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In What Ways Does Studying at M-Level Contribute to Teachers' Professional Learning? Research Set in an English University
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Turner, Karen; Simon, Shirley – Professional Development in Education, 2013
In a climate where government funding to support a master's-level teaching profession is in jeopardy, it is timely to explore the contribution of research and scholarship to the practice of teaching. This paper reports on an interview study in which the graduates of a professional master's course articulated their learning through reflection on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Research Needs, Scholarship
"Purpose" as a Way of Helping White Trainee History Teachers Engage with Diversity Issues
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Harris, Richard – Education Sciences, 2012
Based on a three year action research project, this study examines one strand of that research, namely the impact that "purpose", "i.e." exploring the range of rationales for studying a subject, has in helping white trainee teachers embrace cultural and ethnic diversity within their teaching. Through "purpose"…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, White Students, Trainees, Preservice Teachers
The Interaction of Factors which Influence Secondary Student Physical Education Teachers' Knowledge and Development as Teachers
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Capel, Susan; Hayes, Sid; Katene, Will; Velija, Philipa – European Physical Education Review, 2011
The purpose of this study was to look at the influence of and interrelationships between concerns and socialization on the development of student physical education (PE) teachers' knowledge for teaching and their development as teachers. Six secondary student PE teachers completed a journal on a monthly basis throughout the course of a one-year…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Physical Education, Socialization
The Physical Education Profession and Its Professional Responsibility... or... Why "12 Weeks Paid Holiday" Will Never Be Enough
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Armour, Kathleen M. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2010
Background: This paper critically reviews the concept of "professional responsibility" in physical education. The paper is rooted in the belief that the physical education profession has, by virtue of its expertise in young people and physical activity, the potential to deliver a broad range of desirable educational and health-related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Professional Occupations
Reflections on the "Teacher Identities in Music Education" [TIME] Project
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Welch, Graham F.; Purves, Ross; Hargreaves, David J.; Marshall, Nigel – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2010
At the turn of the century, there was a widespread perception on the part of pupils, teachers, and policy makers that a "problem with school music" existed, particularly at the secondary level. It was hypothesized that one contributory factor was the perceived authenticity of "school music" in relation to "music outside…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Undergraduate Students, Career Choice