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Joshpine, T.; Albina, A. Pio – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
This study aims to assess the impact of metacognitive awareness of the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) among preservice teachers. The investigation was carried out as descriptive research, involving a normative survey method. The sample consists of 200 preservice teachers in Karaikudi, drawn through a simple random sampling…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Ernst, Helen M.; Wittwer, Jörg; Voss, Thamar – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
Although self-assessing one's knowledge is an integral part of a teacher's professional development, little is known about the accuracy of teacher candidates' self-assessments. In particular, not much attention has been paid to their self-assessment accuracy assessed on an individual level. Using measures from research on metacognition, we…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Evaluation, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Accuracy
Maroua Rogti – Journal of Educators Online, 2023
The recent technological advances have had a profound effect on worldwide higher education, and educators and students needed to make abrupt changes to adjust to a remote learning environment that integrated information technologies and digital learning. Based on the Self-determination Theory, this study was undertaken with a sample of 150 English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Teachers
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Dunn, Brenda; McDonald, Catriona; Johnson, Dorothy – Professional Development in Education, 2018
The study examined the contribution of the BA Childhood Practice work-based degree to professional and personal development, including leadership skills, analysed in relation to relevant models of professional development. It drew upon evidence from three university providers, from research assignments, subsequent questionnaires and interviews…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, College Faculty, Assignments, College Students
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Callahan, Brendan E.; Dopico, Eduardo – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
Reading the interesting article "Discerning selective traditions in science education" by Per Sund, which is published in this issue of "CSSE," allows us to open the discussion on procedures for teaching science today. Clearly there is overlap between the teaching of science and other areas of knowledge. However, we must…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Science Process Skills
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Mwei, Philip K. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2017
The concept of mathematical problem solving is an important mathematical process in mathematics curricula of education systems worldwide. These math curricula demand that learners are exposed to authentic problems that foster successful problem solving. To attain this very important goal, there must be mathematics teachers well versed in content…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
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Yerdelen-Damar, Sevda; Özdemir, Ömer Faruk; Ünal, Cezmi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This study aims to investigate pre-service physics teachers' metacognitive knowledge about their teaching practices. The participants included six pre-service physics teachers. A taxonomy of metacognition for teaching was developed to analyze the level of pre-service physics teachers' metacognitive knowledge about their teaching practices.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Physics, Metacognition
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Maclellan, Effie – Teaching Education, 2012
Against a background which recognises pedagogical content knowledge as the distinctive element of teacher competence/expertise, this theoretical essay argues for its central construct--that of transformation--to be understood by teachers and teacher educators in psychological terms (as was originally proposed by Dewey). Transformation requires…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychology, Metacognition, Student Teachers
McAteer, Todd C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine how knowledgeable teachers are in utilizing brain-researched instructional strategies. The research focused on determining which brain-researched strategies are implemented, the accuracy with which they are employed, and the degree to which they are utilized. A literature review revealed the most…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Research Design, Research Methodology, Knowledge Level
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
These proceedings contain the papers of the 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2017), 18-20 October 2017, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Student Journals, Diaries, Self Management
Ojanen, Sinikka – 1996
This paper discusses the need for the renewal of teacher education programs in Finland in order to bring practicing professionals into contact with new knowledge and ideas. To inject new knowledge requires a theoretical understanding of the mechanism of professional change and the process of evaluating professional development. The central factor…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lederman, Norman G.; And Others – 1993
This longitudinal investigation assessed the development and changes in preservice science teachers' conceptions of subject matter and pedagogy as they proceeded through their secondary science methods course, practicum, microteaching, and student teaching. Twelve preservice science teachers were asked, on four occasions each several weeks apart,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, Higher Education, Knowledge Level