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Löfström, Erika; Pursiainen, Tuomas – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study focuses on mathematics student teachers' epistemological beliefs in mathematics and education. The study aimed at gaining insight into the challenges that students experience in the consolidation of knowledge in the two disciplines. The case study with three mathematics pre-service teachers utilised mathematical and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Teachers
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Wosnitza, Marold S.; Labitzke, Nina; Woods-McConney, Amanda; Karabenick, Stuart A. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
While extensive research on student help-seeking and teachers' help-giving behaviour in teacher-centred classroom and self-directed learning environments is available, little is known regarding teachers' beliefs and behaviour about help seeking or their role when students work in groups. This study investigated primary (elementary) school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Help Seeking, Teacher Attitudes, Cooperative Learning
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van Velzen, Joke H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
Teacher educators' knowledge about metacognitive knowledge and developing expertise can provide for insights about teaching these "difficult" constructs. In this explorative study, six teacher educators' remarks regarding metacognitive knowledge and developing expertise were examined. The teacher educators filled in closed-ended and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Metacognition, Teaching Experience, Teacher Educators
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Tillema, Harm; van der Westhuizen, Gert J. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
In this article knowledge productivity, a process that creates conceptual artifacts, is used as a way to investigate the outcomes of collaborative and enquiry-oriented activity by teaching professionals. It is an outcome of the motivation to learn (self-regulation) in that it studies the issues from different professional perspectives (reflection…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Work Environment, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration