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Bouckaert, Marina – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
Classroom materials play a major role in teachers' professional lives and are a central component of the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. Teachers themselves have been found to create and adapt materials for a plethora of reasons, one of which is their own continuing professional development. This article aims to take stock of a…
Descriptors: Teacher Developed Materials, English (Second Language), Reflective Teaching, English Teachers
Mansfield, Caroline F., Ed. – Springer, 2020
This open access book follows the development of the Building Resilience in Teacher Education (BRiTE) project across Australia and internationally. Drawing on the success of this project and the related research collaborations that have since emerged, it highlights the importance of cultivating resilience at various stages of teachers' careers.…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Education Programs, Case Studies, Learning Activities
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van der Valk, Ton; de Jong, Onno – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The present study deals with a school-based professional development trajectory for secondary science teachers, aiming at scaffolding teachers in open-inquiry teaching for the topic of water quality. Its design was based on the leading principle of "guiding by scaffolding". Seven experienced teachers participated in institutional…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Inquiry, Science Instruction, Faculty Development
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Henze, Ineke; Van Driel, Jan; Verloop, Nico – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
In order to enhance teachers' professional awareness, it is necessary to understand and value their subjective or personal knowledge and beliefs. This study investigated the change of science teachers' personal knowledge about teaching models and modeling in science within the context of educational reform in The Netherlands. The study followed…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers
Vonk, J. H. C. – 1993
The mentoring model described in this paper assumes teachers to be self-directing professionals, and adopts the formalized mentor-protege relationship as the starting point and the individual teacher's professional development as the organizing principle for the induction of teachers into the profession. The essential elements of a mentor's…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Jansma, Frank; And Others – 1997
This paper is a theoretical description of the mental processes that occur as part of teachers classroom behavior. Concepts are applied from the field of cognitive science and the following model is offered: the brain has an intrinsic dynamic nature with hierarchically organized levels of functioning; there is a large degree of interconnectedness…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development