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Tam, Angela Choi Fung – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This qualitative study aimed to explore Hong Kong pre-service teachers' beliefs about the potential benefits of a short-term study abroad programme and their practices. Pre- and post-programme semi-structured interviews and reflective journals were employed to collect data. The findings suggest that the transformation of beliefs into practices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Bukor, Emese – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This article explores the influence of personal and professional experiences on the development of teacher identity. The holistic perspective in this article refers to the language teachers' exploration of their personal and professional experiences with the use of both conscious/rational and intuitive/tacit thought processes. Three language…
Descriptors: Teachers, Professional Identity, Holistic Approach, Teacher Attitudes
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Bhukhanwala, Foram; Dean, Kim; Troyer, Maryellen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This qualitative study examined the question: How can arts-based approaches facilitate transformative learning in a student teaching seminar? Two teacher educators facilitated a supplemental and voluntary arts-based ST seminar that comprised six, two-hour sessions. Thirty-four student teachers participated over five semesters making use of Theater…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Teachers, Seminars, Preservice Teacher Education
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Wongsopawiro, Dirk S.; Zwart, Rosanne C.; van Driel, Jan H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This paper describes a method of analysing teacher growth in the context of science education. It focuses on the identification of pathways in the development of secondary school teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) by the use of the interconnected model of teachers' professional growth (IMTPG).The teachers (n = 12) participated in a…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
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Mortari, Luigina – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
The notion of reflection has become an object of attention in education, but the research on this topic is often reduced to mere reflective practice. A relevant part of educational literature portrays reflection as a wholly beneficial practice for practitioners, but also for researchers. In the nursing field, in particular, reflection is largely…
Descriptors: Evidence, Teaching Methods, Student Teachers, Journal Writing
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Craig, Cheryl J.; Zou, Yali; Poimbeauf, Rita – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
In this work, we explore journal writing as a way to come to know culture, particularly cultural phenomenon, vastly different from one's own firmly held and enacted beliefs. In this research, we accept the premise that writing is a way of knowing and adopt journal writing as a tool through which students can explore the knowledge they have…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Cross Cultural Training, Study Abroad, Beliefs