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Sato, Masaaki; Ludecke, Michelle; Saito, Eisuke – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
This paper presents a cross-cultural discussion of three episodes where students' embodied dispositions serve as indicators of, and barriers to, learning. These episodes are drawn from a longitudinal study into school reform in Asia. Framed around a shared understanding of embodiment within practice approaches, and employing a unique method of…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Barriers
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Furlong, John – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
For nearly 40 years the quality and value of the contribution of universities to initial teacher education has been brought into question. This is particularly so in England where the ongoing 'discourse of derision' has resulted in universities no longer being seen as necessary partners in the process. More recently, similar challenges have taken…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Gorodetsky, Malka; Barak, Judith – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This paper suggests a conjunction between the learning space of educational edge community (EEC) and the Deleuzeguattarian thought regarding the nature of teachers' "becoming." It attends to the emerging subjectivities of teachers/learners within an EEC, a nomadic, open, and smooth space of learning. It is suggested that autonomous…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Freedom, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Teachers
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Long, Deborah Thurlow; Stuart, Carolyn – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
An integrated mathematics and science methods course was designed to focus on the knowledge, skills, and beliefs of teacher candidates. Teacher candidates were involved in experiences that would prompt them to consider the influence of their experiences on their beliefs, the influence of their beliefs on their instructional decisions and the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Methods Courses, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
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Howes, Elaine V.; Jones, Kathleen M.; Rosenthal, Bill – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
The inspiration for this paper was a retreat in which education students and professors spent a weekend at a forest preserve, conducting biodiversity studies. Our writing describes the power of our retreat as a scientific, social and pedagogical learning experience. The three authors present our written reflections individually, prefaced by a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Biodiversity, Science Teachers, Learning Experience
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Golombek, Paula R.; Johnson, Karen E. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
In the practice of teacher education, most would agree that critical reflection in and on the process of learning to teach and the activities of teaching play a central role in teachers' professional development. Using Vygotskian sociocultural theory, we examine how narrative inquiry functions as a culturally developed tool that mediates teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Learning Processes, Personal Narratives, Professional Development