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Anna Koski; Mikko Puustinen; Janne Säntti; Jari Salminen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2023
Teacher education in Finland has followed a research-based approach for decades, but the approach has rarely been investigated from the viewpoint of in-service teachers. This study explores how in-service teachers experienced the meaning of educational science, research and theory (ESRT) and how teachers engage with educational research as part of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Work Environment
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Hennessy, Jennifer; Lynch, Raymond – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
Operating across the 'marshy epistemological divide' created between schooling and academia, the role of pre-service teacher researchers presents a unique set of challenges and responsibilities. This paper reports on a follow-up study exploring the attitudes of a multi-disciplinary cohort of graduand teachers towards the use and conduct of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Epistemology, Graduate Students
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Säntti, Janne; Puustinen, Mikko; Salminen, Jari – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
Our aim in this article is to examine the relationship between theory and practice in Finnish teacher education from the 1960s to the present. We identify four different periods to represent this relationship based on our analysis of national committee and evaluation reports. Theory and practice gradually converged, culminating in a research-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Education Programs, Values
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Allas, Raili; Leijen, Äli; Toom, Auli – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
This study investigates meaningful events that student teachers identified from video recordings of their teaching practice that were used to improve their knowledge base. Data were collected from 21 student teachers at an Estonian university using a guided reflection procedure. Deductive qualitative content analysis was performed on meaningful…
Descriptors: Reflection, Student Teachers, Student Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship
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Gabriel Diaz Maggioli – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2024
This research project sought to comprehend how a group of graduates from an Initial Foreign Language Teacher Education (IFLTE) programme in a national teacher education college in Uruguay constructed a personal stance towards social justice as a result of having completed a curriculum intending to promote such a stance. Data were collected through…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Social Justice, Foreign Countries
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Canrinus, Esther T.; Klette, Kirsti; Hammerness, Karen; Bergem, Ole Kristian – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
The aim of this article is to explore similarities and differences in teacher candidates' perceptions of their opportunities to enact practice in university courses in five teacher education programmes, located in Norway, Finland, USA, Cuba, and Chile. Paper and pencil surveys were distributed among candidates (N = 488) to measure their perception…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs
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Ertsas, Turid I.; Irgens, Eirik J. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
In this conceptual article, we draw on a graded theory concept as well as two exemplary cases to discuss the role of professional theorizing in teachers' practice. We present a model that can illustrate how a non-dichotomous, graded and processual understanding of theory may help overcome a split between theory, on the one hand, and practice, on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Knowledge Level
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Zhang, Zuochen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This article reports the perceived learning of a group of Chinese teacher candidates who audited an ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) literacy course while participating in an exchange programme between Southwest University in China and the University of Windsor in Canada. Data were collected through (1) reflective notes written by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, International Educational Exchange
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Knight, Rupert – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
The landscape of teacher education is undergoing significant change in many countries and this is often associated with a move towards greater school involvement in the preparation of teachers. One aspect of teaching expertise that is particularly challenging for primary student-teachers is the development of subject knowledge across a wide range…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teacher Education
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Qiao, Xuefeng; Lai, Manhong – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This article examines the development of pre-service teachers' job-related perceptions of teaching in rural areas in the Free Teacher Education (FTE) programme in mainland China. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 22 teacher educators and 11 pre-service teachers, this study found that pre-service teachers' perceptions were constructed through…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Rural Areas, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs
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Tang, Sylvia Y. F.; Wong, Angel K. Y.; Cheng, May M. H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
The relative contributions of higher education and schools, and hence the conceptual and practical aspects of ITE, to student teachers' professional learning have been an issue of concern in teacher education. This article reports a mixed-methods study showing the relationship between student teachers' engagement with the practical and conceptual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Mixed Methods Research
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Dickerson, Claire; Jarvis, Joy; Levy, Roger; Thomas, Kit – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This article presents Malaysian student teachers' reports of using an action, reflection and modelling (ARM) pedagogical approach during their placements in Malaysian primary schools. The ARM approach was designed to support the implementation of the Malaysian primary school mathematics curriculum, which involved changing classroom practice in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Mathewson Mitchell, Donna; Reid, Jo-Anne – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
Contemporary research conversations about the utility of practice theories to professional education support the reconceptualisation of pre-service teacher education in ways that provide strong preparation for continued professional learning. This paper reports on an empirical inquiry that introduced a theoretically informed practice-based…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Intervention
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Zimmerman Nilsson, Marie-Helene – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This article presents findings from a pioneer study addressing the first co-action between students with intellectual disabilities and an Academy of Music in Sweden. The aim of the article is to study and discuss subject positions that are constructed in rhythmic lessons related to a gathering where students with intellectual disabilities interact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Music, Music Education
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Onurkan Aliusta, Gülen; Özer, Bekir – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This paper addresses the espoused and enacted practices of high school teachers with regard to student-centred learning (SCL). Explanatory mixed-method design, where quantitative strand is followed by qualitative one, is employed. While the quantitative strand aims to explore teachers' perceptions regarding the extent student-centred teacher and…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teacher Role, Student Role, Educational Change
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