Research on the Mechanism of Critical Incidents in Influencing the Development of Professionalism of Student Teachers

Abstract

Critical incidents of educational practice are the functional incidents experienced by student teachers during the internship period which have profound influence on their own education concepts and education behaviors. Through the qualitative research, the paper explores the mechanism of critical incidents in affecting student teachers. The results show that critical incidents initiate the internal processing of student teachers’ “cognition and understandingâ€, “conflict and judgmentâ€, “decision and behavior†and “reflection and constructionâ€, which supports their professional development of “knowledge and experienceâ€, “ability and methodâ€, “thinking and strategy†and “attitude and philosophyâ€.