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Because Wisdom Can't Be Told: Using Comparison of Simulated Parent-Teacher Conferences to Assess Teacher Candidates' Readiness for Family-School Partnership
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Walker, Joan M. T.; Dotger, Benjamin H. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This study used text-related, video-based case materials to assess teacher candidates' readiness to communicate with families. Participants (N = 141) rated their efficacy for home-school communication and then responded to a description of a classroom-based challenge regarding one student's behavioral and academic performance. Next, they evaluated…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Self Efficacy, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent School Relationship
The Impact of Technology on the Development of Expertise and Teacher Beliefs
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Penland, Diane Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Although successful integration of technology into classrooms has proven beneficial to the learning process, little is yet known about how teachers respond to the introduction of technology and why some choose to use it while others do not. Using Sandoltz' stages of teacher technology adoption as a framework, this multiple case study utilized…
Descriptors: Expertise, Video Technology, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Reinventing Teacher Professional Norms and Identities: The Role of Lesson Study and Learning Communities
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Lieberman, Joanne – Professional Development in Education, 2009
The present article addresses how lesson study can facilitate changing traditional norms of individualism, conservatism and presentism that constrain American teachers from learning from one another. The article investigates how lesson study can serve as a vehicle for developing teacher learning communities by developing or redeveloping teachers'…
Descriptors: Norms, Communities of Practice, Instructional Improvement, Case Studies
Acknowledgement as a Key to Teacher Learning
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de Sonneville, Jenny – ELT Journal, 2007
In this article I introduce the concept of "acknowledgement" and explore the role which it plays in facilitating teacher learning. Acknowledgement is the validation or recognition of the teacher, which comes about when teachers have the space to present their own perceptions of their teaching without judgement. I trace the development of a teacher…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Professional Development, Microteaching, Protocol Materials
Developing Competencies for Using the Interactive Whiteboard to Implement Communicative Language Teaching in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
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Cutrin Schmid, Euline – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2010
This paper discusses the findings of a case study conducted with an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher at a German secondary school. This case study is part of a research project that investigates the new competencies that EFL teachers need to acquire in order to be able to use the interactive whiteboard (IWB) to develop their practice,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
An Electronic System to Support Novice Teachers' Reflective Lesson Design
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Calandra, Brendan; Brantley-Dias, Laurie; Mcneal, Kezia – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose an electronic support tool that can be used by teacher educators and novice teachers to foster habits of reflective, systematic instructional planning. Design/methodology/approach: The authors provide a rationale for their work, present a theoretical framework, propose a unique instructional design…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Instructional Design, Multicultural Education, Technology Integration