Learning processes in student teaching: Analyses from a study using learning diaries

The present study seeks to obtain deeper insight into the learning processes in practical training in primary teacher education in Upper Austria. Based on the offer-and-use model of instruction, 230 diary entries of 46 student teachers (28 students in their third semester, 18 students in their fifth semester) were analysed with legard to the learning topics, learning sourcesJ and Ìealning processes involved in practical training. The results show a variety of learning forms, ranging from the unreflective imitation of school mentors' practices to active knowledge construction. In addition, they illustrate that the available learning offers were suboptimally utilized by stuclent teachers who failed to work systernatically and continuously on their professional development.

Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady (Judith) Montefiore : comprising their life and work as recorded in their diaries from 1812 to 1883

ed. by L. Loewe

Diaries of Benjamin Guild, 1776, 1778

These diaries of Benjamin Guild document his travels as a Presbyterian pastor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The daily entries describe people Guild met and dined with, the food he ate (including strawberries, currants, watermelon, English cherries, and lobster), the funerals he attended, and the sermons he gave. Many entries relate to his health concerns (the ague and eye trouble), sleeping habits, and widespread public health concerns (including smallpox, dysentery, "nervous fevers," consumption, and "putrid fever"). The diaries also contain passing references to the activities of American, British, French, and German soldiers during the American Revolution; the invasion of Canada and battles occurring in New York are noted. In August 1778, after visiting Providence, Rhode Island, Guild comments on the disordered state of the city after American soldiers passed through it. He also recounts a visit by officers of the French fleet to the Harvard College library in September 1778 and describes his dinner on board the French man-of-war, Sagitaire. One entry describes an elaborate ball sponsored by John Hancock, held for French soldiers and "Boston ladies," and another refers to the "incursion" of Indians. Many of Guild's diary entries pertain to his work as a Harvard College Tutor; these entries describe his lectures at the College, meetings with colleagues, personnel decisions, and the examination of students. He also describes books he is reading and his opinions of them, the purchase and sale of books, and his desire to learn Hebrew and French. In addition, multiple entries refer to a man named Prince, who was perhaps Guild's slave. Prince sometimes accompanied Guild on his travels.

The Lismore papers, Autobiographical notes, remembrances and diaries of Sir Richard Boyle, first and 'great' Earl of Cork.

Mode of access: Internet.

Private diaries of the Rt. Hon. Sir Algernon West.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Amberley papers; the letters and diaries of Bertrand Russell's parents,

"First edition."

The memoirs of the Marquise de Keroubec (1785-1859): being extracts from her diaries now presented to English readers for the first time.

Mode of access: Internet.

The beauties of the court of Charles the Second; a series of portraits, illustrating the diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon, and other contemporary writers.

Mode of access: Internet.

James and Horace Smith ... A family narrative based upon hitherto unpublished private diaries, letters, and other documents,

Mode of access: Internet.

Walt Whitman's diary in Canada, with extracts from other of his diaries and literary note-books;

"This first edition of Walt Whitman's diary in Canada is limited to five hundred copies."

The life of Henry John Temple, viscount Palmerston: with selections from his diaries and correspondence.

"The biography is not carried down beyond the year 1847."--Pref., v.3.