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Francis Jonathan Gilbert; Tom Dobson – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2025
Purpose: There is little research into how teachers think about and teach creative writing and its redrafting and how this might differ depending upon the age of the pupils being taught. This paper aims to compare the creative writing conceptualisations and practices of primary school teachers (5-11-year olds) and secondary school teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Creative Writing, Writing Instruction
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Orna Schatz Oppenheimer; Judy Goldenberg – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: This article aims to present a unique dimension to mentor studies in that unlike most research that focuses on the novice-teachers-mentee, this study explores the influence of mentoring on the mentors themselves. Two main questions were examined: "Which components of mentoring influence the mentors' professional development?"…
Descriptors: Mentors, Experienced Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis
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Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria; Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
Considering the central role of identity in understanding teacher development, this paper addresses the ways in which pre-service language teachers envision their identities as future professionals. The paper is based on a qualitative study of 61 students' visualisations of their future work during their first semester in language teacher…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Faculty Development, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers
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Meihami, Hussein; Husseini, Fateme – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
Research in second language teacher education (SLTE) is critical for making short- and long-term policies and decisions about SLTE programs, materials, methods, etc. Therefore, it is essential to know the "what," "how," and "where" of SLTE research. Hence, the purpose of this synchronic study was to investigate…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Policy
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Tabassum, Farkhanda; Malik, Sufiana Khatoon – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2017
The study was conducted to compare practitioners' perception about professional identity at higher secondary level. The purpose of the study was to equate practitioners' perception about three components of professional identity (1) Who am I? (2) What is my role? (3) How I should be? The population of the study comprised male and female…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Professional Identity, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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Rodés, Virginia; Gewerc, Adriana – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021
A conceptual model on OER adoption is presented, as the substantive theoretical synthesis of a Grounded Theory study, whose purpose was to identify which factors influence the adoption of OER among teachers in Latin American universities. Main theoretical-methodological bases are rooted and analised, in comparison with the traditional approach…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Professional Identity, Universities, College Faculty
Menter, Ian, Ed. – Springer, 2023
This handbook presents a timeless, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource covering major issues in the field of teacher education research. In a global landscape where migration, inequality, climate change, political upheavals and strife continue to be broadly manifest, governments and scholars alike are increasingly considering what role…
Descriptors: Guides, Teacher Education, Educational Research, Immigration
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Miller-Young, Janice E.; Yeo, Michelle; Manarin, Karen – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Faculty members from five years of an annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) development program were invited to participate in a study about the impact of SoTL on their teaching, scholarship, and career trajectory. During semi-structured interviews, many expressed feeling discomfort during their journey into SoTL. A qualitative…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Program Effectiveness, Semi Structured Interviews, Teacher Attitudes
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Mora, Alberto; Trejo, Paulina; Roux, Ruth – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
This comparative study examines the learning trajectories of two groups of Mexican novice language teachers, three locally raised and educated ones and three repatriates from the USA. The study makes use of a combination of retrospective life-history research and the analysis of academic documents to look at the interrelationship between teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Second Language Learning
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White, Elizabeth – Professional Development in Education, 2014
The shift towards school-led teacher education steered by the government in England challenges the "traditional" model of experienced teachers leaving school and entering the higher education sector to become teacher educators. More teachers are undertaking the dual role of teacher and teacher educator, leading the professional learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Professional Identity, Experienced Teachers
Atmaca, Çagla – Online Submission, 2017
Growing body of studies has stressed the role of research in teacher education since conducting research informs both teachers and students, and contributes to professional skills. Therefore, this study aimed to find out and compare the perspectives of pre-service and in-service English teachers in an EFL context with regard to finding sufficient…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Research, Qualitative Research, Preservice Teachers
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Geeraerts, Kendra; Tynjälä, Päivi; Heikkinen, Hannu L. T.; Markkanen, Ilona; Pennanen, Matti; Gijbels, David – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Peer-group mentoring (PGM) is a new model designed to support the professional development of teachers in Finland. This study examines the experiences of mentees participating in PGM and potential differences in the experiences of teachers in general education and vocational education. It also addresses the mentees' perceptions of the results of…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Foreign Countries, General Education
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Brody, David L.; Hadar, Linor L. – Teacher Development, 2015
Experience in the workforce influences teacher educators' responses to professional development efforts for adapting new practices. This study examines trajectories of novices and experienced teacher educators in a three-year longitudinal professional development community focused on infusing thinking into college teaching. A four-stage trajectory…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
Takayama, Hiromi – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This mixed methods study investigates how Japanese non-native English speaking teachers' (NNESTs) efficacy and identity are developed and differentiated from those of native English speaking teachers (NESTs). To explore NNESTs' efficacy, this study focuses on the contributing factors, such as student engagement, classroom management, instructional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Fisher, Linda; Kim, Deoksoon – Language Learning Journal, 2013
This article explores the use of blogs for pre-service language teacher education in two national settings, the UK (University of Cambridge) and the US (University of South Florida). Taking two approaches to blogging and to learning through blogging (one based on self-reflection and a constructivist approach and one based on social and…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Context Effect
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