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Brantley-Dias, Laurie; Ertmer, Peggy A. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2013
In the education community, the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework has become a popular construct for examining the types of teacher knowledge needed to achieve technology integration. In accordance with Katz and Raths's 'Goldilocks Principlen' (cited in Kagan, 1990), TPACK, with its seven knowledge domains, may be too…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technology Integration, Teacher Competency Testing
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Tenekeci, Ebru Heyberi – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to present the preliminary study findings from an ongoing PhD study. In this paper, the researcher presents the preliminary study that was carried out with a number of schools in England and Northern Cyprus in order to identify the background or big pictures of each country in terms of available ICT tools that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Questionnaires
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Mualem, Roni; Eylon, Bat-Sheva – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Israeli junior high-school science teachers usually have a background in biology, and their knowledge of physics is limited. We show that by improving teachers' "qualitative understanding" it is possible to increase their confidence and willingness to teach physics. We conducted three-day workshops for teachers (n = 92), which were…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Teacher Workshops, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Kourtessis, Thomas; Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Maheridou, Maria; Ellinoudis, Theodoros; Kiparissis, Michael; Kioumourtzoglou, Efthimis – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a short intervention program designed to enhance the educators' ability to identify children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Twenty early childhood and 20 physical education teachers (n = 40) participated in the study. Participants were randomly assigned into an…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Goodman, Gay; Arbona, Consuelo; Dominguez de Rameriz, Romilia – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
Increasingly, teacher educators recommend authentic, performance-related measures for evaluating teacher candidates. Nevertheless, more states are requiring teachers to pass high-stakes, minimum-competency exams. This study examined the relation between teacher candidate scores on authentic measures and their scores on certification exams required…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teacher Education, Portfolio Assessment
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Gallavan, Nancy P.; Bowles, Freddie A.; Young, Christopher T. – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
Teacher educators frequently express concerns regarding teacher candidates' writing knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Concerns include candidates' proficiencies for writing correctly and communicating effectively, teaching writing appropriately to preK-12 graders, integrating writing authentically across the curriculum, guiding preK-12 student…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Writing Processes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys