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Fierke, Kerry K.; Lepp, Gardner A.; Bastianelli, Karen; Vogelsang, Lisa; Tornabene, Ladona – Current Issues in Education, 2016
The article describes a student-centered approach to generating meaningful learning outcomes in a short-term study abroad program. A practice named Intention/Reflection (I/R) was used to help students to identify, articulate, and reflect upon learning objectives that were personally meaningful, within the broader framework of the intended outcomes…
Descriptors: Intention, Reflection, Study Abroad, Behavioral Objectives
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Waddell, Jennifer H. – Current Issues in Education, 2013
Communities play a critical role in helping teacher candidates understand the social and historical aspects of community and their impact on schools, students and families, particularly in urban communities. Communities should be integral and equal partners in preparing teachers for today's diverse schools. This paper focuses on utilizing the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Concept, Professional Identity, Urban Teaching
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Lee, Darrell – Current Issues in Education, 2011
This study examined the phenomenon of second-career teachers. The participants in this study shared their reflections concerning the motivating factors and common experiences associated with leaving established professions in order to pursue careers in teaching. The study also inquired into the process involved in professional preparation as well…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Career Change, Alternative Teacher Certification, Occupational Aspiration
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Sela, Orly; Harel, Miriam – Current Issues in Education, 2012
The study presents a case of a teacher education college which took upon itself the role of providing teachers with an opportunity to study their work as part of their professional development studies in three different frameworks. The objective of the study was to examine the role of the college as promoting research carried out by practicing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Role of Education, Action Research, Professional Development
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Kim, Kyoung-Ae; Roth, Gene Leon – Current Issues in Education, 2011
This qualitative case study explores types of work-related information that novice teachers seek out and learn that is related to their daily work tasks. Eighteen experienced K-6 teachers offer their reflections about the dynamics of seeking and interpreting work-related information during their initial years of teaching. In-depth interviews were…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Conditions
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Kelehear, Zach – Current Issues in Education, 2010
The degree to which instructional supervisors encourage reflection by teachers is in large part a function of both the supervisor's and teacher's use of the art of conversation. The author juxtaposes the Concern Based Adoption Model theory for innovation with the Feldman Method for art criticism to support reflection as aesthetic. Reflection that…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Supervision, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication
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DelliCarpini, Margo – Current Issues in Education, 2009
This study examines interdisciplinary collaboration between mainstream-English and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) in-service and pre-service teachers enrolled in graduate methods courses in their respective fields. During the semester, TESOL and secondary English Education teacher candidates collaborated to develop young adult literature based…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Barriers, Teacher Attitudes
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Clark, Ian – Current Issues in Education, 2010
In recent years, a growing political emphasis has been placed upon the development of transformative assessment-driven reform in schools. There is global consensus on the value of assessment activities that are carefully designed to be consistent with desired learning outcomes, and which coherently connect learning theory, the curriculum,…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Activities, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Rearden, Kristin T.; Taylor, P. Mark; Hopkins, Terri – Current Issues in Education, 2005
The steps of implementing, analyzing, refining, and re-implementing a lesson is referred to as "lesson study." These steps formed the basis of a "workshop study" model that can be used to analyze a professional development workshop for the purposes of tailoring the content, resources, and collaborative efforts to better meet the needs of the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Mathematics Teachers
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King, Frederick B.; LaRocco, Diana J. – Current Issues in Education, 2006
Journals can be defined as the permanent records of thoughts and ideas that an individual has processed and clarified through the act of writing or otherwise recording their experiences (Killion, 1999). While journaling has existed almost as long as man has been writing, the use of journaling as a pedagogical strategy is a relatively recent…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Education Courses, Distance Education, Case Studies
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Pryor, Caroline R.; Pryor, Brandt W. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
This study investigated preservice teachers' intentions to integrate democratic practice into their teaching and the influence of attitudes and beliefs on intentions. Participants were 76 undergraduates from 3 social studies methods classes. A theory of reasoned action (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975) guided instrument development. Intention was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students