Study of Approaches to Teaching in Primary School Teachers

Resumen

Research into teaching in education has increased considerably during the last three decades. Research on teachers’ approaches to teaching has identified two different categories of approaches: the learning-focused approach and the teaching-focused approach. The former views teaching as facilitating students’ learning, while the content-focused approach regards teaching as transmission of knowledge. The aim of the present study is to explore approaches to teaching in 32 primary school teachers. The results showed that teachers were either learning- (46.9 %) or content-focused (53.1%).  We also analyse the correlation between questionnaire subscales, intention and strategies. The results of the present study show that approaches to teaching are no conclusive, as some teachers display a combination of learning-based and teaching-based subscales, resulting in a dissonant coherence of profiles.