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Systematically Improving Lessons in Teacher Education: What's Good for Prospective Teachers Is Good for Teacher Educators
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Phelps, Christine M.; Spitzer, Sandy M. – Teacher Educator, 2012
Researchers have advocated building a knowledge base for teacher education based on practitioner knowledge. In this article, the authors, two teacher educators, present knowledge gained from their systematic study of two lessons to help prospective teachers learn to study teaching. They offer a detailed look at the lessons' successes and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs
Reflect and Improve: Instructional Development through a Teaching Journal
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Boyd, Josh; Boyd, Steve – College Teaching, 2005
This article recommends the teaching journal as a method of instructional improvement. Drawing on teacher education literature, the article reviews the concept of reflective teaching and then describes uses of the teaching journal for college instructors in descriptive, comparative, and critical dimensions. Teaching journals can improve the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Instructional Development, Instructional Improvement
Teaching Design: Analysis from Three Different Analytical Perspectives
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Swanson, Eric; Sabady, Stacie; Yin, Chris – Visible Language, 2006
Design education encompasses various teaching strategies with classes typically evaluated by students at the end of the term. This evaluation is often perfunctory; in contrast, the observational research presented in this paper examines a variety of design classes as they are taught, then analyzes the observations through three perspectives:…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Class Activities, Instructional Improvement, Design
Development of a Reflective Teaching Approach in the Primary School
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Huntley, Ray – Education 3-13, 2005
The article examines the approach taken in one primary school to introduce a reflective teaching approach, following an OFSTED inspection. By considering the development of reflective teaching and learning, the development of a working mode and the types of skills needed in order to teach in a reflective manner, it reports on the outcomes from the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education
Managing Teaching and Learning in Further and Higher Education.
Ashcroft, Kate; Foreman-Peck, Lorraine – 1994
This book addresses the practical management of higher education teaching and learning as it is related to any subject. The volume stresses principles of the reflective practitioner model--open-mindedness, responsibility, and wholeheartedness. Chapter 1 introduces the book and its concept of teaching as a management process. Chapter 2 focuses on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
The International Classroom: Using Reflective Practice To Improve Teaching and Learning.
Benson, Robyn; Hardy, Les; Maxfield, Jodie – 2001
As learning technologies increasingly facilitate the internationalization of subject offerings, it becomes correspondingly important to try and ensure that the needs of diverse student groups are met and to provide for ongoing improvement of their learning experiences. A variety of evaluation procedures are valuable in this respect, particularly…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education