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Eric Mensah; Georgina Attachie – Curriculum and Teaching, 2024
This article examined influences of academic and professional qualifications on the content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of lecturers. Research findings demonstrated no statistically significant influence of academic and professional qualifications on lecturers' PCK. Based on academic and professional…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, College Faculty, Universities, Teacher Qualifications
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Melissa Dancy; Charles Henderson; Naneh Apkarian; Estrella Johnson; Marilyne Stains; Jeffrey R. Raker; Alexandra Lau – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
A survey of 722 physics faculty conducted in 2008 found that many physics instructors had knowledge of research-based instructional strategies (RBISs), were interested in using more, but often discontinued use after trying. Considerable effort has been made during the decade following 2008 to develop and disseminate RBISs in physics as well as…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Knowledge Level, Active Learning
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Pollard, Barbara – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2020
The study utilized participatory action research and grounded theory methods and methodology to explore how critical pedagogy, as practiced by a small group of university education professors, shapes and influences the development of a critical consciousness among preservice teachers. Although there were some 'conscious raising' learning…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Preservice Teachers, Consciousness Raising, Teaching Methods
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Melese, Solomon – Cogent Education, 2019
The purpose of the study was to explore instructors' knowledge, attitude and practice of differentiated instruction in the case of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. The study employed a qualitative research approach with case study design. The participants were the dean, department heads and…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Teacher Education, Behavioral Sciences, Foreign Countries
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Nouri, Noushin; McComas, William F.; Aponte-Martinez, Gerardo J. – Science & Education, 2019
This multiple-case study examined the rationales and instructional strategies for teaching history of science (HOS) of 16 instructors of a history of science course for undergraduate preservice teachers in the USA. Based on instructor syllabi, instructional materials, and instructor interviews, we conducted single-case and cross-case analyses to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Science History, Teaching Methods, Knowledge Level
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Hong, Jianzhong; Pi, Zhongling; Yang, Jiumin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
Video lectures are being widely used in online and blended learning classes worldwide, and their learning effectiveness is becoming a focus of many educators and researchers. This study examined the cognitive load and learning effectiveness of video lectures in terms of the type of knowledge being taught (declarative or procedural) and instructor…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Lecture Method, Online Courses, Blended Learning
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Budd, D. A.; van der Hoeven Kraft, K. J.; McConnell, D. A.; Vislova, T. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
Most research about reformed teaching practices in the college science classroom is based on instructor self-report. This research describes what is happening in some introductory geology courses at multiple institutions across the country using external observers. These observations are quantified using the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol…
Descriptors: Geology, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods
Pundak, David; Dvir, Yoav – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2014
The paper investigates difficulties involved in integrating online courses in academic colleges. Despite their growing prevalence in Israel and worldwide there are still no online courses offered as part of the learning process in many colleges. In order to identify factors for this phenomenon, a study was conducted to investigate the attitudes of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Engineering Education, College Faculty, Lecture Method