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Internationally Educated Female Teachers in the Neoliberal Context: Their Labour Market and Teacher Certification Experiences in Canada
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Walsh, Susan C.; Brigham, Susan M.; Wang, Yina – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
In this paper, we consider the difficulties that a group of internationally educated female teachers (female IETs) encountered in the process of seeking certification in the Canadian Maritimes. We read their experiences in the context of neoliberalism, in particular how they are positioned in the labour force and also the teaching profession. We…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification
The Effects of Sustained Classroom-Embedded Teacher Professional Learning on Teacher Efficacy and Related Student Achievement
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Bruce, Catherine D.; Esmonde, Indigo; Ross, John; Dookie, Lesley; Beatty, Ruth – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This paper reports on the impact of a classroom-embedded professional learning (PL) program for mathematics teaching in two contrasting districts in Canada, and investigates the relationship between teacher efficacy and student achievement. Before the PL, District A had lower teacher efficacy and student achievement than District B, but after the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement, Prior Learning
The Supporting Effective Teaching (SET) Project: The Relationship of Inclusive Teaching Practices to Teachers' Beliefs about Disability and Ability, and about Their Roles as Teachers
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Jordan, Anne; Glenn, Christine; McGhie-Richmond, Donna – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The Supporting Effective Teaching (SET) project consists of studies that examine the relationship between elementary general education teachers' beliefs about disability and ability and their roles in inclusive classrooms, and how these are related to teaching practices. Teaching effectiveness is operationally defined as multiple dimensions of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
"Going the Race Way": Biographical Influences on Multicultural and Antiracist English Curriculum Practices
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Skerrett, Allison – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
As curriculum standardization escalates, teachers' agency in relation to teaching to student diversity takes on increasing importance. This article draws from an international study that investigated the multicultural and antiracist teaching practices of 15 English teachers in two racially diverse schools, one in the United States, the other in…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Student Diversity, Foreign Countries, English Teachers