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Gamze Almacioglu; Fadime Yalcin Arslan – Teaching Education, 2024
Although there are many disagreements about its definition and how it should be applied, reflection is an important professional development tool in teacher education. If in-service teachers think in-depth about critical incidents and reflect on them, they can develop new understandings of the teaching and learning process. The study investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Whitney Sherman; Nina Namaste; Annie Gibson; Ezra Spira-Cohen – To Improve the Academy, 2024
In the realm of international education there are many calls to increase and improve faculty development to make study abroad experiences more intellectually and interculturally enriching, for both faculty and students (Anderson et al., 2016; Gillespie, 2019; Gillespie et al., 2020; Johnstone et al., 2020; Layne et al., 2020). In this study we…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Teacher Student Relationship, International Educational Exchange
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Karimi, Mohammad Nabi; Nazari, Mostafa – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Despite the recognition of the importance of teachers' professional development, the exploration of teachers' Critical Incidents (CIs) as a type of professional development initiative has received insufficient attention in L2 teaching contexts. Motivated by the dearth of research in this area and building on complexity theory as its conceptual…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Language Teachers
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Babaii, Esmat; Molana, Khazar; Nazari, Mostafa – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
While research on teachers' Critical Incidents (CIs) has grown exponentially, little research has been done on teachers' assessment-related CIs, much less examining the contributions of such CIs to their identity sense-making. This study aimed to fill some of this gap by exploring assessment-related CIs of 13 Iranian L2 teachers and the associated…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Toom, Auli; Tiilikainen, Mikko; Heikonen, Lauri; Leijen, Äli; Mena, Juanjo; Husu, Jukka – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This study investigated student teachers' (N = 82) learning of action-oriented knowledge (AOK), triggering incidents in teaching practice, and the relationships between these two. Student teacher's action-oriented knowledge is understood as core capability for the practice of teaching, and learning of action-oriented knowledge needs to be…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Critical Incidents Method, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Heikonen, Lauri; Toom, Auli; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2017
Strategies student-teachers employ in classroom interaction with pupils during teaching practice periods are surprisingly understudied, considering that the teaching practicum provides a central arena for student-teachers learning to become teachers. This study investigates the primary strategies student-teachers utilised in classroom interaction…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Interaction, Practicums, Foreign Countries
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Fuchs, Carolin – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
This study explores critical incidents regarding differing cultures-of-use in telecollaboration against the backdrop of Hong Kong and German teacher education contexts. The rationale for the exchange was to model technology use and task design with the ultimate goal of internationalizing teacher education and supporting global citizenship.…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Teacher Education Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, International Education
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Quigley, Cassie; Trauth-Nare, Amy; Beeman-Cadwallader, Nicole – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
The purpose of this paper is to describe the relevance of a qualitative methodology called portraiture for science education. Portraiture is a method of inquiry that blends art and science by combining the empirical aspects of inquiry with beauty and aesthetic properties. This method encompasses all aspects of a research study, including protocol,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Portraiture, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
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Swalwell, Katy; Schweber, Simone – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
The protests against the Budget Repair Bill in Wisconsin during the spring of 2011 provide a powerful moment in which to examine social studies teachers' curricular, pedagogic, and personal political decisions in the context of a local, controversial current event. We engaged 7 middle and high school social studies teachers from small and large,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Activism, Oral History
Jacobs, Mary Ann – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2015
Can students teach their professors? The purpose of this study was to determine if students provided more immediate feedback to the professor on what engaged them and what distanced them in their learning and if the professor made changes to course delivery based on that feedback, would students become more engaged in their learning. In this…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Feedback (Response), Critical Incidents Method, Action Research
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Coyle, Do – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
This study is part of longitudinal research undertaken in 11 secondary schools across two countries, based in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms with 12-15 year olds. The aim was to listen to learners, provide them with a "voice" to analyse their perceptions of "successful learning" and to undertake participatory research…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Educational Change
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Thomas, Kelli – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This longitudinal study examines the effects of a collaborative evaluation process on mathematics instruction and student outcomes in an elementary school serving a low-resource community. Thirty-two elementary teachers participated in a 3-year collaborative evaluation professional development process that contributed to improved mathematics…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Mathematics Instruction