The professional development of teachers is a task recognized by the European parliament and pursued by many institutions, both national and international ones. The support to teachers in STEM disciplines was one of the aims of the Erasmus+ SMART (Science and Mathematics Advanced Research for good Teaching) project, born in a European context,…

Inserted in the area of education in the field of specialty of the technologies of information and communication in the education, the focus of this research is the production of knowledge about the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) within the educational community, through the formulation of a conceptual framework for the continuous training.…

The concepts of future classrooms, multimedia labs or active learning space has recently gained prominence in educational research. Evidence-based research has found that well-designed primary school classrooms can boost students' learning. Also, schools' principals, teachers and students are requesting for more flexible, reconfigurable and modern…

This paper presents a theoretical model for the development of knowledge for teaching, based on a study of primary pre-service teachers (PSTs) in their final year of an Initial Teacher Education Programme. This model arose from findings about PSTs' perceptions of knowledge for mathematics teaching that were related to knowledge of the curriculum,…

This article presents the transcript of Peter Webster's 2014 Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address. Webster comments on several big ideas in music education: (1) The consideration of teaching as a blend of constructivist approaches and direct instruction that values student-centered work primarily as evidence of learning; (2) The…

We have applied the "practical paradigm" in teaching problem solving to secondary school students. The key feature of the practical paradigm is the use of a practical worksheet to guide the students' processes in problem solving. In this paper, we report the diffusion of the practical paradigm to university level courses for prospective…

We unpack the notion of mathematics teacher educators modeling teaching in mathematics teacher education courses. Specifically, we investigated what practicing teachers gained from mathematics teacher educators' modeling by examining: (1) What do mathematics teacher educators believe they model about effective instructional practice? (2) What do…

This paper introduces The Expanded Reflection Cycle for Transformative Professional Learning as a professional learning model for practicing teachers completing their graduate studies that includes expanded opportunities for peer support and collaborative reflection. Through the model, teachers engage in systematic self and collaborative…

For the purposes of measurement such as aggregation, improvement, diagnosis, assessment, evaluation, reporting, and research; constructs must be measured and not just observed, counted, or collected. Valid and reliable measurement includes a defined construct, a choice of appropriate models, creation of instruments, and meaningful results. In…

More emphasis should be placed on the use of simple curriculum models for structuring instructional planning programs and for developing program planning skills during preservice or inservice education courses in order to continue to upgrade the contribution of geography to the secondary school curriculum. A five-stage model for planning geography…

Education of mentally handicapped children involves developing specialist teaching methods, assessment instruments, and curricular objectives. The need for staff to use behavior modification techniques has shifted the emphasis from child training to staff training techniques. Pedagogic devices used to train staff may reflect the behavioral model…

This paper presents a teacher education model that combines ideas from social psychology and acting. The effective teacher role is defined as being characterized by broad permeating attributes of behavior that distinguish this role from a less effective one. Procedures are discussed for the acquisition of a teaching role derived from the work of…

What it means to use research is a potentially contentious topic. With the emphasis on constructivist approaches in teacher education programs, the traditional explanations involving generalizability are inadequate in that there is no consideration of what the user brings to the use. Discussion of the various ways in which use can be framed leads…

The author contends that a teacher training program for teachers of gifted should present the historical and philosophical antecedents of education for the gifted and generate within the trainee an awareness of his/her philosophy. Listings of teacher qualifications are given, and various components of a teacher training model (including a plan for…

In an effort to meet the new challenges for improving teacher education and student learning in P-12 schools in New York, and to develop a shared vision among partners of a National Council for Accreditation in Teacher Education (NCATE) conceptual framework, the faculty and staff of a school of education in New York conducted a school-college…