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Studying English with Thai and Native-Speaking Teachers
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Grubbs, Samuel J.; Jantarach, Vachira; Kettem, Supamas – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
This research examined how students in foundation English classes perceive their Thai and native-speaking teachers. The researchers surveyed students at five universities and compared a group of 600 students studying with native-speaking teachers with another group of 600 students studying with Thai teachers in order to investigate three areas:…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Thai, Language Teachers, Teachers
"I'm Being Measured as an NQT, That Isn't Who I Am": An Exploration of the Experiences of Career Changer Primary Teachers in Their First Year of Teaching
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Newman, Elizabeth – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
Individuals moving from job to job are argued as a feature of reflexive modernity. This trend is reflected in the increasing number and diversity of "career changers" or "second career teachers" recruited to teaching. Having recruited teachers, retaining them in the profession is recognised as a considerable challenge. In terms…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Mentors, Job Satisfaction, Career Change
Have Conceptual Reforms (and One Anti-Reform) in Preservice Teacher Education Improved the Education of Multicultural, Multilingual Children and Youth?
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Tellez, Kip – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
This article examines three conceptual reforms in US teacher education (competency-based teacher education (CBTE), reflective teacher education (RTE) and constructivist teacher education (CTE)) for their effects on the education of multicultural, multilingual youth, as well as considering alternative certification (AC), known here as an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Competency Based Teacher Education