This study developed and validated an instrument for assessing teachers' perceptions of culturally responsive teaching (CRT) in technology-supported learning environments. The construct validity of this instrument was examined via confirmatory factor analysis and the multiple dimensional partial credit model (MPCM) for item responses. Results…

This study uses data from TEDS-M to explore and compare possible individual-based and institutional-based predictors of future secondary mathematics teachers' readiness to teach in Taiwan, Germany, and the United States. Across the three countries, future teachers' intrinsic motivation to become teachers and the consistency of courses arrangement…

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) has received much attention recently, serving as a lens to examine the ways in which teachers integrate technology into teaching. Questionnaire instruments have been developed to examine teachers' TPACK. However, teacher-perceived TPACK may not fully reflect their real practices in classrooms. To…

The development and role of subject matter knowledge within teachers' professional development is currently the source of much research; however, the parallel development and role of pedagogical knowledge has yet to be systematically analyzed. In investigating this seldomly tapped area of concern, researchers involved 26 preservice science…

The goals of secondary preservice science teacher education are to prepare future science teachers with competency in both science content knowledge and science teaching ability. The study reported in this paper investigated the development of pedagogical content knowledge of three preservice chemistry teachers in Taiwan during one year of a…