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Ribeiro, Luis Roberto de Camargo; de Oliveira, Marcia Rozenfeld Gomes; Mill, Daniel – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2011
This article examines distance education (DE) in the context to which is most frequently applied, i.e., higher education, and from the perspective of some of its most important actors, i.e., teachers. This study, of a qualitative nature, was conducted at a public university in Brazil. Data were collected by means of unstructured interviews,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Tam, Kai Yung; Heng, Mary Anne; Jiang, Gladys H. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
Students have traditionally been viewed as passive recipients of knowledge and their contributions to understanding good teaching have been largely ignored. This study presents first-person account of university students of their professors' teaching. A total of 210 undergraduate students from China wrote about their best and worst professors.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Ullah, Muhammad Hameed; Khan, Muhammad Naeem Ullah; Murtaza, Ali; Ud Din, Muhammad Naseer – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
Staff development is very significant for the achievement of overall goals of higher education in Pakistan. The success of innovations depends largely upon the skills of instructors; but in Pakistan, the people with a simple masters degree (without any pedagogical training) are inducted as teaching staff at the university level, so it is time to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Educational Needs, Private Colleges
Deng, Zongyi – 1995
This paper offers a reliability analysis of the teacher questionnaire used in the Teacher Education and Learning to Teach (TELT) Study conducted by the National Center for Research on Teacher Education (NCRTE). Data for the study were collected from 648 teachers and prospective teachers at 11 teacher education program sites throughout the United…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Questionnaires
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English, Leona M. – Religious Education, 2000
Examines the informal and incidental learning of religious educators in Newfoundland (Canada) through the use of a focus group session, questionnaire, and personal interviews. Reveals information about the educators' learning in three categories: (1) theological knowledge; (2) professional knowledge; and (3) knowledge about themselves. Includes…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Focus Groups
Rahilly, Timothy J.; Saroyan, Alenoush – 1997
This study analyzed differences in perception of "critical incidents" in classroom teaching among inexperienced, experienced, and award-winning university professors. In past research, expert and novice differences in teaching have been attributed to differences in teacher knowledge, but the teachers were almost entirely at the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Instruction, Critical Incidents Method, Faculty Development
Farenga, Stephen J.; And Others – 1996
The purpose of this study is to develop a model to teach procedural knowledge using the Internet. Over a 3-week period graduate level education students (N=10) were provided 12 hours of instruction and access to the Internet. Data collection methods included pre-workshop questionnaires, weekly journal entries, and post-workshop questionnaires. The…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Strategies, Electronic Mail
Parker, D. Randall – 1996
This paper reports on returned surveys of 31 (74 percent) faculty members at the Louisiana Tech University College of Education. The survey was designed to provide data related to the faculty's use and integration of technology into teacher education classes. Subjects were asked to respond to three question sets on their intended use of technology…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Stahler, Theresa M. – 1996
Teaching at the middle level is different from any other teaching and so requires special preparation. Teachers in middle schools need special training to work with and be responsive to young adolescents need to interact with their peers and to use the peer group rather than the teacher for direction and guidance. The attempt to develop programs…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Comber, Mary – Environmental Education, 1996
Describes the findings of a questionnaire and interviews to determine the level of understanding, attitudes, and involvement in environmental education and action. Also measured environmental teaching experience, explored perceived needs and demand for future environmental courses, and the involvement of management in responsible decision-making…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Environment, Community Action, Conservation (Environment)
Burns, Janet Z.; Schaefer, Karen; Hayden, Jessie M. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2005
Trade and industrial (T&I) teachers enter the classroom as content level experts who may have acquired their content expertise through a combination of formal industry training and informal on-the-job experiences. When they make the career transition from industry to teaching, they must acquire professional teaching competencies. Like the content…
Descriptors: Trade and Industrial Teachers, Career Change, Informal Education, Trade and Industrial Education
McDiarmid, G. Williamson; Ball, Deborah Loewenberg – 1989
This study was conducted to examine teachers' knowledge of teaching mathematics and writing to diverse learners, and knowledge changes that occur over time, particularly during and after formal teacher education programs. Commonplaces of teaching were articulated as subject matter, learners, learning, and context. Three measurement instruments…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education