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The article analyzes the organization of pedagogical experiment on the formation of the stage culture of future teachers of music in the vocal training process. The pedagogical experiment included three stages: ascertaining, forming, comparative. The stages of the formative expression are characterized – motivational, informative and creative-reflexive. Methods of experimental research are described. The effectiveness of experimental and experimental work, which is carried out on the basis of a comparative analysis of the stage and figurative culture of future teachers of musical art of experimental and control groups, is tested. The content and method of formation of stage-figurative culture of future teachers of music art in the process of vocal training during the forming experiment are characterized according to certain stages. At the first (motivational and motivational) stage, the formation of motivation of future teachers of music art to develop their own stage-figurative culture, motives and needs for the formation of stage, vocal and interpretative skills, value orientations for the improvement of this important quality was carried out. During realization of the second (informative) stage of realization of the method of formation of stage culture of the future teacher of musical art in the process of vocal training, attention was focused on enrichment of knowledge about stage and vocal skills, interpretation of musical image, formation of knowledge on stage-figurative culture (cultural studies, theatrical sciences, hermeneutics, art pedagogies, etc.); expanding thesaurus and identifying opportunities for practical application of knowledge in pedagogical activity. During the realization of the third (creative-reflexive) stage, attention was paid to the formation of vocal, stage, interpreting skills, development of vocal technique, artistic expressiveness, communicativeness, empathy, expression, etc., in order to influence the feelings, intellect of the students. The results of a formative experiment allow to confirm the effectiveness of sound pedagogical conditions and methods of forming the stage-figurative culture of future music teachers in the process of vocal training.

Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) brought a significant change in society, even in education. Most of the schools at present times are now incorporatingICT in the education process. To effectively integrate ICT in education, it is imperative to catechize and extrapolate the teacher's preparedness and acceptance of ICT integration in teaching. Hence, this research tries to look intoa way to understand the correlationof teacher's preparedness and acceptance towards ICT integration and their ICT integration practices in private schools in the district of Obando, Bulacan, Philippines. Using a descriptive-correlation survey method, the researcher believes infinding a link between and among variables. The respondents of the study consist of seventy-two (72) private school teachers. Results revealed that teacher's possessed preparedness on ICT integration. Moreover, they accept the tenets and principles of ICTintegration in teaching. Further, teachers are well-versed or highly practiced ICT integration in teaching. Results of the correlationsubstantiated that teacher’s preparedness and acceptance in ICT integration correlated significantly with their ICT integration practices. It is recommended that more training and professional development programs should provide by the school for their teachers more prepared and equipped on the ICT integration in education and further unfoldtheir ICT integration practices in teaching.

A teacher of the XXI century must be a competent, dynamic, responsible and creative specialist, therefore the National Education project within the framework of the federal project Teacher of the Future (4.5) sets the task of introducing a national system of professional growth of teachers and implementing individual trajectories for the development of professional skills of teachers in accordance with their needs and conditions for the modernization of the general education system.

Modern society has plunged us into a maelstrom of telematics information with little control. Teachers from any field must be trained in order to pass on the confidence and values to withstand this media pressure to their students. To this end, one of the areas of knowledge on which greater emphasis should be placed is that related to emotional intelligence. The study reported on here focused on this type of knowledge among professional music studies teachers in conservatories, asking what the perception of this group on the aforementioned area of knowledge is and to what extent it has been received during their initial training. For this investigation we used a quantitative methodological approach, and via descriptive analysis, a non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and inferential analysis, we found significant differences regarding the two scales considered: level of agreement and emotional intelligence training received. Furthermore, regarding the descriptive variables, significant differences were also found through the application of the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis test., Faculty of Education, Economy and Technology of Ceuta

Heterogenität und Alterität bezeichnen unterschiedliche Modi der Konstruktion von Differenz: Während "Heterogenität" die Verschiedenheit zwischen Personen in Bezug auf ein Vergleichskriterium meint, wird unter "Alterität" die bleibende "Andersheit des Anderen" jenseits kategorialer Vergleiche verstanden. Der vorliegende Beitrag greift das Verhältnis zwischen Heterogenität und Alterität in der pädagogischen Praxis auf und versucht aufzuzeigen, unter welchen methodologischen Gesichtspunkten dieses empirisch erfasst werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine Gruppendiskussion mit vier Lehrkräften einer österreichischen Neuen Mittelschule zur sprachlichen Heterogenität von Schüler/inne/n durchgeführt und anschließend mit der Dokumentarischen Methode ausgewertet. Die rekonstruktiven Analysen zeigen dabei auf, dass beide Phänomene der Differenzkonstruktion parallel koexistieren und mit der innerhalb der Sozialstruktur des Unterrichts erfolgenden Konstituierung eines pädagogisch-didaktischen Raums verbunden sind. Heterogeneity and alterity each refer to different modes of construcing difference: while the term 'heterogeneity' deals with the difference of one or more person(s) that is deducted by comparison with an external criterion, alterity focuses the uniqueness of the individual that can not be described by categorical discrimination. This article discusses the relationship between heterogeneity and alterity in educational practice and tries to outline the methodological aspects under which this relationship can be investigated empirically. For this purpose, a group discussion with four secondary teachers of an Austrian 'Neue Mittelschule' concerning the linguistic heterogeneity of their pupils was conducted, using the Documentary Method. The reconstructive analyses show, that both phenomena of constructing difference co-exist simultaneously. Furthermore, a strong connection between these modes and the constitution of the pedagogical setting could be described.

Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (Journal for Higher Education Development), Dialogische Evaluationen folgen in Bewertung und Verbesserung von Lehr-veranstaltungen einer qualitativen Forschungslogik. Durch genuine Dialoge wird hierbei die Grundlage für den Austausch zwischen Lehrperson und Lernenden mit dem Ziel geschaffen, die Veranstaltung im verbleibenden Semester auf Basis gemeinsam ausgehandelter Maßnahmen zu optimieren. Seit ihrer Entwicklung und erstem Einsatz an der Universität Bremen wird die Dialogische Evaluation an mehreren Hochschulen in unterschiedlicher Ausgestaltung eingesetzt. Wesentliches Differenzierungsmerkmal ist hierbei die Besetzung der Rolle der Evaluatorin*des Evaluators: studentische oder professionelle Evaluator*innen, die auch als Moderator*innen zwischen Lehrperson und Lernenden vermitteln, oder aber der grundsätzliche Verzicht auf diese Position. Welche Konsequenzen zieht solch eine andersartige Ausgestaltung nach sich? Dieser Frage wird anhand der Zusammenschau von Besetzung der Stakeholder-Position der Evaluatorin*des Evaluators mit dem Nutzungsdiskurs nachgegangen. Was im Hinblick auf die Chance der Nutzung Dialogischer Evaluationsergebnisse hieraus folgt, wird abschließend beleuchtet., Dialogical Evaluations follow a qualitative research logic for the assessment and optimisation of a course. Genuine dialogues create a foundation for exchange between teacher and students, with a goal of deriving negotiated measures for optimising the course in the time remaining in the semester. Since its development and first implementation at the University of Bremen, Dialogical Evaluation has been used at several universities in various forms. One important distinguishing feature here is the role of evaluators (i.e., student or professional evaluators who also function as moderators and mediate between students and teacher), or in some cases the decision to exclude such a position. What are the consequences of such different configurations? Here, we will answer this question by drawing on a review of the evaluator stakeholder-position and the discourse on evaluation use. Finally, we will show the consequences of the use of dialogical evaluation findings.

Die Frage, welche Erfahrungen Lehramtsstudierende mit qualitativen Forschungsmethoden machen, steht im Fokus dieses Beitrags. Nach einer Darstellung des aktuellen Diskurses zum Forschenden Lernen im Lehramtsstudium wird die Forschungspraxis von Studierenden, die in den Praxisphasen ihres Studiums selbst forschen, anhand von Gruppendiskussionen rekonstruiert. Dabei dokumentieren sich unterschiedliche Verständnisse von Forschung innerhalb des Lehramtsstudiums und - damit verbunden - differente Praktiken des Forschens und forschungsmethodischen Lernens, die wir als intuitiven, reflexiven und instrumentellen Typ fassen. Ausgehend von den Ergebnissen werden Konzepte für eine Weiterentwicklung von Online-Angeboten zur Vermittlung von forschungsmethodischem Wissen und forschungspraktischen Fähigkeiten vorgeschlagen. Focusing on the teacher students experiences with qualitative research methods we present a typology of understanding research as a part of teacher education and research practice. Based on analysis of group discussions with teacher students we differentiate intuitive, reflexive and instrumental types of students methods learning. Related to this typology we draw concepts for the further development of online courses to impart research methodological knowledge and practical research skills in teacher education.

This paper focused on the development and validation of Polymedia Based Instruction (PBI) materials in Purposive Communication (PC) classes at Urdaneta City University. Descriptive and developmental research designs were employed in this study. The subjects include the PC Instructors and selected pre-service teachers taking the course. This study identified five topics which were determined by the 8 PC instructors namely: Effective Communication, Intercultural Communication, Guidelines to Avoid Plagiarism, Power of Information and Communication Technology, and PowerPoint Presentation. PBI materials were developed for each topic and were categorized into 3components. These are direct materials, interactive materials, and task-based materials. PBI materials were given a highly acceptable remark from the pre-service teachers in the Purposive Communicationcourse. From the abovefindings, the following conclusions were drawn: Most of the identified topics needing computer-aided instructions using PBI materials dealt with speaking and writing skills; PBI materials developed covered spoken texts, mini-lecture, clips, related examples, interactive voice prompts, and computer-aided instructions; and, PBI materials are highly accepted in delivering the identified topics in the identified course.Moreover, the following recommendationsare forwarded: language teachers may use PBI materials as teaching strategies in speaking and writing classes; administrators and language teachers may optimize the PBI materials developed in teaching Purposive Communication course; language teachers may incorporate PBI materials in teaching Purpose Communication course; language teachers may design additional PBI materials to enhance the speaking and writing skills of the learners, and future researchers may explore other variables that can potentially signify to the PBI materials in teaching other related subjects.

Hochschuldidaktik 4.0 überträgt das in der jüngsten Vergangenheit vielfach implementierte und beforschte Konzept des Flipped Classroom auf Veranstaltungen der Lehrendenqualifizierung. Es soll auch bei der Qualifizierung von Lehrenden eine Möglichkeit aufzeigen, von den positiven Effekten des Konzeptes zu profitieren und mithilfe von drei Phasen eine intensivere Beteiligung und einen stärkeren Austausch unter den Teilnehmenden zu befördern. Der Beitrag beschreibt den Stand der Forschung und bietet einen Einblick in die konzeptionelle Gestalt eines Flipped-Classroom-Modells für die Hochschuldidaktik. Our model for a new course design in the field of Higher Education transfers the widely discussed concept of the Flipped Classroom to the strands of staff development and especially to university teacher training. We will show how lecturers or professors can benefit from the positive effects of an up-to-date training including digital interactive learning settings. Moreover, our model will promote more intensive participation and exchange among the participants along the lines of three sequential phases. The article describes the state of research and offers an insight into the conceptual design of a flipped classroom model for teacher training in the field of higher education.

Fachhochschulprofessor:innen haben ihren Biografieschwerpunkt meist in der Privatwirtschaft und verfügen zu Beginn ihrer Professur häufig über wenig Lehrerfahrung. Zugleich sind sie aufgrund eines erhöhten Lehrdeputats und des fehlenden Mittelbaus auch im internationalen Vergleich in besonderer Weise in der Lehre tätig. Auch wenn eine Mehrheit an hochschuldidaktischen Weiterbildungen teilnimmt, gibt es aktuell keine Studien zur Wirksamkeit hochschuldidaktischer Weiterbildung an Fachhochschulen, die über die Bewertung der Teilnehmenden hinausgeht. Ausgehend von theoretischen Erwägungen zum Verlauf der Lehrkompetenzentwicklung von Neuberufenen und dem Zeitpunkt, an dem die Wirkungen eines hochschuldidaktischen Einführungskurses eintreten, wurde eine Sekundäranalyse der Lehrveranstaltungsumfragen von 56 Professor:innen aus den ersten drei Jahren nach der Berufung durchgeführt. Unter Kontrolle relevanter Einflussvariablen zeigt sich, dass die Teilnahme an einem Basiskurs im Vergleich zu einer Kontrollgruppe zu mittelfristig besseren Veranstaltungen und einem besseren Lernerfolg aus Sicht der Studierenden führt. Professors at universities of applied sciences in Germany usually focus their work biographies on the private sector and often have little teaching experience at the beginning of their professorship. At the same time they are particularly active with regard to teaching in an international comparison. Although the majority participate in university didactic trainings, there are currently no studies on the effectiveness of those interventions. Based on theoretical considerations regarding the development of teaching competence of newly appointed professors the author conducted a secondary analysis of course evaluations (n = 56). Controlling for relevant biasvariables he showed, that participation in a university didactic training leads to better courses in the medium term and better learner success from the students' point of view compared to a control group.

This paper presents the development, execution and evaluation of an integrative seminar model in teacher education (area: language-sensitive teaching), which was researched in two iterative cycles using design-based research (DBR). Advancing the professionalization of teachers, the seminar combined professional learning with opportunities for reflection; advancing the professionalization of the academic and quality of teaching, the seminar was systematically developed further. The results pertaining to the seminar showed a mixed picture in the student evaluation of the previous knowledge, the benefit and the handling of the competence-promoting learning opportunities; individual case studies show different courses of competence acquisition. Methodologically, the DBR approach proved to be appropriate, although the diversity of the learning activities posed a challenge for a workable approach in the research; the cooperation between academic and researcher proved to be of central importance.

Weiterbildung und Beratung gehören zu den Kernbereichen hochschuldidaktischer Arbeit; ihre Akzeptanz ist ein wichtiger Baustein für die Legitimation von Hochschuldidaktik. Vom Erfolg hochschuldidaktischer Angebote gibt es jedoch unterschiedliche Wahrnehmungen, die es relevant machen, dass Hochschuldidaktik ihr gewachsenes Selbstverständnis kritisch reflektiert. Der Beitrag skizziert und begründet ein kulturwissenschaftliches Forschungsprojekt, das sich methodisch innovativ mit den Überzeugungen (Beliefs) von Lehrenden sowie Hochschuldidaktiker:innen zum Thema Lehre und dem Sinn/der Notwendigkeit hochschuldidaktischer Weiterbildung auseinandersetzt. Es werden die Rolle von Überzeugungen für Lehre bzw. die Teilnahme an hochschuldidaktischer Weiterbildung diskutiert und bisherige Forschungsansätze in diesem Bereich kurz vorgestellt. Abschließend wird Diskursanalyse als kulturwissenschaftlicher Ansatz zur Hochschulforschung umrissen und ein exemplarischer Einblick in das geplante Vorgehen gegeben. Training and counseling are core tasks for higher education teaching development centers. If teachers do not accept them, it threatens the legitimacy of institutions like these. But how the success of teaching development centers can be measured? The paper shows that there are different perspectives and perceptions of success in this instance, and it ist not so unambiguous as certain political statements may make believe. This contribution outlines and explains a research project which deals with widely spread Beliefs of teachers as well as higher education developers about higher education teaching and the purpose and necessity of teaching development. This paper discusses the research issue and introduces discourse analysis as a methodical framework for another kind of empirical higher education research.

Wie wissenschaftliches Wissen und schulpraktisches Können mit Blick auf (späteres) professionelles Lehrer*innenhandeln besser miteinander verschränkt werden können, ist eine zentrale Frage der Lehrer*innenbildung, die im Zuge der Modularisierung der Lehramtsstudiengänge und der Einführung universitär begleiteter Praxisphasen aktuell verstärkt diskutiert wird. Im vorliegenden Beitrag rekonstruiere ich auf der Basis problemzentrierter Interviews die Perspektive von Hochschullehrenden auf das sog. Theorie-Praxis-Problem. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Dozierenden grundlegende Aussagen über ihre Überzeugungen zum Wissenserwerb in der Lehrer*innenbildung machen. Diese epistemologischen Überzeugungen stützen sich zum einen auf ihre Beobachtungen und Wahrnehmungen studentischen Lernens in praxisorientierten Lehr-Lern-Settings, zum anderen sind sie durch die jeweiligen fachdisziplinären Hintergründe der Lehrenden beeinflusst. In Abhängigkeit von Problemattribution und Lehr-Lern-Überzeugungen entwickeln die Dozierenden unterschiedliche didaktische Lösungsansätze, die an verschiedenen (personellen, curricularen, institutionellen) Ebenen ansetzen. Mithilfe der Grounded-Theory-Methodologie konnte ein Modell epistemologischer Überzeugungen von Hochschullehrenden bzgl. Theorie-Praxis-relationierter Lehrer*innenbildung entwickelt werden, mit dem sich Bedingungen, Einflusskontexte, Strategien und Konsequenzen dieser Überzeugungen beschreiben lassen., How scientific knowledge and practical school skills can be better interlinked with a view to later professional teaching is a central question in teacher education, which currently is being increasingly discussed in the course of the modularisation of teacher training courses and the introduction of university-accompanied practical phases. In this article I reconstruct the perspective of university lecturers on the so-called theory-practice problem on the basis of problem-centred interviews. It turns out that the lecturers make fundamental statements about their beliefs regarding the acquisition of knowledge in teacher education. These epistemological beliefs are based on their observations and perceptions of student learning in practice-oriented teaching-learning settings, and are influenced by the respective disciplinary backgrounds of the university lecturers. Depending on problem attribution and teaching-learning beliefs, the lecturers develop different didactic approaches that start at different (personal, curricular, institutional) levels. With the help of grounded theory methodology, a model of epistemological beliefs of university teachers regarding theory-practice related teacher education could be developed, which can be used to describe conditions, contexts of influence, strategies and consequences of these beliefs.

Um die Gewinnung zukünftiger Lehrkräfte noch effektiver gestalten zu können, existiert ein hohes Forschungsinteresse, die Berufswahlmotive von Lehramtsstudierenden besser zu verstehen. Im Gegensatz zum allgemeinbildenden Lehramt gibt es im Bereich der Berufsbildung bisher nur wenige Befunde. Deshalb rücken im vorliegenden Beitrag die Berufswahlmotive von 316 angehenden Lehrkräften des beruflichen Lehramts in den Fokus. Untersucht werden die Ausprägungen der Motive anhand des Fragebogens zur Erfassung der Motivation für die Wahl des Lehramtsstudiums (FEMOLA) unter Kontrolle von soziodemografischen und studienbezogenen Merkmalen. Zudem wird erstmals ein Vergleich der drei Fachrichtungen gewerblich-technischer Bereich, Pflege-/Gesundheitswissenschaft und Ernährung/Lebensmittelwissenschaft/Ökotrophologie vorgenommen.

Das Studium der Wirtschaftspädagogik weist in Österreich eine polyvalente Ausrichtung auf. Es dient der wissenschaftlichen Berufsvorbildung für die facheinschlägige Lehrtätigkeit einerseits und bereitet andererseits auf unterschiedliche Beschäftigungsfelder in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung, Forschung, aber ebenso in der Erwachsenenbildung vor. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Rolle die polyvalente Ausrichtung des Studiums hinsichtlich der Bildungs- und Karriereverläufe der Absolventinnen und Absolventen spielt und welche Karrierevorstellungen und -erwartungen diese aufweisen. Der Beitrag greift dabei auf zentrale Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Studie zurück, welche im Herbst 2015 durchgeführt wurde und für die alle Absolventinnen und Absolventen seit der Implementierung des Studienplans Wirtschaftspädagogik an der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz im Jahr 1979, soweit Kontaktdaten eruierbar waren, befragt wurden.

Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag beschaftigt sich mit der Adressierung von Studierenden in der hochschulischen Praxis in Migrationsgesellschaften und geht der Frage nach, welche Wissensformen der Adressierung von Studierenden ‚mit Migrationshintergrund‘ zugrunde liegen. Am Beispiel von kompensatorischen Forder- und Unterstutzungsangeboten sowie Interaktionssituationen in Lehrveranstaltungen werden Praktiken der Besonderung im universitaren Alltag analysiert. Auf der Basis zweier empirischer Forschungsprojekte werden Erkenntnismoglichkeiten eines biographieorientierten Zugangs in der Studierendenforschung sowie mogliche Konsequenzen fur die padagogische Praxis des Umgangs mit ‚Differenz‘ an Hochschulen diskutiert. Schlagworte: Biographie, Migrationsgesellschaft, Differenz, Professionalisierung, universitare Praxis ----- Abstract This article focuses on practices of addressing university students in migration societies. It explores the body of knowledge which forms the basis on which students with a so-called ‘migration background’ are approached. Everyday-practices of ‘othering’ in university life are exemplified by analyzing compensatory support programs aimed at students from migrant families, as well as interactions in study courses. Based on two empirical research projects, the potentials of a biography-oriented approach in higher education research are discussed and the possible implications regarding the practice of dealing with ‘difference’ in higher education are pointed out. Keywords: biography, migration society, difference, professionalisation, higher education practice ----- Bibliographie: Schwendowius, Dorothee/Thoma, Nadja: Studienbiographien ,mit Migrationshintergrund‘? Kritische Anmerkungen zu Praktiken der Besonderung in der universitaren Praxis, ZQF, 1+2-2016, S. 221-235. https://doi.org/10.3224/zqf.v17i1-2.25553

This article is the result of discussions held in the Pedagogy course of GT during the II Forum of Undergraduate the Federal University of Tocantins, with the theme "The new curriculum challenges: the training of teachers in discussion." The text aims to bring to light some reflections on the role of the university in the training of teachers facing new challenges for higher education. The procedure adopted for the purpose of reaching walks the qualitative approach and bibliographic. In the midst of the submitted surveys and questions, we sought to provoke reflections to contribute to discussions about the role of the University in the context of current changes. Thus, it is evident that the role of the University in teacher education in the knowledge society, should be heading to intense transformations, which directs for vigilance as its mission, in this era that requires training increasingly consistent with the new demands from the social context. Keywords: University. Teacher training. Contemporaneity

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework which provides a number of opportunities for conducting research in teacher edu- cation, teacher professional development, and teacher’s use of technology. By applying TPACK framework, this mixed methods study aimed to examine novice and experienced EFL teachers’ differences in their perceived TPACK and its influences on their professional development. To this end, for the quantitative phase, a sample of 427 EFL teachers, both male and female with different teaching experiences were selected from various English language institutes in Tehran. In the qualitative phase, 16 EFL teachers were selected for a structured interview. The quantitative results indicated that experienced teachers were of significantly higher scores in terms of pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge subscales. In contrast, novice teachers were of significantly higher scores considering their technological knowledge, technological content knowledge, technological pedago- gical knowledge, and TPACK. The qualitative results demonstrated that novice and experienced EFL teachers favored different professional development programs tailored to their needs. Likewise, they claimed that they could bridge the gap in their knowledge through collaboration in professional development courses.

The present paper has the objective of analyzing students' conceptions about the supervised curricular internship in the Licentiate degree in Rural Education with qualification in Arts and Music, at the Federal University of Tocantins, Campus Tocantinópolis, Brazil. We also propose with this text to address the historical and pedagogical aspects of this course, as well as to discuss the importance of the Internship for the educators’ training of to work in countryside schools. This case study was based on the qualitative approach, with documentary research and semi structured interviews with students of this course as data collection instruments. The type of data analysis - theoretical and empirical - followed the perspective of the interpretative research technique. The results demonstrated that in order to overcome the challenges faced by students and teachers of the Licentiate degree in Rural Education with qualification in Arts and Music of UFT in Tocantinópolis, demands elaborating a proposal of joint training between the training institutions and the school, in the sense to guarantee actions that will attend the various subjects, especially those of the Rural Education.

The aim of the article is to reveal the essence of notion “pedagogical technology”; to determine its role in achievement of the planned results connected with the future masters of economics cross-cultural tolerance formation; to cover different approaches to understanding this problem; to give detailed description of the pedagogical technology of the future masters of economics cross-cultural tolerance formation that corresponds to the determined pedagogical objectives. The main stages of the pedagogical technology (motivational and goal-oriented, cognitive and transformative, value and reflexivity formation) at the micro-and macro-level were analyzed. The system of teaching tools with the detailed description of the methods, tasks and organizational forms at every stage of the pedagogical process of cross-cultural tolerance formation is given as well as additional tasks for the extended learning. The importance of the compliance with the suggested stages for the successful realization of the determined pedagogical goals is emphasized.

Training future teachers of mathematics differed in different years. Each stage of training had its own peculiarities and characteristics.The article reviewed and analyzed on the basis of the scientific literature, how evolved mathematics education in schools and develop mathematical training of students of pedagogical universities in different periods, starting from the XII century. to the present.

This paper describes how one teacher educator used action research methodology to investigate the feasibility of using Web 2.0 technology to build a virtual professional learning community (PLC) in special education to support the preparation of highly qualified special education teachers. Study participants included 218 pre-service and in-service teachers who joined the virtual PLC over a four-year period. Data were collected using two Web 2.0 tools, wiki and Ning, and analyzed to evaluate the degree to which the virtual community met the essential characteristics of a PLC. The results showed that 200 of the 218 graduate students who joined the PLC as graduate students continued their membership after graduation but participated in community work as observers only, rarely if ever contributing anything to community growth and development. The implication of the results are discussed with respect to the importance of preparing teachers for service in today’s modern 21st Century academically diverse, inclusive learning communities. (author's abstract)