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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): Innovative teaching and faculty development: Theoretical and operational dimensions

Hybrid Blended Learning Solution for Teacher Education Innovation

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/exioa1-2023oa16039
Submitted
giugno 12, 2023
Published
2023-06-20

Abstract

The study reports data from the implementation of hybrid blended learning solutions (HBLS) in initial teacher training programmes for pre-school and primary school teachers. The design of the relevant university courses were revised in a transformative way, using innovative and digitally integrated approaches (DM 289/2021). Twenty teacher educators and 364 students were involved through the administration of semi-structured questionnaires whose dimensions investigated organizational flexibility to facilitate work-life balance processes, methodological quality and the role of teachers in HBLS.

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