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Teaching through Assessment: Reconsidering the Transfer Problem through a Convergence of Technology and Assessment in Early Childhood Teacher Education
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Edwards, Susan – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
This article considers the impact of the "transfer problem" from a personal perspective. Drawing on experiences in teacher educator as preservice teacher, a practicing educator and later a preservice educator the author examines how she has seen and experienced the transfer problem and the potential for teacher education to enact a separation…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? Formative Assessment in Developing Student Teachers' Professional Learning of Teaching Science
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Nilsson, Pernilla – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
In the context of teacher education, it could well be suggested that assessment activities that build on formative interactions between student teachers and teacher educators might offer new windows into better understanding teaching and learning. This paper presents findings from a study into a primary science teacher education initiative that…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Science, Science Teachers, Student Teachers
Transitioning to the Classroom: Reflections of Second-Career Teachers during the Induction Year
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Brindley, Roger; Parker, Audra – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
In recent years teacher educators have witnessed an increase in the number of alternative pathways to university-based teacher education for prospective teachers. One option is for second-career teachers to enter post-baccalaureate programs in education; however, the experiences of second-career teachers are largely unexplored in the international…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Interviews, Teacher Certification, Teacher Educators
Nailing Jello to the Wall: Articulating Conceptualizations of Social Justice
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Sandretto, Susan; Ballard, Keith; Burke, Pam; Kane, Ruth; Lang, Catherine; Schon, Pamela; Whyte, Barbara – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
This article presents conceptualizations of social justice expressed by a group of teacher educators in New Zealand and seeks to reinforce the importance of placing social justice on the agenda of teacher education. It is presented in the form of a reader's theater script designed to elicit discussion and encourage others to reflect critically on…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Scripts, Teacher Education, Educational Change
Teacher Educators' Reflections on Moments in a Secondary Teacher Education Course: Thinking Forward by Challenging Our Teaching Practices
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Freedman, Debra M.; Bullock, Patricia L.; Duque, Genevieve S. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
In this paper the authors explore two pedagogical moments that occurred within a diversity-focused secondary teacher education course, giving specific attention to Genevieve's and Debra's reflections as course instructors. We explore the ways in which instructors find themselves challenged, engaged and provoked to rethink taken for granted ideas…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods
Reflective States Associated with Creating Inquiry-Based Mathematical Discourse
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Breyfogle, M. Lynn – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
A secondary school mathematics teacher and mathematics education researcher engaged in a collaborative professional development experience that focused the teacher's reflection on videotapes of his instruction. The purpose was to document and explore the teacher's experiences with respect to his reflections and classroom practice while trying to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience