
CANDIDATES READINESS
Psychology
Simulation
theory-practice gap
PRESERVICE TEACHERS
VIDEO
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0267-1522
1470-1146
This study investigated the effectiveness of clinical simulations (CS) as an instructional strategy to prepare student teachers to conduct parent-teacher conferences. A pre-test/post-test study was set up in order to study the impact of online (n = 181) and face-to-face CS (n = 95) on student teachers' parent-teacher communication competence (PTCC). Assessment of PTCC development was based on a video-based instrument and a self-efficacy scale. Results suggested that both types of CS are effective instructional strategies to improve student teachers' PTCC. Both student teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and situation-specific skills regarding parent-teacher communication improved. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.