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How Do Primary School Teachers Develop Knowledge by Crossing Boundaries in the School-University Partnership? A Case Study in China
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Wang, Xiaofang; Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
University experts typically serve as knowledge sources for teacher learning. Experts in China are no exception. Nevertheless, minimal attention has been focused on knowledge flow between experts and teachers, and its contribution to teacher knowledge development. Drawing on the perspective of knowledge process across boundaries, this qualitative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Qualitative Research
Preparing Future Teacher Educators in Higher Degree Programmes: A Chinese Perspective
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Yuan, Rui – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
To date, there is a paucity of research on graduate students' learning experiences in teacher education, and we also know little about what support they might need in their learning to become teacher educators. In order to fill this gap, this study draws on three graduate students' experiences, to explore how a PhD programme in a university in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teacher Educator Education, Graduate Students
Student-Centredness in Urban Schools in China
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Shaobing, Tang; Adamson, Bob – London Review of Education, 2014
This study investigates how teachers understand and implement the emphasis on studentcentredness in the new English curriculum in secondary classrooms in urban areas of China and the factors affecting implementation. It focuses on whether the advantages (greater access to resources, better trained teachers, and so on) of the urban context make…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Student Centered Learning, Secondary School Curriculum
Teacher Knowledge about Oral English Instruction and Teacher Profiles: An EFL Perspective
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Chen, Zan; Goh, Christine – Teacher Development, 2014
Teacher knowledge, as an important cognitive basis of teaching, has attracted tremendous attention in educational research in the last few decades. This study examines whether teachers' self-perceived knowledge about oral English teaching differs with regard to their professional profiles in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Knowledge Base for Teaching
Teaching Oral English in Higher Education: Challenges to EFL Teachers
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Chen, Zan; Goh, Christine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
This paper investigates difficulties that teachers encounter in teaching oral English in higher education in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Open-ended question surveys and semi-structured interviews were used to elicit data. There were 331 EFL teachers from 44 universities in 22 cities across China that responded to the survey…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Intercultural Experience and Teacher Professional Development
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Gu, Qing – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2005
This paper examines the effects of intercultural experience on teacher professionalism. The main methods for data collection consist of semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires. Analysis of participants' experiences of Department for International Development's (DFID) English language teaching projects shows that intercultural…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Professional Development, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods