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Mak, Pauline; Yang, Min; Yuan, Rui – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
This qualitative case study explores how a group of pre-service teachers develop teacher competence through conducting their own classroom-based research during teaching practicum. By conceptualising teacher competence as "knowledge", "strategies", and "dispositions", this study used semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Competence, Practicums, Teacher Competencies
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Sibanda, Jabulani; Begede, Martin P. – South African Journal of Education, 2015
This study employed the survey design on a purposive sample of 100 English Second Language (ESL) teachers from Swaziland and South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, to investigate the extent to which they accessed, utilised and conducted research to better their practice. A survey questionnaire and follow-up structured interviews generated…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Access to Information, English (Second Language), Teacher Researchers
Shagoury, Ruth; Power, Brenda Miller – Stenhouse Publishers, 2012
Teacher research is an extension of good teaching, observing students closely, analyzing their needs, and adjusting the curriculum to fit the needs of all. In this completely updated second edition of their definitive work, Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Miller Power present a framework for teacher research along with an extensive collection of…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Research Methodology, Guides, Personal Narratives
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Anderson, Terry; Shattuck, Julie – Educational Researcher, 2012
Design-based research (DBR) evolved near the beginning of the 21st century and was heralded as a practical research methodology that could effectively bridge the chasm between research and practice in formal education. In this article, the authors review the characteristics of DBR and analyze the five most cited DBR articles from each year of this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Research Design
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Hyslop-Margison, Emery J.; Hamalian, Arpi; Anderson, Germell – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2006
The authors evaluate the actual contribution to classroom practice of recent research in citizenship education conducted by two major international organizations: the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The paper adopts Egan's (2002) critical…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Educational Research, Democracy, Citizenship Education