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Dawe, Lloyd – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2017
This paper addresses the continuing need for mathematics teachers to enrich their mathematical knowledge beyond the school curriculum, in order to effectively engage students in creative and imaginative thinking, particularly, but not exclusively, students who show exceptional promise. The author, a retired university professor, works staff and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Females, Problem Solving
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Custer, Rodney L.; Daugherty, Jenny L.; Meyer, Joseph P. – Journal of Technology Education, 2010
There is a growing awareness that an engineering presence within the K-12 curriculum provides an authentic contextual base for mathematics and science concepts. One large scale initiative focused on pre-college engineering is the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) funded through the National Science Foundations' (NSF)…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research Design, Qualitative Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Elizabeth, Cheung Lai-man; May, Cheng May-hung; Chee, Pang King – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
The research studies how outstanding teachers from Hong Kong conceptualize teacher success or effectiveness. This study adds to the knowledge base concerned by raising the importance of the coexistence of personal attributes and professional qualities as well as contextual factors, in bringing out the success of a teacher. It draws the attention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Teacher Effectiveness, Success
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer; Appleman, Deborah – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
America's urban public schools and their students are in dire need of a durable and committed corps of teachers, teachers who are willing to stay in education long enough to make a difference in the conditions of those schools, and most importantly, in student achievement. Many traditional teacher education programs critique alternative programs…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Persistence, Case Studies
Merseth, Katherine K.; Sommer, Julia; Dickstein, Shari – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
This article explores the motives and evolving identities of one group of graduate students enrolled in a teacher education program at an Ivy League university, who made the choice to teach in urban classrooms. The authors examine the perspectives these candidates give to the process of learning to teach and how their identities are tempered,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Graduate Students, Urban Teaching, Teacher Education Programs
Horn, Ilana S.; Nolen, Susan B.; Ward, Christopher; Campbell, Sara Sunshine – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
Recently, researchers and policymakers have begun to question the role of professional education in learning to teach. This inquiry reflects skepticism about the contributions of teacher education, which is, in turn, fueled by popular ideas about the work of teaching: teachers are born not made, or that "real" learning begins once novices arrive…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Educators, Social Environment
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Parker, Joan – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
Primary teacher preparation courses to need support students in developing not only science content knowledge, but also pedagogical knowledge appropriate to the effective translation and representation of subject matter for learners in classrooms. In the case of the generalist primary trainee, this constitutes a considerable challenge. This study…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Experiments, Preservice Teacher Education