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Pamuk, Sonmez; Ergun, Mustafa; Cakir, Recep; Yilmaz, H. Bayram; Ayas, Cemalettin – Education and Information Technologies, 2015
Educators' interest in technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) has been increasing. In parallel with implementations of TPACK-based activities taking place in different settings, efforts for assessing effectiveness of those activities and understanding the overall TPACK framework have also been under investigation. In this study, the…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Student Experience
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Lenoir, Yves – McGill Journal of Education, 2011
This article underscores the need for a profound transformation in the training processes of future teachers, and thereby in teaching practices. The text first presents various grounds for this transformation, citing social, economic-political, teleological, axiological, epistemological, and psychological factors. It then focuses on teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Objectives, Teaching Methods, Educational Change
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Williams, Keith Edward; O'Connor, Marie – Education 3-13, 2012
By September 2009 there were approximately 30,000 higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs) in English schools. All of these HLTAs are expected to be able to deliver pre-set lessons in place of a teacher. Often, they are determining the pedagogical approach and range of activities used to deliver the lesson's objectives. Consequently, there is a…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Educational Improvement
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Akram, Muhammad Javaid; Raza, Syed Ahmad; Khaleeq, Abdur Rehman; Atika, Samrana – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
This study investigated the perception of principals on how the factors of subject mastery, teaching methodology, personal characteristics, and attitude toward students affect the performance of teachers at higher secondary level in the Punjab. All principals of higher secondary level in the Punjab were part of the population of the study. From…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Principals, Performance Factors, Administrator Attitudes
Earl, Lorna; Volante, Louis; Katz, Steven – Education Canada, 2011
Many teachers say that they do "assessment for learning" (AfL), but often their assessment practice does not really reflect the intentions and principles that make AfL powerful. Teachers who understand the "spirit" as well as the "letter" of AfL are continually building their expertise so that they can carefully apply…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Classroom Techniques
Young, Shawna; Sternod, Brandon M. – Online Submission, 2011
As a result of continuous global immigration to the United States, several microcultures coexist within the country. Today's classroom should provide an interface where individuals from different cultural backgrounds have the potential for sharing a rich place of learning--a place where the teacher embraces and celebrates individual differences,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Experience
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Leask, Marilyn – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
Improving education systems is an elusive goal. Despite considerable investment, international studies such as the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) project of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the McKinsey Report, "How The World's Best Performing Schools Come Out On Top", indicate that improving…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
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Mouza, Chrystalla – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2011
This study investigated the potential of a professional development program centered on case development to help urban teachers: (a) integrate technology with content and pedagogy and (b) cultivate habits of reflection required to learn from practice. Qualitative analysis revealed that case development helped teachers develop an understanding of…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Professional Development, Technology Integration
US Department of Education, 2011
Teacher preparation programs play an essential role in this nation's elementary and secondary education system, which relies on them to recruit, select, and prepare approximately 200,000 future teachers every year. Strong programs recruit, select, and prepare teachers who have or learn the skills and knowledge they need to be hired into teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Eckhoff, Angela – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2011
This study examined how preservice teachers view the nature and role of creativity in light of the complexities of contemporary early childhood classrooms. A multiple methods approach was utilized and data were collected with the Questionnaire Examining Student Teachers' Beliefs about Creativity (Diakidoy & Kanari, 1999) survey instrument and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Early Childhood Education, Creative Thinking, Teaching Methods
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Obara, Samuel – Teacher Development, 2010
While millions of dollars are spent on traditional professional development each year in the USA, some school districts are trying other means to increase students' test scores. One strategy is hiring mathematics coaches as on-site professional developers. Whereas mathematics coaching is a newly investigated research area and many issues still…
Descriptors: School Districts, Professional Development, Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Education
Sandholtz, Judith Haymore – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011
Given the focus on developing highly-qualified teachers to improve education, teacher education programs face increasing responsibility to prepare new teachers who can effectively enhance learning in all students. Standards and assessment criteria developed by national organizations in the United States address the qualifications of beginning as…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Activities
Lee, Carol D. – Education Canada, 2011
Teacher knowledge involves a complex network of inter-related domains, including cognition; differences in learning strengths for primary and secondary school students; social and emotional development across the life course; motivation; language acquisition and socialization; curriculum design and assessment; and classroom management. In…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Characteristics, Internship Programs, Secondary School Students
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Ellis, Viv – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
Pre-service teacher education in England has been essentially school-based since 1992. The article offers a critique of this design from the perspective of a practitioner and researcher working in one of its most influential schemes. The fundamental problem described concerns an impoverished understanding of experience that underpins how beginning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers
Drits, Dina – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined patterns of change in the science teaching practice, beliefs, and content knowledge of 15 upper-elementary teachers from three Title I schools during their participation in a yearlong, reform-based science professional development program and during the year following the program. Further, this study sought to understand the…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Faculty Development
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