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Using a Standardized Video-Based Assessment in a University Teacher Education Program to Examine Preservice Teachers Knowledge Related to Effective Teaching
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Wiens, Peter D.; Hessberg, Kevin; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; DeCoster, Jamie – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
The Video Assessment of Interactions and Learning (VAIL), a video-based assessment of teacher understanding of effective teaching strategies and behaviors, was administered to preservice teachers. Descriptive and regression analyzes were conducted to examine trends among participants and identify predictors at the individual level and program…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice Teachers' Initial Conceptions about Assessment of Science Learning: The Coherence with Their Views of Learning Science
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Wang, Jing-Ru; Kao, Huey-Lien; Lin, Sheau-Wen – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This study utilized responses from Taiwanese preservice elementary teachers to describe and analyze their conceptions about the assessment of science learning and the extent that these conceptions were coherent with their views of learning science. A methodological framework of phenomenography was used for the study. The results revealed that the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Science Education
Beacons of Light, Rays, or Sun Catchers? A Case Study of the Positioning of Literacy Teachers and Their Knowledge in Neoliberal Times
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Hibbert, Kathryn M.; Heydon, Rachel M.; Rich, Sharon J. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This paper reports on a case study of a "lead literacy teacher" initiative in one Canadian province. This initiative is related to a ''minority world'' trend in teacher in-service that seeks to develop "experts" in a field with the intent that such experts can help other teachers to raise student achievement for the betterment…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Educational Change, Literacy, Foreign Countries