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Examining Professional Learning and the Preparation of Professionally Competent Teachers in Initial Teacher Education
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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
Evaluation Criteria for Competency-Based Syllabi: A Chilean Case Study Applying Mixed Methods
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Jerez, Oscar; Valenzuela, Leslier; Pizarro, Veronica; Hasbun, Beatriz; Valenzuela, Gabriela; Orsini, Cesar – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
In recent decades, higher education institutions worldwide have been moving from knowledge-based to competence-based curricula. One of the greatest challenges in this transition is the difficulty in changing the knowledge-oriented practices of teachers. This study evaluates the consistency between syllabus design and the requirements imposed by a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Criteria, Competency Based Education, Case Studies
Reflections on Teaching and Research: Two Inseparable Components in Higher Education
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Chan Fong Yee, Fanny – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
Teaching and research are two inseparable components in higher education. There are continuous debates about the relationship between the two. Does good teaching always lead to good research, and vice versa? This paper critically examines the impact of current policy on the two academic practices and discusses how it shapes one's professional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Epistemology, Marketing, Educational Trends
Internationalization: A Transformative Agenda for Higher Education?
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Robson, Sue – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
This conceptual paper explores the notion of higher education (HE) internationalization and its potential to lead to transformational institutional change. Internationalization is generally regarded as a process that involves increasing the range of international activities within universities and between universities and other educational…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Organizational Change, Institutional Characteristics
Critical Elements for the Science Teacher to Adopt a Student-Centered Approach: The Case of a Teacher in Transition
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Gunel, Murat – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
Much research has been done and reform is suggested relating to teachers' implementation of student-oriented learning environments, yet research on the role, beliefs, pedagogy, and knowledge of teachers simultaneously in classroom environments has been minimal (Kyle, 1994, "Journal of Research in Science Teaching", 31, 785-786). This…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Prior Learning, Science Teachers, Grade 7
Thinking about Theorizing in Professional Development.
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Trumbull, Deborah J. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2001
This longitudinal study of teacher development followed two female teachers through a 5-year program and into their first 3 teaching years. Though they had many common experiences, they thought about those experiences quite differently. The article highlights how their conceptions of students and themselves as teachers changed over time and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education