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Onurkan Aliusta, Gülen; Özer, Bekir – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This paper addresses the espoused and enacted practices of high school teachers with regard to student-centred learning (SCL). Explanatory mixed-method design, where quantitative strand is followed by qualitative one, is employed. While the quantitative strand aims to explore teachers' perceptions regarding the extent student-centred teacher and…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teacher Role, Student Role, Educational Change
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Postholm, May Britt – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using information and communication technology (ICT) as a mediating artefact in the classroom compared to alternative tools with illustrations from a qualitative classroom study. The aim of the article is to describe and show the conditions that have to be satisfied if ICT is to have an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Performance Factors
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Walker, Caroline; Gleaves, Alan; Grey, John – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
This paper discusses some findings from a small-scale qualitative study involving "new" teachers in a medium sized, regional English university. Using Grounded Theory methods to inform and guide the research, the study explores participants' views on working as both teachers and researchers whilst also managing considerable amounts of…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Social Support Groups, Teacher Student Relationship, Performance Factors
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Cwikla, Julie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
Teachers with seven years of teaching experience or less (n = 10) participating in a large-scale mathematics professional development program in the United States were interviewed. The goal of this qualitative study was to better understand less experienced teachers' reactions to professional development and professional support in the teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development
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Conca, Lydia M.; Schechter, Carlota P.; Castle, Sharon – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
Elementary teachers engaged in weekly conversations about their students' writing. Conversations were guided by a protocol that began with an assessment of students' writing samples and then moved to the generation of instructional ideas. The conversations were analyzed for what the teachers talked about and the extent to which they generated…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Familiarity, Instructional Effectiveness, Alignment (Education)