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Brown, Eleanor J. – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2014
This article discusses research with development education practitioners in Britain and Spain, to explore their conceptions of pedagogical approaches to development education and how these relate to transformative learning theory. Development education is a process designed to generate informed action, which implies the objective of transformation…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Reflection, Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning
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Martínez-de-la-Hidalga, Zoe; Villardón-Gallego, Lourdes – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
The Conceptions about the teaching profession affect professional performance, and metaphors are a tool to identify them. In this qualitative study metaphors are used to gain insight into conceptions held by pre-service teachers, and their development during Initial Teacher Training in the Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education. A total of 247…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Preservice Teacher Education
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Brown, Eleanor J. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This paper presents comparative case studies of non-formal development education by non-profit organisations in two European countries. The study aimed to explore the extent to which such activities provide opportunities for transformative learning. The research was qualitative and began with interviews with educators across 14 organisations in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Comparative Education
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Belvis, Esther; Pineda, Pilar; Armengol, Carme; Moreno, Victoria – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Teacher education based on "reflective practice" consists of observing, analysing and reflecting on teacher performance in order to improve professional practice. This article presents the results of an evaluation of a programme on mathematics teaching carried out using reflective practice. It was targeted at 284 teachers in various…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Reflective Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Käpplinger, Bernd, Ed.; Lichte, Nina, Ed.; Haberzeth, Erik, Ed.; Kulmus, Claudia, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
This book assembles over 50 papers from the 7th Triennial European Research Conference of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA), which was held from the 4th to the 7th of September 2013 at Humboldt-University in Berlin. The title of the conference was "Changing Configurations of Adult Education in Transitional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students