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Bedir, Hasan – Online Submission, 2018
The quality of education has long been intriguing the researchers in recent years, and almost all countries in the world are on the lookout for new methods in order to continuously develop the quality. No matter how carefully they have developed their new curriculum, effective teaching depends on teachers' knowledge, skills and professional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Statistical Analysis
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Lemus-Hidalgo, Maria E. – Online Submission, 2017
The present article drew on a larger interpretivist case study research of the role of teachers' knowledge and beliefs in their teaching practices. It was constructed with the participation of four teachers that studied the same BA in ELT program and worked in the same state university in Mexico. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness…
Descriptors: Role, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods
Bannister, Vanessa R. Pitts – Online Submission, 2014
The concept of multiple representations of functions and the ability to make translations among representations are important topics in secondary school mathematics curricula (Moschkovich, Schoenfeld, & Arcavi, 1993; NCTM, 2000). Research related to students in this domain is fruitful, while research related to teachers is underdeveloped. This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Preservice Teachers
Uzun, Levent – Online Submission, 2016
The present study evaluated the latest English Language Teacher Training Programme in Turkey from the viewpoint of students who were enrolled on the programme for a period of four years. Participants were 90 last year students who were enrolled in the English Language Teaching department at Uludag University, Turkey. Data were collected by means…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Course Content
Ekwueme, Cecilia Olunwa; Meremikwu, Anne; Kalu, Nnenna – Online Submission, 2013
The study used a survey design. The instrument was teachers' questionnaire and interview on awareness and readiness. The interview was administered to the different categories of the respondents using a 4-point Likert scale. Two hundred mathematics teachers were randomly selected from 100 schools (public and private) using stratified random…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, Mathematics Teachers
Nelson, Regena F. – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this study is to develop a service-learning model that increases preservice teachers' knowledge about communities by assisting preschool programs to provide expanded services to low-income families. The researcher interviewed key stakeholders in three preschool programs that vary in the types of family support services and use of…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Low Income Groups
Tsao, Yea-Ling; Lin, Yi-Chung – Online Submission, 2012
The goal of this study was to investigate understanding of in-service elementary school teachers in Taiwan about number sense, teaching strategies of number sense and the development of number sense of students. Data were gathered through interviews of nine elementary mathematics teachers, regarding their understanding about number sense. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Number Concepts, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Kim, Mina; Kang, Bokyung – Online Submission, 2012
This study was designed to explore how Korean preschool and kindergarten teachers understand teacher research and utilize it in professional development. Two teachers, two site directors, and one district supervisor were interviewed in South Korea. Data were collected in multiple ways: (1) open-ended individual interviews; (2) participants'…
Descriptors: Action Research, Kindergarten, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Göçer, Ali – Online Submission, 2013
The aim of this study was to determine whether student teachers are sufficiently prepared for teaching practice in primary schools. In this study, student teachers' teaching practice in real classrooms was evaluated by using observation and interview methods. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with seven guidance teachers, and each…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Counselor Educators, Student Teachers, Elementary School Curriculum
Hussain, Irshad – Online Submission, 2013
The researcher conducted present study with the objectives to a). evaluate attitude of learners towards academic and tutoring skills of distance education tutors, b). assess the opinion of distance learners about assessment and evaluation skills of their tutors and c). examine reflection of learners on scaffolding skills of distance education…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Open Universities, Preservice Teacher Education, Distance Education
Chitera, Nancy – Online Submission, 2011
In this article, the author presents a discussion of how mathematics teacher educators model school mathematics teaching in initial teacher training colleges, as they prepare the student teachers to teach mathematics in multilingual classrooms in Malawi. In particular, the article examines the instructional practices that mathematics teacher…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, College Mathematics, Focus Groups, Multilingualism
Liang, Ling L.; Richardson, Greer M. – Online Submission, 2009
In an attempt to better support the mathematics and science learning experiences of preservice teacher candidates, a new course of study was created as part of a teacher certification program at a mid-Atlantic liberal art university. Entitled Investigations in Science and Mathematics, the two semester course adopted an integrated inquiry and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles, National Standards, Course Content
Göçer, Ali – Online Submission, 2008
Problem statement: In the globalizing world, second language/foreign language has gained a great importance. The importance of the foreign language teaching has increased in our time in which knowing a foreign language has deviated from being a specialty and become a feature that everyone must have. For that purpose, teachers must know the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Turkish, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods